SOVIET STATEMENT ON U.S. PROVOCATIONS

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SOVIET STATMENT ON U.S. PROVOCATIONS
Mosco4d TASS in English to Europe 0938 GMT 11 September 1962--L
(Text) Moscow--The Soviet Government has authorized :ASS to state
that the U.S. Government is staging provocations which might plunge
the world into the disaster of a universal world war with the use of
thermonuclear weapons. The Government of the USSR declares that "one
cannot now attack Cuba and expect that the aggressor will be free from
punishment for this attack. If such an attack is made, this will be
the beginning of unleashing war." The Soviet Government appeals to
the Government of the United States, urging it to "display common
sense, not to lose self-control, and soberly to assess what its actions
might leach to if it unleashes war."
The Soviet Government declares that it will not follow the road of the
United States, which is Calling up 150,000 reservists. Instead, it
"regards it as its duty to display vigilance in the present situation
and to instruct the minister of defense of the Soviet Union and. the
Command of the Soviet Array to take all measures to bring our armed
forces into the highest state of combat readiness."
"However," the statement says, "these are exclusively precautionary
measures. We shall do our utmost to see to it that peace is not
violated." The Soviet Government appeals to the peoples, urging them
to denounce the aggressive schemes, not to allow the U.S..aggressors
to engineer war, and to safeguard world peace.
The following is the full text of the TASS statement.
The Soviet Government has authorized TASS to make the following
statement:
The Soviet Government has stated more than once that in carrying out a.
policy of peaceful coexistence with all countries irrespective of their
socio-political order it has exerted and is exerting every effort to
safeguard peace for all the peoples of the world and to secure agreement
on gm eral and complete disarmament under strict international control.
The Soviet Government deems it necessary to draw the attention of all
governments and world opinion to the provocations the U.S. Government is
now staging, provocations which might plunge the world into the disaster
of a universal thermonuclear world war.
U.S. bellicose-minded reactionary elements have long been conducting
an unbridled propaganda campaign against the Cuban Republic in the U.S.
Congress and press, calling for an attack on Cuba and an attack on
Soviet ships carrying the necessary commodities and food to the Cuban
people; in short, calling for war.
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At first the Soviet Unic?xi did not pay special importance to this
propaganda against peace, against humanity and humaneness. It believed
that this propaganda was being conducted by irresponsible persons who do
not represent or heed the interests of the people, that all this provocative
..clamor was being raised in the United States in connection with coming
congressional elections, when the rival bourgeois parties--the Republicans
and Democrats--following the custom in imperialist states, vie with
each other to'see who can hurl more infamies against the peace forces.
Unfortunately, there still are many people it the United States who
are being fooled by this vile propaganda. U.S. monopoly capital,
which owns the entire radio-press communications system, all means of
influencing the minds of the peoples, is keeping the American people
captives of ignorance and taking advantage of this to condition U.S.
public opinion in a direction that suits them. During the many years
of coexistence with the United States have become accustomed to this
kind of Devil's Sabbath, and therefore did not attach special importance
to it.
Nov., however,, one can no longer ignore this, because the U.S. President
has asked Congress for permission,.to call up 15O,000 reservists to
the U.S. armed forces. In explaining the reasons for his request,
the President said that the United States must have th means to
rapidly and effectively reach, in case of need, a dang.r that might
arise in any part of tine free world; that he was taking such a step
in connection with the strengthening of the armed forces of Cuba,
which, according to the United States, is aggravating tension and
all but creates a threat to other Countries.
Such a step by the U.S. Government cannot be assessed otherwise than
as a screen from the aggressive plans and intentions of the United States
itself, and will inevitably lead to aggravating the in .ernational
atmosphere. It is said that this step is allegedly designed to ease
tension, but it has never been though that a fire can be put
out by kerosene or gasoline. Each throughtful person understands
that such steps do not lead to the relaxation of tension; on the
contrary, they are a means of aggravating tension to the limit and
creating a situation where the disaster of a world thermonuclear war
could be sparked off by some accident. Hence, this is ~i provocation
against peace, taken in the intereats`8f war, in the interests of
aggression.
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The U0S. leaders are seeif~Lg to e xPiai .tha.s,? ,step by the aggr ivation
of tension. Bat, compared ?yrith -the situatj,bh a year or even tjrp ago, ?
no special change can be observed. Fence, such, a step is designed..
not to ease but to aggravate tension in the international situation. ";.
What is it, then, that has taken place which has alarmed and impelled`';"
the U.S. Government to take such aggressive actions? Members of the
U.S. Congress and press are calling a spade a spade, thus giving
away the real inside story behind such U.S. steps. The U.S.
imperialists have been alarmed by the failure of the U.S.-staged.
economic blocade of revolutionary Cuba. Trey ,would like to
strangle the Cuban people, to make them their satellite, to wipe
out the achievements of the revolution accomplished by the heroic
people of Cuba. To attain these ends they have refused to purchase
sugar from Cuba and to sell, to it their goods, including even medicine.:
and food; they have not even stopped at seeking, to strangle children,
old folk, and adults by the rawboned hand of starvation. And all this
they call humaneness.
The Soviet Union, like the other socialist countries, has stretched
out a hand of assistance to the Cuban people because we fully
understand Cuba's situation. Aster the October Revolution, when the young
Soviet .state was in a capitalist encirclement and the peoples of
out country lived through tremendous difficulties caused by postwar 0'
destrnetion, the United States, instead of rendering assistance,
staged armed intervention against the Soviet Republic. U.S. troops
were landed in Murmansk, Archangel, and in the Far East;
British troops were landed at Archangel and occupied Baku; French
troops were landed at Odessa, and Japanese in Primorye Kray. The
imperialist powers set up counterrevolutionary armies under the
leadership of Xolch1, Yudenich, Denikin, and Wrangel, and mobilized
and armed the entire counterrevolutionary mob, this scum. The peoples
of the Soviet Union firmly resolved to establish their own internal
order which would accord with their aspirations. They exerted great
effort and sacrificed many lives to smash the internal counterrevolution
and expel the foreign invaders from the country!
The Soviet Union, in spite of tremendous difficulties, not ow Ay held
out in the Kruggle for its independence but also demonstrated to the
whsle world the superiority of the people's socialist order, in white. ialli
means of production belong to the people and where everything is done
for the sake of the people. The whole world knows that the Soviet Union
was the first socialist country to make tremendous progress in the
advance of its economy, science, and cultu '.nd the first to blaze a
trial into outer space, successfully continuing its exploration;
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The peaceful. constructive labor of the SOV et-people is yielding rich
fruit. The flight of two Soviet spacemen side by side for three to
four days and the simultaneous landing of their spaceships overwhpjmed
the minds of all honest people, who rejoice in progress, in the
successes of-the Soviet Union, and in the exploration of outer space
for peaceful purposes. This has been a striking manifestation of the
peace-loving policy of the. Soviet Union, whose every effort is aimed
at safeguarding peace and the progress of mankind.
The United States now wants to repeat against little heroic Cuba what
it undertook at one time against our country, But one can say
confidently that such plans are doomed to failure. The Soviet Union
could not fail to ignore the situation in which Cuba found itself as
a result of imperialist provocations and threats, and it went fraternally
to the Cuban peopleTs assistance. This is being done by other
socialist countries, too, and alsd by dther`peace-loving states which
maintain trade relations with Cuba. Soviet hips are carrying to Cuba
the goods it needs and returning with Commodities it has in
abundance, particularly sugar, which the United States--previously
the main importer--has refused to buy in the hope of undermining the
Cuban economy. This is why the Soviet Union and other socialist
countries are buying this sugar--to support the Cuban economy-
If one is honest and proceeds from the understanding of the
need for living in peace, declared by the U.S. President himself--to
safeguard peaceful coexistence between states irrespective of their
socio-political order--what could have alarmed the U.S. leaders?
That is the-reason for raising this devil's sabbath over Cuba in Congress
and in the U.S. press?
The point is, they say, that armaments and even troops are being shipped
from the Soviet Union to Cuba. To this one can say: Gentlemen, you
are evidently so frightened that you are afraid of your own shadow
and you do not believe in the strength of your ideas and your capitalist
order. You have been so frightened by the October Socialist Revolution
and the successes of the Soviet Union, achieved and developed on the
basis of this revolution, that it seems to you hordes are moving to Cuba
when potatoes, oil, tractors, harvester combines, and other farming and
industrial machinery are actually being transported there to maintain
its economy.
We can say to these people that these are our ships, and that what
we carry in them is no business of theirs; it is the internal affair
of the sides engaged in this commercial transaction. We can quote
the popular saying: Don't stick your noses into other people's business.
But we are not hiding from the world the fact that we are really supplying
Cuba with industrial equipment and goods which are helping to strengthen
its economy and raise the well-being of the Cuban people.
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At the request of the Cuban Government, we are also 'sending Soviet
agronomists, machine operators, tractor drivers, and livestock experts
to share their experience and knowledge with their Cuban friends in
order to help them raise the country's economy. We are also sending,.
rani-and-file state and collective farm workers and accepting thousands
of Cubans in the Soviet Union to exchange experience and teach them the
more progressive methods of agriculture, to help them master the Soviet
farm machinery which is being supplied them.
It will be recalled that a certain amount of armaments is also being
shipped from the Soviet Union to Cuba at the request of the Cuban
Government in connection with the threats by aggressive imperialist
circles. The Cuban statesmen also requested the Soviet Government to
send Soviet military, specialists and technicans who would train the Cubans
in handling up-to-date weapons, because up-to-date weapons now call for
high skill and much knowledge. It is only natural that Cuba does not
yet have such specialists. That is why we considered this request.
It must be said, however, that the number of Soviet military specialists
sent to Cuba can in no way be compared to the number of agricultural
workers being sent there.
The armaments and military equipment sent to Cuba are designed exclusively
for defensive purposes, and the U.S. President and military, just as the
military of any country, know what means of defense are. How can these
means threaten the United States?
No, gentlemen, this is not what is alarming you. You yourselves
realize the absurdity of your claim that there is some threat to the
United States emerging from Cuba. You have invented this threat
Yourselves, and now you want to persuade others of its existence. It
is the revolutionary spirit you fear, and not the military equipment
received by the Cubans for their own defense. And why should this
alarm you if the statement by the U S. President that the United States
is not preparing an aggression against Cuba, is not contemplating an
attack against it, accords with the real intentions of the U.S.
government? If this is an honest statement, and the U.S. Government
abides by it in its policy, then the means of defense which Cuba is
getting will not be used because: the need to use them will arise only
in the event of aggression against Cuba.
The Soviet Government has also authorized TASS to state that there is
no need for the Soviet Union to shift its weapons for the repulsion
of aggression, for a retaliatory blow, to any other country--like Cuba.
Our nuclear weapons are so powerful in their explosive force, and the
Soviet Union has such powerful rockets to carry these nuclear warheads,
that there is no need to search for sites for them beyond the boundaries
of the Soviet Union.
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We have said and we repeat that if war is unleashed, if the aggressor
makes an attack on one'state or another, and this state asks for
assistance, the. Soviet Union-can render assistance to any peace-loving
state--and not only to Cuba--from its own territory. And let no one
doubt that the Soviet Union will render such assistance just as it was
ready in 1956 to render military assistance to Egypt at the time of
the Ango-French-Israeli aggression in the Suez Canal region. We are not
saying this to frighten anyone. Intimidation is alien to the foreign
policy of the Soviet State. Threats and blackmail are an integral part
of the imperialist states. The Soviet. Union stands for peace and does
not want war.
The Soviet Government calls the attention of the world public and all
governments which stand for peaceful coexistence to the fact that even
now, when the United States is preparing an act of aggression and is
increasing its armed forces for this purpose by calling up 150,000
reservists into the army, when the U.S. President is asking Congress
for permission to do this, USSR Minister of Defense Marshal Malinovskiy
has ordered that those servicemen. who have completed their term and be
discharged and then transferred to the reserves.
Trained soldiers are being released from the Soviet armed forces and
recruits are being called up to replenish the units. This alone is
a clear enough indication of our peaceful intentions. No government
would take such a measure if it contemplated any action of a military
nature. One must realize what it means when trained soldiers are being
released from the army and recruits called up who must yet be trained--
and this is not so easy to do considering the complex military equipment
of today, which requires a great amount of knowledge not only from
commanders but from every private. In taking this step we are realizing
measures in our daily life which confirm that the Soviet Union is
following a policy of insuring peace and friendship with all peoples.
The Soviet Union will not take any similar retaliatory action to the
c1'uP of 150,000 reservists in the United States, the more so since
this cannot be of any serious military importance, given up-to-date
means of nuclear rocket warfare.'. If in the past the yardstick for
armies of the belligerents was mainly the number of soldiers, sabers,
and bayonets, in our time the might--of these armies is determined by
a different yardstick--nuclear rocket weapons
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But at a moment when the United States is taking measures to mobilize
its armed forces and preparing for aggression a;;,ainst Cuba and
other pence-loving stets, the Soviet Government would like to draw
attention to?the fact' that one cannot attack Cuba and expect that
the. aggressor, will be, free from punishment. 'If this attack is made,
it will b'e.'thp' beginning of the unleashing of war.
How are the preparations for aggression against~Cuba being explained?
By saying. that Soviet' merchant ships are carrying cargoes to Cuba,
and the United States considers them to be military cargoes. But
this is a. purely'intetfta'1 matter between the states which send these
cargos and those which'buy and receive them.
The whole world knows that the United States has ringed the Soviet
Union and, other the socialist countries with bases. What have they
stationed'there- ta:'actors? Are they perhaps growing rice, wheat,
potatoes, or'some othei''farm crops there? No, they:have brought armaments
there in their ships' and. these armaments, stationed along the
frontiers of the Soviet Union--in irkey, Iran, Greece, Italy,
Britain,' Holland,' Pakistan, and other countries belonging to the
military blocs of `NATO," CETTTO, and SEATO- -aro:'said to be there
lawfully, by right. They consider this their right. But to others the
United States does hot"permit this right even for defense, and when
measures are nevertheless taken to strengthen the defenses of this or
that country the United States raises'tn'outcry 'and declares that an
attack, if you plea'se',' is being pre`pered against them.'' What conceit.
The United States'appa'rently believes"that under present conditions
one can prodded td -dg'gcession with 'impunity.
Equal rights and equal opportunities must be recognized for all
countries of the world. This not only conforms with the recognized
standards of international law which have already taken shape, but
should be strictly adhered to in practical life and activity. And
what happens in fact? The United States, for instance, is now
allegedly mobilizing because our merchant ships are proceeding to Cuba.
Yet U.S. ships, and it is not a question of merchant ships but
warships--the. entire U.S. Sixth Fleet--are in the Mediterranean. How
many kilometers is this from the United States? The U.S. Seventh
Fleet is in Taiwan.Strait. By how many thousands of kilometers
is this fleet separated from U.S. shores? It is even said in the
United States that they have the right to be there.
For what purposes are these fleets in the Mediterranean and in
Taiwan Strait? They are not peaceful ones. That much is certain.
They have aggressive military aims. And can to be conducive to
normal relations when U.S. warships cruise off the shores of other
states, while American admirals and generals, as if competing. with
each other, prattle in the press and radio from time to tiai.abou
the Sixth and Seventh fleats being designed for attack, for destroying
the socialist countries?
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As lon{; as this madness continues, this policy will not contribute
to strengthening peace but, on the contrary, will always be a source
which might at any moment trodUce a military conflict with all the
attendant consequences.
A vile campaign against the Soviet Union is now being conducted
in the United States. It is shouted from the housetops that since
a merchant fleet is plying betcreen the USSR and Cuba, carrying
.reight, this gives the United States the right to attack Cuba
and the Soviet Union. But what purpose is certed by the presence
of U.S. warships in Turkish ports, and by what right is their stay
there regarded as lawful and normal? What do they want--to obtai:z
for themselves some exclusion from the general rules? What is declared
a violation of standards for one is regarded as normal for others.
We warn that given present conditions the socialist camp has no
fewer forces and opportunities than the United States and its allies
in war blocs. This must be taken into consideration. One must be
guided by this in politics so that it does not prejudice one side
or the other. Only under these conditions can one avoid a military
conflict and safeguard peace. To resort to provocation, under the
absurd expectation of frightening the other side, means irresponsible
playing with the destinies of the world. Such a policy can only lead
to dismal results.
It should be remembered that the time has gonc forever when, the
United States had a monopoly on nuclear weapons. Today the Soviet
Union has these weapons in sufficient quantities and of a higher
quality. It should, therefore, be known that he who starts a war,
he who sows the wind, will reap the hurricane. In digging an abyss.'
for its opponents an aggressor will irivevitably fall into it himse_ ".
Only a madman con now think that a war started by him-will be a
calamity only for the people against whom . it is unleashed. No,
by now Hitler's experience should have taught something to those
who contemplate aggression today. Hitler, who started a war along with
Mussolini, perished in it himself and brought disaster to all peool
of the world. A war now would be a hundredfold more terrible, and
it would bring calamities both to the people against whom the
United States is now preparing aggression and to the people of the
United States itself--and probably greater rather than lesser calamities
at that. This will be even more true of those states, allies of the
United States, which border on the Soviet Union, and also of its
other allies in Europe and Asia.
But those quarters that determine the policy of the United States
do not take this into consideration. They set up military bases on
the territory of U.S. allies, build up nuclear weapons stores there, and
install rockets, for example, in Turkey, Italy, and Japan. It is not
difficult to understand that fate they are preparing for these,
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their allies, in case of war. For all this is done to attack the
Soviet Union, the CPR, the :DPrZ,, and other socialist states. This
is well understood by the people try those very countries where U.S.
military bases are being established, for example, in Japan,
whose people are resolutely protesting against these bases.
In light of the latest events, in light of the request of the U.S.
President to Congress for the permission to call up 150,000 reservists,
the Soviet Government also assesses differently the flight of the
American U-2 reconnaissance plane over Soviet territory in the
region of Sai?-.halin on 30 August of this-year. Reports have appeared to
effect that U-2 planes are being based in. Britain, Japan, Turkey,
and the German Federal Republic, and are making flights from
.American bases in those countries. These flights are explained by
the allegation that they have peaceful purposes--they take air samples,
study cloud movements. But today it is even more clear what samples
they are taking cad for what purposes these flights are made.
That is why the Soviet Government appeals to the people, urging them
to raise a voice denouncing aggressive schemes, to prevent the
American aggressors from unleashing war, to safeguard world peace.
The USSR Government appeals to the Soviet people, urging them to continue
working as successfully as they are now. The government of the
Soviet Union will do its utmost to safeguard peace peaceful
coexistence with all countries. But this does not always depend on
us. The Soviet Union did not want World War II, but Hitler imposed
it on us and we were forced to wage war. That is why we must do
everything to be prepared, to see to it that our armed forces--the
strategic rocket forces and the ground forces, the antiaircraft defence,
the navy, and especially the submarine fleet of the Soviet Union--are
able to cope with their tasks. If the aggressors unleash war,
our armed forces must be ready to strike a crushing retaliatory
blow against the aggressor.
The Soviet Geverruaent will not follow the way of the United States,,
which is calling up 150,000 reservists. If we imitated this U.S. action,
we would do what apparently is wanted by certain American circles:
we would help them inflame the situation. But neither can we
disregard the aggressive preparations of the United States. The
Soviet Government considers it its duty in this situation to display
vigilance and to instruct the minister of defense of the Soviet
Union and the command of the-Soviet Army to take all measures to
raise our armed forces to peak military preparedness. But these are
exclusively precautionary measures. We shall do everything on our
.pa"t3 so that peace is not disturbed.
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The Soviet Government appeals to the government of the United States,
urging it to display~`?carmwnsense, not to lose self-control, and to soberly
assess where its actions might lead if it unleashes war. Instead of
aggravating the atmosphere by such actions s,s the mobilization of
reservists, which is tantamount to the threat of starting war,-it would
be much more sensible if the government of the United States, displaying
wisdom, would offer a kind gesture--would establish diplomatic and trade
relations with Cuba, the desirability of which has been recently
declared by the Cuban Government. If the American Government displayed
this wisdom, the peoples would assess this pfoperly as a realistic
contribution of the United States to the relaxation of international
tension, the strengthening of world peace.
If normal diplomatic and trade relations were established between the
United States of America and Cuba, there would be no need for Cuba to
strengthen its defenses, its armed forces. For then nobody would menace
Cuba with war or other.7,aggressive actions, and the situation would become
normal. This is how-matters now'stand. Such is the situation at present.
The Soviet Government has declared more than once and declares now':
We are stretching out a hand of friendship to the people and government,
of the United States. We would like to pool our efforts with the
governments of the United States and other countries to solve all ripe
international problems, to safeguard peace on earth. To do so, one must
agree, above all, on the first step which might be a solution of the
problem of ending nuclear weapons tests. We are ready for this, ready
to sign a relevant agreement. We are ready to reach agreement
on general and complete disarmament under strict international control.
The Soviet Government expresses the hope that the U.S. Government will
at last draw sober conclusions conc:ernl_ng the need for a peace treaty
with Germany. There have been many negotiations on this question, but
no progress has thus far been made. A pause has now been reached in the
talks on a German peace treaty, but the issue remains as sharp as ever
before and is felt even more acutely now in view of the provocations
by revanchists in West Berlin against the GDR. It is said that it is
difficult for the United States to negotiate on the German peace
treaty now as elections to the American Congress are due in Noveriber.
Well, the Soviet Government is prepared to reckon with this. But one
cannot link the solution of the question of a German peace treaty all
the time to elections in this or that country. Elections are held often--
now- here, now there--and further del.ay in settling the question of: a German
peace treaty can only produce fresh difficulties and fresh dangers. The
Soviet Government as before, stands for the earliest conclusion of a
German peace treaty and the adjustment of the situation in West Berlin
on its basis.
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This tash. must be accomplished, and it will be accomplished. The
sovereignty of the GDP. must be protected, and it will be protected.
The vestiges of World War II it. Europe, including the occupation regime
in West Berlin, must be liquidated, and they will be liquidated. This
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accords not only with the interests of thQ Soviet Union and the GL,
it accords with the vital interests of all states, all peoples.
The Soviet Union is stretching out a.hand of friendship to all countries,
to all peoples of the world, in order to achieve by common effort the
establishment of an endt.ung, inviolable peace on our planet. As
regards questions of the internal socio-political order of_stntes, they
must be settled by each :nation independently and wlthgut any outside
intervention. Peace can be safegtiardpd only if one respects the
iaal.ienable right of each nation to independency, if one strictly
observes the principle of eoni_ntervention by some states in the domestic
affairs of other states. That is precisely the meaning of peaceful
coexistence, underlying the peaceable policy of the Soviet state.
U.S. PLANS 'AGGRESSION'?AGAINST CUBA
U.S. Warned
Moscow in Spanish to Latin America 2300 GMT 8 September 1962--E
(Commentary by,i'Karchev?4
(Text) Every (lay the world learns of fresh threats against peaceful
Cuba from aggressive U.S. circles. Cuba is threatened in public
statements by the bellicose U.S. congressmen. The Republican leadership:,
I.n Congress ..insists on adopting an anti-Cuban resolution. --bb sdonsors
say the resolution would rive President Kennedy the right to tak' any
measurer-he feels necessary against Cuba. Fora long time the U.S.
press has been discussing these measures with cynical frankness.
Among other things, it speaks of a military blockade of the island and
direct armed invasion.
It is reported from Washington that President Kennedy is asking Congress
for authority to call up 150,000 reservists for duty. This measure can
only be considered blackmail and a threat-to the Cuban Republic. 'Phis
is understood even in the United States.
The State Department is making its contribution to the anti-Cuban hysteria.
Secretary of State Rusk is preparing an informal meeting of Latin
American diplomats for the purpose of again urging Cuba's sister
nations to take aggressive steps against the isle of freedom: .^.aother
attempt is being made to carry out an infamous task under the 0tu flag,
that of dragging the Latin American peoples into a fratricidal war.
Meanwhile, the Pe-stagota concentrates military forces in the #ari'i,' ,n.
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