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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .: . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . , , . . . . . . ? ' . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . I . -*.. ' ton harvest has to bc vicwccl as ins'iynificant. ticin to sugar production, it's rcasonablq I t , disrciunt VI) canccuLting as a s t a b i l b i n 8 influence. .Some' Cuba-walchcrs fccl that tlic sipnu of a harvest lailttrc arc alrc!aclp thcrc and that kvc-n Lhc* holp c # f Castro's 50. OOOnran Youth Centennial Colimrn (created in i968 by the Union o f Young Conimunists to help tho ccttrntry's'agricul tural skctor) cannot reach .the 10-millien b n goal- Rccent campaigns to gcl high-ranking conimunistr from behind thcir desks and inbi lhr- cane-ficlds i s OIIC indicator of Fidel's anxiety about-the crop. And cven visiting VIP's, If, as sonic obsc*rvcrs ctairii, Fidel's power position is now ehaky'ancl will vacillntc in rc-la- . - - ' likr thc Prciplc's .\Vc~rld w r i t e r Robert P. Kaufnran, I I ~ L v c ~ bc!?ri atikr:d 10 clonatc Linic in thc ficlds. AnoLlicr signal is stspIx:cl-np propaganda - .describing the growing "CIA-iiistijiiitcd cancficld fire atid sitIii>fagt: prograin. 'I ' ' ' It's doubtful (hat any'evidence of impcnding c r o p pr6l)lcnis iu Cuba ~ o i i l d d e t e r Brigade leaders from thcir plans:. potential political gains fa*r oritwct igli t1ro'cconoAic cons idc r a ~ i o n s . . Logical 1 y, it has t i t be cxpectcd llrat American radica1.s will'bc affordcrl pt1ii.i- cal indt)r:lrin;\tion, a la Castrca-style ce>innrtiiiisni. as wyll as inLcrn- si\*r: training in such c*scstc-ric skills ab agihlitin, prr)pag&rcIa. oalm- tag.\: anel guerrilla \varfarc. h i i c r i c a n prcscnrci givc-s both hosts and visitors, it's a. rcasonablc! assumpticin'that onc of tlic r c d . m.otivcs of thc trip. .. for t l i c - i\nicri- cbns.. . is b. develop a cndrd sophisticatcd in ;ill tli@ arts o f rt-vttlutittn. Cuba-Loving BPP and SDS mcintcrs will ha& littlc troiihlc getting top g radcs . ' Ucsitlcis thc: pal,Iic-ity VAIU,. wliicli tlrv At this writing thcre is no dala.on who will bt: in tlic Brigadc. On].): the organizing lisdcrs have been identified.. .SDScrrs Mikc: Klonsky, Julic Nicliamin and Karcn Ashley; Arlcnc E. Bcrgirian, from Llici radical Thc Movctiient; Chicapt, N c w s r w l ' s J c r r y LonK:; AI Ic:n Ycmng, of Libcratioii Naws Scrvico; LsR~z~L's AI Martinct; Jc)lin Mc.hulilC, froni thc . . Committee I)[ Rcturncd Voluntvcrs; and I h r r i r l Dcllingcr of Lilicralioli .Mapittint: atid "Cliicafifi. H" fnnic:. , WhiG -si,nic:'of thc? Ica$cre m a y acc:oiiipiiy tlic 13rigaclc:. t i l l i t : r . ~ i i e n i b c r s arc: unknown at LQiu tinic. will bc ablc to rccruit rpap.y of thc p;litically tinsopliisticatctl "ahragc:" . . persons they insist they &on€. The time factor alonc prcscnts a serious problem. a two-nionLtr vacationIfrAtn class (&in if sctiool autlioritics gavi? pc r in is s i c a n) ancl o illy LIW t w t s t Sylbipa tir'ct i c or c m i pio yc re, wo til CI It's cliffic*!ilt Lit c>:pr*c't t l i ~ t ' l c a c l c r s . . -- Fcw hiph school or collcgc students '&idd stand . rclcr ... C . . . . . . . .... ....... .... .................. . . :. .. :__ -. -r-i ...__ .'., -I-.. . . ..... ... ...... . . . . . . * -. . .