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I. 3 Jan ?? A 19 FPC INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRSHe praised the heroic Cuban people for the tremendous victories they won under the leadership of Prime Minister Fidel Castro in opposing U.S. imperialist aggression, subversion and interference, defeating national independence and state sovereignty and building up their motherland.He said: This year U.S. imperialism unreasonably detained Cuban fishing boats and fishermen on the high seas on two occasions and savagely attacked a fishermen's village in Cuba and killed innocent inhabitants there, committing one crime after another against the Cuban people. The Cuban navy recently captured two pirate ships which participated in the counter-revolutionary activities against Cuba. This is an entirely just action. U.S. imperialism has gone so far as to rampantly bluff and threaten Cuba and other Latin American countries and people who are fighting in defense of their national independence and state sovereignty. The Chinese people strongly concern U.S. imperialism for its criminal activities against Cuban and other Latin American people and resolutely support the people of Cuba and other Latin American countries in their just struggle against U.S. imperialism.He said the fact that people of all Latin American countries are joining forces to resist U.S. imperialist aggression and control has become an irresistible historical trend. Whatever tricks it may resort to, U.S. imperialism can never stop the people of Cuba and other Latin American countries in their victorious advance.Ambassador Jesus Barreiro Gonzalez said: "We are very glad to be invited to attend the gathering this afternoon in commemoration of the 13th anniversary of the victory of our country's liberation, which is filled with fraternal friendship."He said that January 1, 1959 was a day of special significance. It marked the successful completion of a stage in the struggle for the liberation of Cuba. In a century and more, the ambassador continued, the Cuban people have resisted attempts at colonialist and neo-colonialist domination, the basic hallmark being the liberation wars in 1868 and 1895 against the Spanish colonial yoke and the struggle against U.S. imperialism which attempted to replace Spain and occupy the land of Cuba. He said a new stage began in 1959 after the overthrow of the Batista dictatorial regime which was abetted by the United States.The ambassador pointed out that the U.S. imperialist government has continued carrying out its policies of aggression, sabotage, subversion, blackmail, economic blockade, invasion and piratical attack against Cuba. But all these schemes have met with the most ignominious failure.He said that the restoration to the People's Republic of China of her lawful rights in the United Nations and the expulsion of the Chiang Kai-shek clique from the UN is a victory for the people of the world and a failure for the U.S. imperialist government.A Cuban film "Hundred Tears of Struggle" and a Chinese film "The Working Class Creates Miracles" were shown at the reception.PARTY, STATE OFFICES FETE FOREIGN EXPERTS AT NEW YEARPeking NCNA International Service in English 2145 GMT 31 Dec 71 B[Text] Peking, December 31 (HSINHUA)--The General Office of the Sentral Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Office of the State Council gave a New Year's