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RESOLUTION NO. 85'!53
A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT
REAGAN'S DECISION TO BEGIN RADIO MARTI'S
TRANSMISSION AS A VFHIrI OF I
,_E I_ BERTY TO GIVE
THE OPPRESSED CUBAN PEOPLE AN I D F A AND
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE
OUTSIDE WORLD FREE OF TOTALITARIAN COMMUNIST
RULE; ALSO OFFERING THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY
COMMISSION TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
RADIO MARTI WHICH IS PRESIDED OVER BY MR.
JORGE MAS CANOSA; EXPRESSING GRATITUDE FOR
THE EFFORTS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED
STATES CONGRESS WHO MADE THE OPERATION OF
RADIO MARTI POSSIBLE; FURTHER DECLARING
SUPPORT FOR RADIO MARTI AS ITS BROADCASTS
PENETRATE THE BARRIER OF SILENCE IMPOSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT OF FIDEL CASTRO, CARRYING OVER
ITS AIRWAYS THE MESSAGE OF TRUTH AND LIBERTY
TO THE CAPTIVE CUBAN PEOPLE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF 14IAMI9 FLORIDA:
Section 1. Support is hereby expressed for President
Reagan's decision to begin Radio Marti's transmission as a
vehicle of liberty to give the oppressed Cuban people an idea
and understanding of what is happening in the outside world free
of totalitarian communist rule.
Section 2. The City Commission hereby offers its support
to the Executive Committee of Radio Marti which is presided over
by Mr. Jorge Mas Canosa.
Section 3. The City Commission hereby expresses its
gratitude for the efforts of the Members of the United States
Congress who made the operation of Radio Marti possible.
Section 4. The City Commission hereby declares its
support for Radio Marti as its broadcasts penetrate the barrier
of silence imposed by the government of Fidel Castro, carrying
over its airways the message of truth and liberty to the captive
Cuban people.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of
ATTEST;
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RAL G. ONGIE, CITY CL
MAY
DVMCE A. FERRE
MAURICE A. FERRE, MAYOR
1985.
CITY COMMISSION
MEETING OF
MAY 233 1985
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