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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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U.S. officials report slow withdrawal of Soviet troops from Cuba, estimated at 9,000-15,000 in combat units. Secretary Rusk voices concern over Soviet military presence and indicates potential U.S. pressure if pace doesn't increase.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Soviet troops are being withdrawn from Cuba at a very slow rate, U.S. officials said Tuesday. And although the United States is not pressing Russia on the issue it is expected to do so if the withdrawals are not speeded up fairly soon.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told a news conference Monday that the role of Soviet combat units in Cuba "is of great concern to us and something we will follow very carefully."
"Certainly we in this hemisphere could not accept as a normal situation any Soviet military presence in Cuba," he said.
The number of Soviet officers and men stationed on the Caribbean island is estimated at 9,000 to possibly 15,000 -- some organized, Rusk said, "into what appeared to be Soviet combat units."
He described the scale of Soviet power in Cuba as modest . . . but well armed."
"Whether these troops were there for the protection of certain sites, missile sites or otherwise, or for some other purpose is something that is being, of course, watched very carefully."
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soviet troops withdrawn at slow rate; estimated 9,000 to 15,000 soviet officers and men in cuba, organized into combat units; us not pressing yet but expected to if not speeded up
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Soviet troops are being withdrawn from Cuba at a very slow rate, according to U.S. officials. Secretary of State Dean Rusk expressed great concern over Soviet combat units in Cuba, stating the hemisphere could not accept Soviet military presence as normal. The troops are described as modest in scale but well armed, with their purpose under close watch.