THE EVENING STAR (Washington), Monday, 9 September 1963, Four Star Edition, page B 4, Columns 4 - 5

"Goldwater's Toughness Challenged by Castro"

by Daniel Harker, AP Staff Writer

"... Bitterly denouncing what he called recent U.S. prompted raids on Cuban territory, Mr. Castro said:

'We are prepared to fight them and answer in kind. U.S. leaders should think that if they are aiding terrorist plans to eliminate Cuban leaders, they themselves will not be safe.

'The U.S. is always ready to negotiate and make promises which later it will not honor. This has happened to promises made during the October crisis. They have been broken as can be seen with new attacks.

'But I warn this is leading to a very dangerous situation that could lead to a worse crisis than October's....'

[From an impromptu interview given by Castro at a Brazilian Embassy reception this week.]

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