"The campaign waged by the Inter American Press Association for the freedom of the press in the three Americas (North, South and Central America) and the West Indies — Campaign against any form of dictatorship imposed on the press in any part of the region in question — The aim of the I.A.P.A. h ... as always been to tackle the problems of information and the rights of the press in principle and this gives it its great strength — The rights of the press are not respected at present in certain countries — The I.A.P.A. will continue to defend the rights of the press as long as they are not respected in any part of this hemisphere." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 2444, topic code 161.2, 110.30) more

"The California Newspaper Publishers Association condemns the restrictions imposed on the freedom of the press by the Castro régime in Cuba. in a resolution made after a meeting of 400 of its affiliated members, all newspaper editors: freedom of the press for every man in Cuba able to read." (Jean- ... Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 2443, topic code 110.32) more