Evening star., 1961-08-24
Cuba Likens
Bizerfe Riff 10
Guantanamo

! UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Aug. "a (AP).-Cuba declared
today that it has a common
bond with TuniSia because the
French military base at Bizerte
reminds Cubans of the United
States base at Guantanamo.
Cuban Delegate Mario Gar
cia-Inchaustegui told a special
session of the United Nations
General Assembly:
THE imperialist aggression
OF France against the people
and government of Tunisia
reminds us of the imperialist
aggression of the United States
against the people and govern
ment of Cuba"
Mr.. Garcia addressed the 90
nation Assembly after a repre-
sentative of Guinea had de-
manded the liquidation of all
foreign bases in Africa before
the African people themselves
take a hand in liquidating
them.
ASSaiIS France
In a slashing attack on colo
nialism, Guinea's Tell Diallo
said these bases are cannons
pointed at the temple of our
states"
Mr.. Diallo assailed France for
boycotting the U. N. debate
on steps to end the French
Tunisian dispute.
1T is not the United Nations
you should walk out Of" he
said. ut is Africa and Asia
you colonialists should walk
out of, through that big front
door, and not come back"
The Soviet Union first in
jected the issue of United
States bases into the Assembly
debate on French actions
around their naval base at
Bizerte, Tunisia. The Russians
charged the worldwide network
of bases maintained by the
United States and its allies was
a menace to world peace and
called for its immediate liqui-
dation.
Reply Expected
The Cuban attack on the
United States presence at
Guantanamo probably will
spark a reply from the United
States, which has warned it
will not be forced out of the
base it occupies under a United
StateS-Cuban agreement signed
more than so years ago.
Cuba insists it has no inten-
ton of trying to ouSt the United
States from Guantanamo by
force. but it has repeatedly de-
nounced the military installa-
ton as a gun pointed at Mr..
CaStro's head.
The United States and Brit
ain already have denounced
Russia for dragging the issue
of Western bases into the de-
bate on the French dispute.
United States Ambassador
Adlai Stevenson called the at
tack by Soviet Delegate Platon
D. Morozov a shameless exhi-
bition by a country whose
troops are still stationed d
throughout Eastern Europe.
Britain accused the Soviet bloc
of heaping abuse on the West
ern powers in order to obstruct
successful negotiations between
France and Tunisia.
Early Vote Dud
U. N. sources were hopeful
the Assembly would wind up
its debate on the French
Tunisian dispute late tomorrow
or early Saturday with a vote
on a 32-nation resolution call
ing for France to negotiate a
schedule for withdrawal of her
troops from Tunisian territory.
Efforts to remove implied
censure of France from the,
resolution apparently have been
abandoned in the face of
adamant resistance by the
sponsors and Tunisia.
Britain and African nations
still allied with France had
been working behind the scenes
to water down the resolution
in hopes of winning support
from the United States and
other friends of France.
But Tunisia and her sup
porterS were confident they do
not need United States and
British support to get the two
thirds vote needed to adopt the
resolution. 1t calls on France
to withdraw her troops from
territory seized during last
months battle around Bizerte
naval base and to negotiate
with Tunisia for complete with
drawal of French troops from
TuniSian soil.