Cuban Revolution everywhere should remain on the alert, Johnson's moves in the Caribbean may precipitate another world crisis, again raising the dread specter of nuclear war.
YUGOSLAV REPLY TO CUBAN CRITICISM
The Cuban criticism of Yugoslavia's role in inviting the Venezuelan government to the conference of "Nonaligned" countries to be held in Cairo next October [see World Outlook May sl, has met with a rebuff from the Tito government.
The Cubans challenged the Yugoslavs for inviting a ‘reaction ary Latin-American government that has played a particularly invidious role in the efforts: of American imperialism to crush or strangle the Cuban Revolution, . By no stretch of the imagination can Betancourt or his suceessor Leoni be honestly characterized as “nonaligned. uw
Agence France Press reported May 16 from Belgrade. that it had learned from "well-informed sources" that the Tito government- had - "recently invited" the Cuban government to practice "moderation,"
The Yugoslavs "especially counseled it to stop trying to export! . the Castroist revolution to Latin America,"
Acoording to Agence France Press, the "Yugosiav move was directly related to the preparations for the second conference of nonaligned countries scheduled for next October in Cairo. It was emphasized precisely that Yugoslavia favors the participation of a series of Latin-American countries in the. conference -- like Venezuela in partioular -- which the Cuban government, for its part, considers to be allies of. 'Yankee imperialiam, 1"
It should be noted that sao Sugoslavs echo the chargs made in Washington that Cubans seek to "export" their revolution. The fact is that the Cubans have recognized from the very beginning that revolutions cannot be- "exported," They have repeated this again and again, What they can be accused of is proudly, pointing. to the Cuban Revolution as an example which all of Latin America might well follow. And in this they ‘are right.
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