JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF OCTOBER 3, 1962
Joint Resolution expressing the determination of the United States with
respect to the situation in Cuba.
WHEREAS President James Monroe, announcing the Monroe Doctrine in 1823,
declared that the United States would consider any attempt on the part of
European powers "to extend their system to any portion of this
hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety"; and
WHEREAS in the Rio Treaty of 1947 the parties agreed that "an armed
attack by any State against an American State shall be considered as an attack
against all the American States, and, consequently, each one of the said
contracting parties undertakes to assist in meeting the attack in the
exercise of the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense
recognized by article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations"; and
WHEREAS the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of American States at
Punta del Este in January 1962 declared: "The present Government of Cuba
has identified itself with the principles of Marxist-Leninist ideology, has
established a political, economic, and social system based on that doctrine,
and accepts military assistance from extra continental Communist powers,
including even the threat of military intervention in America on the part of
the Soviet Union"; and
WHEREAS the international Communist movement has increasingly extended
into Cuba its political, economic, and military sphere of influence: Now,
therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That:
The United States is determined
(1) to prevent by whatever means may be necessary, including the use of
arms, the Marxist-Leninist regime in Cuba from extending, by force or the
threat of force, its aggressive or subversive activities to any part of this
hemisphere;
(2) to prevent in Cuba the creation or use of an externally supported
military capability endangering the security of the United States; and
(3) to work with the Organization of American States and with
freedom-loving Cubans to support the aspirations of the Cuban people for
self-determination.
Approved October 3,1962.
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