Problems in Cuba

I feel it is important to present my comments on The Times’ reports regarding Cuba. It is true that Cuba is having difficulties in its manner of life, but to imply it is as tragic as your reporters write is simply not true. The tragic aspect to me is that my government is included in trying to destroy its government in line with what former director of the CIA Allen Dulles declared 30 years ago, namely: “We will do everything in our power to destroy Castro and the revolution.”

I have just returned from two weeks in Cuba as a reporter for a religious publication. I talked with people in Havana, Santiago and the Isle of Youth. They do not see their plight as a weakness of their leadership, but see it as a result of the United States government’s attrition.

Remove the embargo, stop putting pressure on countries who want to trade with Cuba and within 18 months it will be back to a good life for all its people.

STANLEY H. CONOVER, Claremont