Accord On Moves Against Cuba

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29734, 30 January 1962, Page 15

Accord On Moves Against Cuba

(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright)

PUNTA DEL ESTE (Uruguay), January 29. Western Hemisphere Foreign Ministers agreed last night to draft a six-point declaration attacking Dr. Fidel Castro’s Cuban Government and creating machinery for economic sanctions against Cuba.

Although the declaration fell short of Washington's goals, United States sources predicted it would be solidly backed by a substantial majority of the 20 American Republics and achieve “eminently effective” results. The agreement broke a week’s deadlock on what action to take against Cuba, the Associated Press said. Informants said delegations would be permitted to vote for or against each part of the final resolution Nearly unanimous support was expected for all but the strongest sections, A.P said. The key point was the introduction of voluntary measures to be taken by indi-

vidual countries—rather than mandatory steps—under the Charter of the Organisation of American States. This left the door open for members of the “go-easy” seven-nation bloc, led by Brazil and Mexico, to sidestep the declaration’s harsher aspects. But a United States delegation source expressed confidence that at least 17 nations would vote for the even more drastic steps embodied in the declaration. , The unofficial outline of the points was:—

A general resolution on political ideals proclaiming the inconsistency and hemispheric dangers of a

Cuba tied to the Soviet bloc. A declaration that the Cuban Government, which had proclaimed itself MarxistLeninist, was incompatible with the principles of the inter-American system. This article would include whatever action was taken regarding Cuba’s suspension or ouster from O.A.S organs. Elimination of Cuba's participation on the interAmerican Defence Board A recommendation that LatinAmerican nations take individual measures on a voluntary basis for defence. An embargo on traffic in arms to Cuba. f declaration of the need for moving ahead in economic and social fields, as projected by President Kennedy’s Alliance for Progress programme, to reduce as quickly as possible the poverty that offered fertile ground for Communism. New Pools Win (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright) TURIN, January 28 Peir Vallauri, who has already made more than £30,000 in numerous wins on Italy’s football pools and State lottery, returned to Turin from a lucky visit to a French casino today to find he had won the pools again. He also won about £2900 at the Aix-Les-Bains casino.