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...room and found on the floor the note he had left behind him. It read: "On this voyage I have discovered the meaning of the word liberty. I can no longer be a Communist. But neither can I betray my country. I cannot bring myself to ask asylum of foreigners. Death is the only...
...Lord Elgin Hotel with a fellow Soviet delegate, Klotchko waited until his roommate was asleep, collected only his razor and toothbrush, and slipped out into the deserted streets. Klotchko quickly found himself talking to the Mounties. By 8:30 in the morning, Klotchko's appeal for political asylum was on Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's desk, and by 9:30 the Cabinet met to approve...
...Lisbon accused Portuguese Guinea's neighbor, Senegal, of helping the rebels; Senegal retaliated by promptly breaking off diplomatic relations with Lisbon. Even the large and prosperous East African colony of Mozambique, which has so far been quiet, is stirring with nationalist fervor. Mozambique rebels in nearby Tanganyika, given asylum by Prime Minister Julius Nyerere, boast that they will soon turn the colony into "another Angola...
Another 1,000 or more helpless Cubans are holed up at the various embassies in Havana. Since Castro refused to honor the Latin American tradition of safe-conduct out of the country, many have been in asylum for five months or more. The Venezuelan embassy holds 205 people; Brazil has 195. Costa Rica 95, Argentina 70. Colombia 50. Though European embassies do not officially grant asylum, several have taken in fleeing Cubans as "guests." The political "asylees" have escaped Castro's police, but many of them are little better off than those in his dungeons...
...Some confusion in Castro's own ranks was created by the defection of the Cuban consuls general in Buenos Aires and Montevideo shortly before Che arrived. They resigned and asked for political asylum in Argentina...