Regarding Mr. Arcand's recommendation that an APLA delegation visit
Cuba, the Friends of Cuban Libraries support this suggestion (and we would
encourage the delegation to take a few banned books for the independent
librarians, such as George Orwell's "1984"). Mr. Arcand may be unaware that
the CLA has already condemned the Cuban government's repression of the
independent librarians. As Kathleen De Long, the president of CACUL, stated
in a letter to President Castro: "In persecuting and harassing members of the
Cuban library community, your government is striking at the heart of the
principles espoused and acted upon by librarians worldwide."
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