CUBAN PRESIDENT CALLS ON U.N. TO CONDEMN U.S. THREAT OF NAVAL BLOCKADE
New York City (JFK+50) On October 8, 1962, Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado*, President of Cuba, spoke to the General Assembly of the United Nations here in New York. The president branded any move by the United States "to impose a naval blockade" as "an act of war."
He called upon the Assembly to condemn the United States and received "a prolonged burst of applause" from the Soviet delegation.
At the close of the hour and 45 minute long speech, a group in the public gallery held up a banner with the words...
"Stop Kennedy. Hands Off Cuba."
JFK+50 NOTE
Lee Harvey Oswald passed out yellow leaflets bearing the words 'Hands Off Cuba' in New Orleans in August 1963.
The 13 days of the Cuban Missile Crisis were October 16 to October 28, 1962 during which a naval blockade was set up by the United States to force the Soviets to remove their missiles.
*Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado (1919-1983) was born in Cienfuegus, Cuba & graduated from the University of Havana Law School in 1941. ODT served as president of Cuba 1959-1976.
SOURCE
"Cuba Demands U.N. Condemn U.S. Stand," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 8, 1962, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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