Evening star., 1961-08-17
CONFERENCE
GueVoro Refuses
To Sign Charter
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ing and struggling for the
freedom of their country"
Mr.. Dillon's confirmation of
the United States position
was greeted by prolonged ap-
plause after Mr.. Guevara's 35-
minute explanation of Cuban
abstention from signing the
final document had been met
with silence.
Asked later in the crowded
lounge outside the hall whether
he felt he had scored a
"pyrrhic victory" Mr.. Guevara
said the result of the confer
ence was what I expected"
Mr.. Guevara noted in his
speech that throughout the
conference, United States rep
resentatives had refused to
answer repeated questions about
how funds of the Alliance for
Progress would be controlled
and whether Cuba would be
eligible. He interpreted Ameri-
can silence, he said, as a mega
tive answer.
Mr., Dillon's remarks give him
no more satisfaction. The
Treasury Secretary praised the
''reSolute refusal" of finance
ministers of the hemisphere
to be diverted into sterile po-
litical arguments" which would
detract from the work of the
technical conference.
But he made the United
States attitude perfectly clear
in a brief indictment of the
way the Castro government has
betrayed aims of the revolu-
tion," and turned Cuba over ito
the domination of a foreign
power which the Cuban gov
eminent now calls our sister
socialist republic"
Await Freedom
I'VE await the day when the
people of Cuba have once more
their freedom from
that foreign domination and
control to which they are pres
emily subjected" Mr.. Dillon
continued, 80 that they may
once more join wholeheartedly
in the free community of
American States"
During his own speech, MIR.
Guevara quietly tore apart the
charter which establishes the
machinery for the Alliance for
Progress. He said Cuba had
submitted 90 resolutions, which
had been largely ignored. His
request for elimination of for
eign bases like the Guanta-
namo naval base in Cuba had
been ignored.
He said he doubted whether
the $40 billion foreign aid
pledged to Latin America over
a decade by the United States
delegation would get through
tangled United States bureauc-
racy.
He interpreted the organiza-
ton of the Alliance for Prog
ress as an iron hand" the
ruling classes of Latin America
would use to keep down "the
masses"
He repeated the fear that
the conference is a prelude to
United States sponsorship of
foreign ministers, meeting to-
write Cuba out of the Organiza-
tion of American States.
stresses Cooperation
But throughout his attack
Mr.. Guevara returned con-
Stantly to the theme of proved
Cuba cooperation in the nego-
tiations here. He regretted"
Cuban inability to sign the
charter for they had sympathy
with large number of aspira-
tions expressed" in the docu-
ment.
He said the Castro regime
desires friendship with all
peoples of the hemisphere, >"
and repeated the offer to the
United States for bilateral de-
bates on any differences any
where, anyplace, so long as
there are no prior conditions.
While ignoring these over
lures completely and calling
the conference a true land
mark in history Of the Amer
icas," Mr.. Dillon issued a warn
ing that fine plans are not
For although we have
charted the way to progress"
he said, plans alone will not
feed the people, cure the sick