ARRIVES IN CUBA
The first batch of articles donated by the Chinese Red Cross for hurricane victims in Cuba arrived in Havana by special plane October 20, the Chinese news agency Hsinhua reports.
The articles included 4,062 kilograms of medicine and l, 952 kilograms of powdered milk,
Yi Cheng~hsin, representative of the Chinese Red Cross, who arrived with the donation, was warmly welcomed at the airport by Cuban Red Cross President Giberto Cervantes,
Yi Cheng=hsin expressed the Chinese people's deep concern for the’ victims of the hurricane and the firm belief that the united Cuban people would surely overcome the difficulties caused by the disaster,
Cervantes thanked him and requested the Chinese representative to convey the gratitude of the Cuban Red Cross and people to the Chinese Red Cross and people.
“Hsinhtia also reports that the first donation from the Chinese government of aid for the victims of the hurricane arrived October 19, This was a preliminary shipment of 9,059 tons of rice,
After the ship tied up at Santiago in eastern Cuba, ceremonies were’ . held on the dock, Regino Boti, Cuban Minister of Economy accepted the donation in behalf of the Cuban people from the Chinese Ambassador Shen Chien and expressed the gratitude of the Cuban government and people,
Major Armando Acosta, general secretary of the Oriente. provincial committee:.of the United Party of the Socialist Revolution, spoke from the improvised platform of an electric loading machine.
“ --* The crowd included longshoremen and 500 volunteer coffee harvesters about to set off for the mountains.
Major Acosta said that the people in Oriente and in all Cuba would be grateful forever for the fraternal aid from Mao Tse=-tung, the Chinese government and the Chinese people and would never forget this aid which came to the Cuban people at a difficult moment, The Cuban people, he said, would not only overcome the natural calamities and restore production by | their labor, but would also build "a beautiful socialist country" in their land,
The speech of Major Acosta was repeatedly interrupted by cheers of "Long live Fidel!" and “Long live Mao Tse-tung!"
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