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We have already noted in the last issue of the Bulletin that tis press suppressed Lord Russell's letter supporting the vubans. It is now coming out that the British people were kept in ignorance ated tho extent of the anti-American protest movement in many parts of the world especially in Latin America, Ve have reproduced here two extracts from the Mconomist and the New Statesman which give some Iind of a clue to the extent of the protest movement. In our opinion the explanetion jiven by the New Statesman as to why reports were so fragmentary can be discounted, hardly any - reports appeared of the Italian and Ceylonese demonstr= ations and strikes. site clearly the suppression was of a political nature.
The ‘3conomist of 3/11/62 state
"oscoveeestnhe conscquent wave “of left-wing protest is belio-sd to be vory much more serious than the newspaper reports would suggest. The blowing up of four power stations belonging to the Creole Petroleum Corporation in Venezuela eeceseeoWaS a Major incident, but not an isolated one. In Chile, where left-wing parties are we 7 “epee and full of fire, riots are belived to have ended with many casualties
The New Statesman of 2/11/62 state
"Whatever comfort the eee ae “nay "ese derived from this show of hands (tho vote by the Organisation of imeric 3tates in favour of the blockade) in the oakpanelled headquarters of the O.A.S. in Washing gton, he must have lost part of it when he heard of the popular reaction in the continent. The Bolivian revolutionary Government, for instance, could hardly afford to vote egainst the U.S. and rick loss of Amorican aid, but their emphatic approval of the U.S. decision was somewhat tarnished by widesnread rioting and a toll of several dead and many more woundode Despite Chilean ‘approval! of the U.S. stand on Cuba, Santiago last wee was the scene of streot demonstrations and clashes which, for one reason or another have not been reported in the British press. Finally Venezuela, in addition to riots, had some of its oil installations sabotaged. Latin American governments are extr= emely sensitive to foriegn opinion and are willing to go to great lengths to prevent press reports of street riots and the like. This, added to the fact that there is not a single full-time professional journalist ‘covering Latin America for the British press, explains why populer reactions against the U.S. have received so little attention in London."