Evening star., 1961-04-08
Cuba JitterY
Despite Boast
By Castro

HAVANA, April 8 (AP). -
Fresh invasion filters seized |
Cuba today after Prime Minis
ter Fidel CaStro's boast that !
the Cuban people are impa-
tiently awaiting their enemies
and will smash any attempt to
overthrow his regime.
Mr.. Castro told a workers
rally last night the United
States Central Intelligence
Agency is directing a plot to
invade Cuba and is supplying
terrorists and counter-revolu-
tionary bands.
He charged the United States
already is waging open eco
nomlc aggression against Cuba
and warned that rationing Of
some goods may be necessary.
Even as Mr.. Castro spoke,
one of his bitter foes said in
New York a general revolt
against the Cuban regime will
get under way soon" Jose
Miro Cardona, head of the
exiled Cuban Revolutionary
Council, told newSmen anti
Castro emigre leaders are
meeting to outline a program.
In Miami, Fla, the Miami
Herald said in a copyright
story Mr.. Cardona's council in
tends to overthrow Mr.. Castro
"by means of the underground
rather than an invasion. Mr..
Cardona already has sought
United States recognition of a
Cuban government in exile,
the Herald said, and is poised
to set up a provisional govern
ment in Cuba.
Castro Boasts of Readiness
Mr.. Castro said his revolution
'haS not lost time in organizing
and preparing itself" and that
a giant May Day parade would
display "the working class per-
fectly prepared to resist impe-
rialist aggression" He added:
THE people have asked many
times when will they come.
The people have even become
impatient many times awaiting
their enemies.
I'VE believe that those who
play the game of war prepare
expeditions. Those who fill
themselves with illusions and
vain hopes in all that moving
about-they have no other re-
course than to come sooner or
later"
During the last weeks Of the
Eisenhower administration, Mr..
Castro had his heavily armed
military forces scanning the
horizon for days on end, watch
ing for an American invasion
fleet he promised would arrive
momentarily. 1t never did.
Mr.. Castro's invasion warning
is highlighted by a new security
breakdown by his intelligence
| forces in recent weeks. Some
diplomats who have dealings
with Cuban intelligence agents
say they are trigger-happy and
nervous as they hunt down
terroristS.
Two More Executed
Two more terrorists were
executed at midnight in La
Cabana fortress, bringing to 603
the unofficial total of execu-
tions under the Castro regime.
Executed were Felix Mar
tineZ Hernandez and Orestes
Oscar Cruz Sosa. They were
shot a few hours after being
convicted by a military tri-
bunal on charges of planting a
bomb in an electrical trans
former in San Jose de las LajaS,
II miles southeast of Havana.
Despite the harsh justice
dealt terrorists, Saboteurs con-
tinued to strike.
Three bombs exploded in Ha-
vana today, injuring five per-
sons. One bomb was planted
in the home of a worker who
had attended Mr.. Castro's
speech with his mother, a mem
ber of the militantly pro-Castro
Federation of Cuban Women.
Both were injured as they re-
turned home. The other VIC
tins were cut by flying glass.
A bomb heavily damaged a
water aqueduct in La Salud,
about 20 miles south of Havana,
last night and threatened much
of the capital with a waterless
week end.