Cronología

22 de septiembre de 1960

  • Takes part in the UN General Assembly session.
  • Makes press statements ridiculing the American government decision to not invite him to the banquet being hosted by President Eisenhower.  
  • He eats lunch with the employees and the owner of the Theresa Hotel and with several American journalists.  He presents a bust of José Martí to the hotel’s owner.  
  • He speaks at a dinner given in his honour by the American Cuban Committee for Fair Treatment of Cuba and is given a bust of Abraham Lincoln by Richard Wilson, President of the Committee. He states: “We know how capable you are in making propaganda.  But we also know that in spite of that propaganda, we have many friends in the United States.  The more propaganda there is against us, the stronger we are.”  And he concludes by saying: “Whatever the difficulties, there will always be love for the people of the United States”
22/09/1960