Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-10-23

DOUt6L OSTHHt6HL StuLG~
nlent on Cuba:
President Kennedy Of The
United States announced las
night that he had instructed
the United States Navy to in.
tercept all ships proceeding tt
Cuba, to search them and moi
to let pass ships carrying wea.
pons which are defined by the
United States authorities as
offensive weapons.
Another order was issued tt
conduct continuous and thor
ough observation over Cuba
Thus, the United States Gov
eminent, in effect, establishe:
a naval blockade of the Repub-
lie Of Cuba. simultaneously
the landing began Of fresh
United States troops at the
United States base Guantana-
mo, which lies on Cuban terri
tory, and the United States
armed forces have been alerted
The President tries to justify
these unprecedented aggressive
actions by alleging that q
threat to the national security
of the United States emanateS
from Cuba.
The Soviet government has
repeatedly drawn the attention
of the governments Of al
countries and world public
opinion to the serious danger
to the cause of peace created by
the policy followed by the
United States with regard to
the Republic of Cuba.
The statement of the United
States President shows that the
United States imperialist circles
balk at nothing in their at
tempts to stifle the sovereign
state, a United Nations men,
Der. For this purpose, they are
prepared to push the world to
the abyss of a war catastrophe.
Move Called Gamble
The peoples of all countries
must be clearly aware that,
undertaking such a gamble, the
United States of America is
taking a step along the road
of unleashing a thermonuclear
world war.
Cynically flouting interna-
tional standards of conduct of
states and the principles of
the Charter of the U. NJ, the
United States usurped the
right, and announced this, to
attack ships of other states on
the high seas, i.e., to engage in
piracy.
Imperialist quarters of the
United States seek to dictate to
Cuba what policy she must
carry through, what domestic
order ought to be established,
what weapons she should have
for her defense.
But who gave the United
States the right to assume the
role of the master of destinies
of other countries and peoples?
Why should the Cubans settle
the internal affairs Of their
state not at their own discre-
ton but so as to please the
United States? Cuba belongs
to the Cuban people and only
they can be masters of their
destiny.
In accordance with the United
Nations Charter, all countries,
big and small, have the right
to build their life in their own
way, to take such measures for
insuring their security as they
deem necessary, to offer rebuff
to the aggressive forces which
encroach on their freedom and
independence. To ignore this
means to undermine the very
foundations of the United Ma
tions existence, to introduce
jungle law into international
practices, to give rise to end
less conflicts and wars.
playing With Fire"
At this anxious hour, the
Soviet government regards it
as its duty to issue a serious
warning to the United States
Government, warning it that by
taking the measures announced
by President Kennedy 1t as
sunes a grave responsibility
for the destinies of peace, is
recklessly playing with fire.
The leaders of the United
States must, at last, under
stand that times have changed
completely. Only madmen bank
on a policy from positions of
strength" and believe that this
policy will bring any success,
will help to make it possible
to impose their order upon
other states. Whereas earlier
the United States could regard
itself as the strongest military
power, it now has no founda-
tons whatever for this.
There is another force in the
world, no less powerful. which
advocates that the peoples ar
range their life just as they
want to. Now, more than ever
before, statesmen are called
forth to display compoSure and
common sense and not saber-
rafting.
The Soviet government re-
affirms that all weapons of the
Soviet Union serve and will
serve the purposes of defense
against aggressors. In the pres
ent international situation, the
powerful weapons, including
nuciear weapons, possessed by
the Soviet Union, are, as all the
peoples of the world acknowl-
edge, a decisive means which
deters the aggressive forces of
imperialism from engineering
a world war of determination.
The Soviet Union will continue
to discharge this mission with
all firmneSs and consistence.
Hypocrisy Charged