Cuban ~ sentry on the Guantanamo frontier.
CANADIANS RESPOND TO “CURAN APPEAL FOR AID
‘Toronto.
In a ‘statement. réleased: to: the. press. June 2,:. the Fair: Play.” for Cuba-Committee announced that it had received an emergenciy® 2 f~ telegram from the National Committee of the Young Communists in: Cuba on the threat of an invasion of the island republic.
"The Committee. has ‘issued. an: alert to all: who defend the. right of small nations such as Cuba to:.determine:their own. forms of government undeterred by bigger powers such ‘ as. ‘the: United» States of America," the statement said. Ob apo
"All Canadians should be prepared. on: an emergency basis to protest any further provocations by the U.S.State Department that threaten not only the lives of the:entire' peoples of Cuba but the peoples of.the whole world with a nuclear disaster. he.
“ "It expresses its. support of the idea that Canadians should be prepared, as they have been in the past to volunteer their ser-+.vices in the defence of freedom anywhere -- and in this case on the: shores of Cuba. FPCC is preparing to act along the lines of the Cuban appeal. " na The! text of the. telegram received by the Fair: Play for: cuba Committee from the National Committee of Young Communists is.as... follows:
"The false declaration. of the U. S. State Department protesting the 'intrusion' of six Cuban soldiers into the Guantanamo base that. the Americans occupy in Cuba is-as treacherous and barefaced a lie. as is their version of the assassination of. the Cuban soldier which occurred on May 21. By the imperialists making these declarations, : they prove they know nothing about our people and their determination to fight any and all forms of aggression. Far from: permitting themselves to be terrorized by blackmail, threats,’ aggressions: and: nonsense, the Cuban people are preparing to combat imperialism . unflinchingly. In case the feared attack occurs we ask all partisans of freedom and.democracy to protest the aggression and. the use of Guantanamo as a base by the U.S. armed forces: against the will of..% the Cuban people. oo ae
. “As of now’we are appealing for volunteers from all countries
to fight fearlessly and courageously against the intended imperialist aggression in Cuba.
)" "Patria o muerte. _ Venceremos. (Fatherland or Death. We shall: win. )" . a an
ADOLFO GILLY