CUBA: CASTRO INTERVIEWED AND SENDS A MESSAGE TO IRAN ON THE OCCASION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BEING ESTABLISHED.
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CUBA: CASTRO INTERVIEWED AND SENDS A MESSAGE TO IRAN ON THE OCCASION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BEING ESTABLISHED.
- Title: CUBA: CASTRO INTERVIEWED AND SENDS A MESSAGE TO IRAN ON THE OCCASION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BEING ESTABLISHED.
- Date: 1st April 1975
- Summary: 1. mv (night) - CASTRO APPROACHED BY REPORTER - CASTRO PATS HIM ON HEAD(!) - SAYS "HE?"- REPORTER SAYS "IRAN RADIO AND TELEVISION" - CASTRO LOOKS A LITTLE MORE FRIENDLY - SPEAKS THROUGH INTERPRETER: 120 ft gv - CASTRO INTO CAR AND AWAY - OTHERS AWAY Transcript (Seq 1): Castro: "Glad to see you here - we would like to express (INDISTINCT) to the Iranian people - they are engaged in great projects of development, and I wish them a lot of success - from Cuba we follow very attentively everything that is being done in your land." - Mr Castro, we have gone through the same revolution you have gone through - what do you think of Iran's revolution? "You have a very serious development plan - you want to turn oil into economic development - and this seems to as a very correct thing to do." -On the occasion of opening relations between Iron and Cuba, would you say a message to the Iranian people? "I want you to tell them that we are very glad that relations should have been established between Iran and Cuba - Once I flew over Iran, when I went to Vietnam - so I have seen it from the air." -Last question for Mr Castro - Recently the Shah has made a one-party system in Iran, which you have done - what do you think of the one-party system? "."...conditions in Cuba - I don't know conditions in Iran - (INDISTINCT) the method to which we have adapted in my opinion is the most convenient to our country. Tank you very much." Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 15th April 1975 13:00
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- Location: Cuba
- Country: Cuba
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