Dear Sir:

It is quite disheartening to see that a tyrant like Fidel Castro is regaining health and strength and may soon be back to work, oppressing his people under his evil Communist government.  In the Cayman Islands, we have a Memorandum of Understanding , which I think was orchestrated by the UK and Cuba, whereby any Cuban refugees who land on Cayman soil will be repatriated to Cuba.

Would it not be better if we had a Memorandum of Understanding with other countries to accept those refugees?

As a Christian land, we should never have consented to follow this Memorandum of Understanding, whereby persons who are fleeing a despicable, despotic, tyrannical regime are to be repatriated to a virtual prison, such as Cuba.

When I was a boy growing up on Cayman Brac and refugees from Cuba came there, they were sent to Grand Cayman and then on to the United States. If we could do such things when we were much poorer than we are now, wouldn't it show more gratefulness to God for our prosperity, if we tried to help those refugees get to some third country rather than sending them back to the land of the evil Fidel Castro?

Maybe we could have a quota where we accept so many per year and give them residence, provided background checks are made on them to show that they are not Communists in disguise or have not committed criminal acts (criminal acts as defined by the laws of the Cayman Islands).

The Cuban community of Miami is probably one of the most industrious ethnic groups in the world and I am sure if we granted resident status to a certain amount of the Cubans, they would prove to be good members of society.

There was a guy, I think his name was Donovan Kellyman, who wrote a letter in the local Caymanian papers, extolling the Castro regime. Maybe we should send such persons to Cuba in exchange for bona fide Cuban refugees.

Alan M Foster