Overshadowed by the arms blockade, other measures decided upon by the U.S. Administration should not be forgotten. This give lie to the myth which some are trying to construct that U.S. hostility to Cuba is entirely converned with bases. The measures includes
(1) U.S. ports! closure to all ships of any ccuntry if any ships under the flag of that country in future carried arms to Cuba;
(2) U.S. Government cargoes will be barred to any foreign flag vessels if any ship of the same ownership was used in trade between the Communist bloc and Guba 3
(3)U.S. flag vessels and imerican-owned ships will be forbidden to engage in Cuban trades;
(4) 111 U.S. ports would be barred to any ship that, on the same continuous voyage, is used in trade between the Soviet bloc and Cuba.