European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 12, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 15 James Reston Carter having Impact on euro communists United states officials Are watching the Rise of communist influence in Western Europe with the utmost care but under Jimmy Carter they Are not following the Kissinger line of issuing Public warning about it. In May of 1976, just before the last ital Ian elections Secretary of state Kissinger issued an emphatic Public warning the dominance of communist parties in the  he said. Is unacceptable. Even the Impact of an italian communist party that seemed to be governing effectively would be devastating on France and on nato  is no reason for believing that the Carter administration is any less concerned about the communist bid to Sweet the first thing we must do i conserve Energy. William f. Buckley Juk and Frk villains of lbs piece lbs has presented a stunning documentary called the Cia s secret  it is perhaps the most ambitious thing of the kind Ever undertaken and treats the gravest themes in recent Ameri can history. Although in a crucial respect tendentious it is studiously sympathetic to Fidel Castro it is otherwise unsparing in its exposures. In fact if there arc least ing bad men in the two hour documentary they Are by the lights of lbs none other than John f. And Robert Kennedy. Ii is As if the Vatican had released a historical study the villains of which were saints Peter and , boiled Down is the narrative according to cbs.1. In the late Eisenhower years the Deci Sion was reached to topple Castro. Almost certainly Eisenhower authorized this being Dune even if assassination was required. In the executive intelligence Busi Ness there is a Factor called  Means that although the Cia must never move definitively against a target without sure knowledge that the president has authorized that movement nevertheless there must survive no document in which the president is caught communicating the order of execution. 2. When John Kennedy became presi Dent he authorized the Cia to pursue the vast Bay of pigs Enterprise. But when twas actually launched As we All know he got cold feet and Drew Back the air Force that was to have Given the cuban libera tors the necessary air cover resulting inthe capture of the invading army and the humiliation of the United states.3. The decision was privately reached by president Kennedy and the policy promulgated under the Cia and his brother the at Torney general to proceed against Castro by Means other than a secret invasion. Principally by commando raids against Cuba economic strangulation and the assassination of Castro himself. The com Mando raids against Castro were launched from a Hundred different Points in Florida stretching from Miami to key West. The economic War was coordinated by our Cia around the world. The assassination at tempts were coordinated by a division of Cia called executive action.4. Castro taking Stock of his deteriorating situation appealed to the soviet Union for help. Castro was convinced that the activity of the Cia was a prelude to another massive invasion. Accordingly. Khrushchev responded by the famous shipment of nuclear missiles to Cuba leading to the great crisis of october 22,1962 at which i return for a Public Promise not to invade Cuba the russians pulled Back their mis siles.5. But the lbs documentary reveals Kennedy s no invasion pledge Only rein forced his determination to bring Down Castro by other Means and the assassination attempts were redoubled. The mafia was contacted. Various theories were explored calling for the discrediting of Castro by such Means As putting Ltd in his Cigar so that he would appear drunk in Public speech what would the difference be. Or a powder in his shoes that would cause his Beard to drop off. That would Belike having Carter s Teeth fall out in the Middle of a  these were rejected in favor of assassination and on november 22, 1963, Acia operative met in Paris to close a Deal with a High official of the cuban govern ment who had agreed to scratch Castro unobtrusively with a Fountain pen whose deadly Poison would kill Castro in  is the Contention of senator Morgan who conducted the investigation that this cuban was a double agent and that Castro was minutely informed of the overtures of the Cia. November 22,19s3. Is also the Dayjohn f. Kennedy was assassinated. Lbs docs not underwrite senator Morgan s conclusion but is clearly sympathetic to it namely that Castro struck Kennedy Down in retaliation against the continued Effort being made against Castro. Obligingly they put it directly to Castro on the screen. He replies i am going to Tell you something. It would have been an absolute insanity by Cuba. It would have been an irresponsible act if Cuba had gone to such a venture As planning the death of the president of the United states. This was crazy. It was a colossal  is there a word in Spanish for deniability id Washington Star give me your tired. It Xor Rich. Talk its Way to Power than Kissinger Butts tactics Are different. It is following very carefully the attitude defined by preside Tcarter in his interview with West euro Pean reporters just before the Summit meeting in London last month. I  Carter said the first Prem ise on which we function is that the euro Pean citizens Are perfectly capable of making their own decisions about political matters through the free election pro Cess. Secondly we prefer that the govern ments involved continue to be democratic and that no totalitarian elements become either influential or dominant. And i would Hope that the democratic parties would prevail during the coming years in the struggle for political authority. To summarize we certainly prefer that the democratic parties prevail in the future. And we can encourage that pro Cess not by interfering in electoral proce dures within countries themselves but by making the system work ourselves. This seems to be a More acceptable theme both in Rome and in France where president Valery Giscard d a Stang faces a Challenge from a powerful socialist communist coalition in next year s National elections. There have been no charges of interference by Carter As there were after Kissinger s warning of last year and even communist spokesmen in Rome last week had no complaints. Carter s Campaign for human rights has clearly been an important Factor in the political Contention Between the communist and democratic parties of the West. By emphasizing human rights the president May have infuriated Moscow but the communist spokesmen Here Are careful not to get on the Moscow Side of this  need the support of non communist elements in order to increase their in fluence with the electorate and accordingly proclaim their support for human rights and individual Freedom. This May merely be political opportunism but for the moment they Are playing Down their tics to Moscow and proclaiming their willingness to work within the democratic system and to cooperate with the Western allies in nato. For example. Sergio Segre. The head of the foreign Section of the Partilo com Unis to Lauano. Said in an interview recently that despite All the economic problems in the West nobody in the West believed an longer in the soviet Model As an answer to the West s  in Rome note however that communist officials elsewhere in Italy still proclaim their allegiance to soviet imperialistic designs and you can read the communist party newspaper l Unita. For weeks without Ever finding a word of criticism of Moscow s policies or a word of Praise for Carter s Campaign for human rights. Meanwhile. . Officials in Italy an elsewhere in Western Europe emphasize that Carter s human rights Campaign snot a departure from but a return to an american tradition. For example the new american ambassador to Italy. Richard Gardner has been quoting past american presidents to make the Point. This indirect approach to the communist parties of Western Europe has had an influence unsuspected when the Fina Accord was signed by the major Powers of the Warsaw and nato pacts at Helsinki two years ago. Attention then was entered on the Issue of Borders but it is human rights that will dominate the Helsinki review conference at , the More Moscow opposes the human rights Campaign the More tension there is Between the United states and the soviet Union and the greater the split be tween Moscow and the communist parties of the West.  to f opinion to pud in int Cox uni end Corto ont in hit tug  Thott of the authors orid Ore in no Wor to by conto term 11 repro wanting the Moi of the or and stripes of the United states government