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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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In Havana, Raul Castro praised Soviet pledges of economic and military aid to Cuba during a three-hour speech, emphasizing no strings attached unlike US aid. He defied potential blockades and the OAS meeting on August 16, criticizing US capitalism after recent visits to Moscow and Prague.
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HAVANA, (AP) Raul Castro left no doubt Cuba has moved solidly into the Soviet economic camp as he welcomed Moscow's aid offers and hurled defiance at any objectors. He also hailed Soviet pledges of military support.
"We don't have to fear an economic blockade," the younger brother of Prime Minister Fidel Castro declared in a midnight speech that ran nearly three hours.
"They (the Soviets) buy all that we sell them and they sell us what we need."
Appearing on Fidel's usual Friday night TV spot, the peppery defense minister aimed a slap at the Organization of American States which is slated to meet Aug. 16 to discuss Soviet interference in the Western Hemisphere and other problems.
Fresh from visits to Moscow and Prague, he said Soviet and Czechoslovak officials had promised him that all Cuba orders would get top priority. He implied this meant military material as well as other goods.
No strings were attached to Soviet aid offers, he declared, adding that the United States had never given help without demanding concession.
Castro blasted the U.S. capitalistic system which he said demands that Americans "throw food into the sea" to maintain prices, rather than share it with the world's starving millions.
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Havana, Cuba
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Aug. 16
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soviet pledges of economic and military aid with top priority and no strings attached; defiance against us and oas
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Raul Castro, in a nearly three-hour midnight speech on Fidel's Friday night TV spot, welcomed Moscow's aid offers, stated Cuba has no fear of economic blockade due to Soviet buying and selling, noted promises from Soviet and Czechoslovak officials for top priority on Cuban orders including military material, contrasted with US aid demands, and criticized US capitalism for wasting food.