Evening star., 1961-04-20

Of the Communist YugoSlav
newspaper Politika. He claimed
Castro security police smashed
all attempts by Cubans inside
the island to aid the invaders
with a network of informers
and COMMITTEES of alertness."
THE committees of alert
ness formed in houses and
blocks have the duty to report
everything and every suspicious
man to the security police"
the Politika correspondent re-
ported.
Based on their denuncia-
tions, not only innumerable ar
rests took place, but they made
it possible for the security serv-
ice to prevent cooperation be-
tween interior counter-revolu-
tionaries with those who dis
embarked"
Three Britons Jailed
| The British Foreign Office
announced in London that
three Britons-one an informa-
ton officer in the British En-
bassy-were in jail. A British
woman who had been jailed
was released Monday and
placed under a guard in a hos
pital.
Associated Press Correspond
ent Benz Price, in a dispatch
from the United States naval
base at Guantanamo Bay, said
anti-Castro Cubans in Oriente
Province are fearful that the
rebels waited too long to strike
and thus allowed Mr.. Castro
to arrest or scatter leaders who
might have been rallying points
for an uprising.
Mr.. Price quoted an Ameri-
can source familiar with the
activities of CubanS in Oriente
as saying the population hopes
the revolt against Mr.. Castro
will succeed but they are do
ing nothing until they have a /
better idea of what is happen
ing"
The whereabouts of Mr.. Cas-
tfo was mystery. Although
a prolific speaker with a pen
chant for the limelight, he has
not been heard over the Cuban
radio or seen on television
since the insurgents invaded
Cuba Monday.
Raul in Santiago
Raul Castro, the Prime
Minister'S brother. and minister
of the armed forces, was re-
ported in Santiago, capital of
Oriente Province where he has
directed the campaign against
rebels in the hills.
A long editorial in Pravda,
the Soviet Communist Party
organ. attacked what it called
"Kennedy's big stick policy"
toward Cuba and repeated the
warning made by the Soviet
government Tuesday tina T.
United States support of the
Cuban rebels may jeopardize
the peaceful life of the United
States itself"
Red China again proclaimed
its support of the Castro
regime and declared: THE
Chinese people are fully de-
termined to take all necessary
measures in all spheres to help
the Cuban people in their just
paJrlOJlC struggle.
Prime Minister Nehru. who
has praised the Kennedy ad-
ministration, told the Indian
Parliament today that the anti
Castro invasion of Cuba could
only have been launched from
the American mainland, parts
of the United States or Central
American states" Mr.. Nehru
said Mr.. Kennedy had said he
would not permit United States
armed forces to intervene in
Cuba but Il do not see any
difference between this kind
of intervention and the kind of
intervention taking place now"
Britain Defends U. S.
But Britain came to the
United States defense in the
United Nations and denounced
as extreme and without foun-
dation the Soviet and Cuban
charges that Washington is
masterminding the Cuban land
ings.
Canada. which maintained
friendly diplomatic and eco
nomic relations with Cuba after
the United States broke with
Castro, indicated a change in