Word: castros
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...luncheon, the ministers promptly plunged into their own debate-not over what they really should or could do about Cuba, but mainly over whether or not they should try to issue a communique. Although one was finally produced, it was hardly calculated to cause even one grey hair in Castro's beard. It recognized the obvious-that "the Sino-Soviet intervention in Cuba is an attempt to convert the island into an armed base for Communist penetration of the Americas and subversion of the democratic institutions of the hemisphere...
...rebels intended to kill Castro and other members of the Communist hierarchy, then follow up with sabotage and uprisings that would engulf Cuba in turmoil. Behind the plot was a reorganized Cuban underground, including a new group consisting largely of Cuban military men fed up with Castro. The plotters reportedly had backing in the Cuban army, the navy, even the militia. But they paid dearly for their plans...
...refugee arriving in Miami last week brought news that 70 navy officers and men had been arrested after Castro's G-2 uncovered the plot. All told, more than 300 suspects were rounded up. After secret trials, 75 of the plotters were executed by firing squads at La Cabana fortress overlooking the entrance to Havana Bay; 27 were sentenced to from two to 30 years in prison. Last week Havana radio, still silent about the major plot, announced five arrests-the grand master of Cuba's Masonic Lodge and four other Masons, who were charged with being "directly...
...torn merchant marine, made completely tax deductible. Oldtime Hamburg shipping men scornfully dubbed Oetker's armada the "baking powder fleet," but through astute management his fleet of 67 tankers and freighters has kept busy without resorting-as some German shipping companies have-to running Soviet-bloc cargoes for Castro. Characteristically, Oetker got into the insurance business to pare his premiums, built his Condor companies into one of Germany's biggest full-line insurance firms...
There are no real ideological issues separating East from West, says Toynbee. The differences are purely economic. Americans, writes Toynbee, were once as revolutionary as the Russians or the Chinese Communists or the Castro Cubans...