O.A.S. STATES SIGN CUBAN SANCTIONS U.S. HAILS ACTION AS 'BODY BLOW' TO CASTRO REGIME

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• Publication Date: July 27, 1964
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O.A.S. STATES SIGN
CUBAN SANCTIONS
U.S. Hails Action as 'Body
Blow' to Castro Regime
By TAD SZULC
Special to The New York Timer
WASHINGTON, July, 26
Foreign ministers of 20 Ameri-
can nations formally signed to-
day resolutions for mandatory
sanctions against Cuba and for
strengthening defenses against
Cuban subversion.
This act closed the Organiza-
tion of American States confer-
ence, which Secretary of State
Dean Rusk called "the most
important ever held in this hem-
isphere."
The resolutions were approved
about 1 A.M. after more than
14 hours of negotiations. The
ministers then returned just be-
fore noon to the Pan American
Union building for the signing
ceremony.
Four countries - Bolivia,
Chile, Uruguay and Mexico -
voted against the main resolu-
tion on the, "application of
measures to the present Gov-
ernment of Cuba." There were
strong indications, however, that
Bolivia, Chile and Uruguay
would comply. before long with
the sanctions measure.
Aggression Charge Upheld
All 20 nations represented at,
the conference signed the reso-
lutions. It is traditional at such
inter-American conferences that
all participants. sign the docu-
ment finally approved, despite
the positions taken in debate..
The sanctions were invoked
against Cuba as a result of the
conference's finding that she
committed aggression against
Venezuela last year by smug-
gling arms to pro-Communist
guerrillas and terrorists. They
prescribe that the signatory'
states will not maintain diplo
matic and consular relations
with Havana, and that trade and
maritime transportation will be,
suspended.
The resolution does not call
for a "break" in relations, as
originally -proposed. It declares
simply that the American states
will "not maintain", such ties.
This, together with other ef-
forts at conciliation at the con-
ference, was designed to give
opponents of the sanctions . a
maximum of flexibility in carry-
ing then out.
Mr. Rusk, speaking on the
American Broadcasting Com-
pany television program "Issues
and Answers," a few hours
after the signing ceremony,
said, that "Castro has no future
in Cuba or this hemisphere."
He said this was evident from
the " vigor and great clarity"
of the ministerial action.
The Assistant Secretary of
State for Inter-American Af-
fairs, Thomas C. Mann, said in
a statement that the conference
was "a victory for the inter-
American system""and a "body.
blow" to Premier Fidel Castro.
"it proved once again the
ability of the Organization of
American States to. defend it-
self against aggression,". he de-
Glared.
The four countries that op=
posed the sanctions are the only
ones in Latin American that still
have diplomatic relations with
Cuba.
Bolivia announced- late last
night that she would abide by
the sanctions, and it was ex-
pected that she would break
with Havana after the inau-
guration of President Victor
Paz Estenssoro Aug. 6 for his
new term.
Diplomats believed that Presi-
dent Jorge Alessandri Rodri-
guez of Chile would order a
break in relations before' the,
presidential elections Sept. 4.
Though Chile forcefully op
posed the sanctions, the Ales-
sandri Government feels that,.,
as a member of the inter-Amer-;
scan security system, Chile has
no choice but to abide by the
majority decision.
Little Practical Impact
it was thought that Uruguay In the strongest to measure ut
It
would probably follow suit. had ever applied
United States. officials felt O.A.S. . "emphatically" con-
that the 15-to-4 vote constituted,demned the Castro regime for
a ",meaningful" majority foriaggression against Venezuela
the resolutions. . and .warned that new subver-,
The required two-thirds ma-sive acts anywhere in the-Amer-
jority.was 13 votes, but only;icas would be met with individual
19 of the .20 nations meeting'or collective dete?rents, "which
could vote. Venezuela, as the could go as far ,as resort to
nation that brought the corn-'armed force."
plaint, was ineligible. She Hating first defined the
charged that Cuba smuggledCuban interference in Venezuela'
three tons of arms into feacn acat agtghre tat, "which
zuela last fall. the
The sanctions, of themselves, resolution set a precedent that
were expected to have little could be applied in the future.
practical impact on Cuba. For; In stating that acts the bulk of Latin is
- cthe American states the
American trade with Cuba is g
in foodstuffs, which area notiindividual t of "self-defense in former
'covered by the trade ban.
The interest of the majority,untii the O.A.S. could move to
was to score a , political polnt'restore peace, the resolution set
and to reinforce aI tisubversion . he stage for prompt deterrent
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