CASTRO CHARGES U.S. OFFICIALS WROTE SISTER'S ATTACK ON HIM

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• Publication Date: July 3, 1964
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JUL 3 1964
C,
Castro urges U.S. of icials
Wrote Sisters kttac on - i
Premier Apparently Shaken
by Accusation That He
Betrayed Cuba to Soviet
By ItICIIARD EDEr
Special to The New York Times
ing to Premier Fidel Castro, his
sister's words of censure of his
regime were put in her mouth
by the United States Embassy
in Mexico.
. In a statement Monday in
Mexico, where the sister, Juana
Castro Ruz, has sought political
asylum, she accused her borther
of having turned Cuba into a
~ ;.
land of terror and hunger. .~. a ~?~ ~. F
The New York Tlnes
Premier Castro replied last ~'remier Qastro
4light during a reception at the in his reply Dr.
Canadian Embassy. "If I had been one of those' ;could be, used
{ The Premier charged that his1 d pillion-rmo Naval Base, in which twoithe elections
t
against him in
sister's statement had been governors who ma e
written at the United States aires of their relatives I would' Cuban guards were reportedI Dr.. Castro reacted angrily
Embassy. "They haven't the not ? have suffered from, this; wounded by bullets, Premier, -heii he was, told
union official ,had that t Cuban
least scruple," he said, "in using; problem. Castro said he felt these might
a low and repugnant procedure) This incident is personally, have occurred without the) han guards would fire back if
y
very bitter and profoundl
that transcends universally roe-
of top Premier Castro apparently is the price of. being a revo- Washington.
expected the question. Clench- lutionary. The Cuban Army has charged
tween During the United States that the two soldiers were
b
i
y
e
gar
nlighted c
ins an u his teeth, he wrote his reply civil War many families were wounded when United States today that it had had any part
in a reporter's notebook and divided: while some fought for marine guards fired on themlin the activities of Premier
then read it aloud, a striking the freedom of slaves, others
departure from his habit of giv- fought for slavery. Many famil- without provocation.. United~Casti`o's sister.
e- "The embassy had nothing
n ies who were close to Lincoln States officials have cited a re-l'
big improvised, free-Swinging himself'fought with the South's whatsoever to do with Miss,
answers. h port of base authorities that Castro's stateiiient," a spokesi
pro-slave. army. no ammunition was used b
man ,said, "all we know about
Eetrr+S al Charged "His enemies hated him by
His `sister, in a statement, deeply. They defamed him with- the marine sentries during the it is what we have. read in. thti'
,charged that Dr. Castro had be out pity and they assassinated night in question. newspapers."
traycd Cuba to "Russian imper- him. But this did not deprive Dr. Castro speculated that the Miss Castro went into seclu.
ialism." She added that she had him of the glory of being theicommandino officers at Guan- sion immediately after having
been working against the re- liberator of the slaves and thei tdnamo might be extreme right- 111adc her accusations. Hex
greatest man. in. the history; whereabouts is unknown.
gime for four years. g' fists "who are interested in hav- One Uinted States Embassy
Miss Castro said that. Latina of the sited States." ;ins C.rthnn soldiers fire back skirl thn.t she did not have a
nd had
i
d
te
-0-6- pia
sizes is ill. the store for it insidious unless campaign revo and kill t:6 Un
pai~ gn g of No news of Miss C..stro's do- ring, and 'then in bein had not applied for one.
,^ able;
slbota.g and subversive activi- ifection has appeased in -the Cu-{t0. use it against ,. President' Miss Castro said Monday that
she lueh is being carried out1'ban press. )she intended to seek political
throughout the Latin-American Turning to a discussion of re-Johnson. asylum in Mexico "until my
1countries." cent incidents on the perimeter _ "Then," he added,, "if the Pres-: country has regained its free-
of the United States Guantana-'~ident used restraint,' the issue;dom."
? MEXICO CITY, July 2-The
United States Embass
denied
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C,
By Daniel Harker
HAVANA., July 2 (AP)-The Juanita, Castro said he had
defection of Juanita Castro been expecting the question.
was a bitter pill to her brother He took out.paper and pencil
Fidel, but the Cuban Prime and the room was quiet while
'Minister said today that is a
"the price of being a revolu- he put down. some notes.
tionary." Castro then read his state
Castro said Juanita's bitter ment and said there would-
denunciation of his. regime, be no further questions on the
on a which she re Mexico ad City Monday television night subject. Afterward he chatted
P
program, was "written in the
United States Embassy in
Mexico City."
[In Mexico City, an American
Embassy spokesman promptly
rejected the charge, saying:
"The Embassy had nothing
whatsoever to do with Miss
Castro's statement. All we
know about it is what we read
in the newspapers."
[The Herald Tribune News
Service reported that Miss
Castro had been in contact
with U.S. Central Intelligence
Agency operatives for nearly
four years. In a report from
Washington the news service
said the CIA assisted Miss
Castro's entry into Mexico
City by scheduled Cubana
Airlines June 20. Brother
7Baul. Castro, Cuban Armed
Forces Minister, helped her
(leave Cuba, the report said.]
Castro said if he had per-
mitted the spoils of his regime
to enrich his family, be would
not have had the problem of
Juanita's defection.
He then compared the defec-
tion to the division of Ameri-
can families during the Civil
War and said: "While, some of
their members fought for the
o reedom of the slaves; others
fought for slavery."
amiably with the aides who
surrounded him and with
others at the reception.
The statement:
"Those statements (by
Juanita) wre written in the
United States . Embassy in
Mexico City. They include
every infamy that the 'im-
perialists have created against
the Cuban revolution. -
"They did not have any
scruples in resorting to low
and repugnant procedures
which go beyond the limits
universally respected.
If I would have been one
of those rulers who make mil-
lionaires out of their relatives
I would not have suffered this
problem. This fact for me is.
personally very bitter. But I
understand that, this is the
price of being a revolutionary.
"During the U.S. Civil War
many families were divided.
While some of their members
fought for the freedom of the
slaves, others fought .for
slavery.
"Many of Lincoln's close
relatives fought beside the
Southern slating armies. His
enemies hated him deeply and
slandered him without pity
and even murdered him.
I "That did not take away
fought against the North but.
his wife, Mary. Todd Lincoln,:
had several.
[David C. Meares, Chief of
the Manuscript Division of the:
Library of Congress, said Mrs::
Lincoln had a brother and
three half-brothers in the Con'
federate Army. In addition,;
W. Stoll Holt, editor of - the;
American Historical Review,
reported that several of Mrs.'
Lincoln's brothers-in-law fought
for the South.]
Miss Castro, 31, who fought
alongside her brother in the
overthrow of dictator Fulgen-:.
cio Batista, charged Monday:
that Fidel had betrayed his:
h
1
e
revolution and turned . t
island of Cuba into an ' enor-
mous prison.
She then went into hiding.
The U.S. Embassy, Mexican
government and Cuban exile
organizations said they had
had no contact with her.
While at the reception, Cas,
tro also spoke about recon-
naissance flights over his is-
land. "We are gradually ac-
quiring the conditions and
means of preventing illegal
flights over Cuba," he report-
ed
He did not spell out what}
he meant. However, many ob?'
servers have, voiced the sus-
picion that Cubans are grad
dally gaining control of Soviet;
antiaircraft 'missiles on the,
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Castro broke two days of I from him the glory of being a silence about Juanita when he liberator of the slaves and met with newsmen at mid I the greatest man in the his-
night States."
at. the Canadian E, m- [In Washington, Lincoln ox bassy. perts ,reported that Lincoln When one a COW d:FFP dRe~e4 ec2GMIWD.4 h