New York Times
April 18, 1961.

Roa Charges U.S. Armed Invaders
Tells U.N. That C.I.A. Aided Attacks--'Agression' Is Denied by Stevenson

Excerpts from Stevenson and Roa statements, Page 16.

By Thomas J. Hamilton
Special to the New York Times

        UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., April 17--Dr. Raul Roa, Foreign Minister of Cuba, charged today that his country had been invaded this morning "by a force of mercenaries, organized, financed and armed by the Government of the United States."
        Dr. Roa told the General Assembly's Political Committee that the attack had been launched from points in Florida and Guatemala under the direction of the Central Intelligence Agency, which he called the "Gestapo." The Gestapo was the Nazi security police force.
        He continued to use terms made familiar to nazism by calling Dr. Jose Miro Cardona, head of the anti-Castro Cuban Revolutionary Council, the "gauleiter." Gauliters were regional party leaders under the Nazis.
Florida Launching Denied
        Adlai E. Stevenson, chief United States delegate, said in reply that "the United States has committed no aggression against Cuba and no offensive has been launched from Florida or from any other part of the United States."
        [In Guatemala, the Government denied that it had participated in any attack on Cuba.]
        Just before the debate ended late this evening Dr. Roa charged that two jet planes from a United States carrier had escorted a Cuban rebel plane to safety this afternoon. He also alleged that forces from the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo had entered Oriente Province, where rebel "mercenaries" had disembarked.
        He asserted further that Cuban troops had engaged the United States forces and that the United States had thus moved from indirect to direct intervention in Cuba.
        Mr. Stevenson said in reply that he could categorically deny that any United States armed forces were engaged in Cuba.
        [In Washington, a Navy spokesman said "there is nothing" to reports of action by carrier-based planes or United States forces from Guantanamo, The Associated Press report.]
        Earlier Mr. Stevenson had expressed the hope that the Cuban people "will succeed in doing what Castro's Government never really tried to do--that is, to bring democratic processes to Cuba."
        The United States representative insisted that "it is not the United States which is the cause of Dr. Castro's trouble, it is Dr. Castro himself."
Resolution Introduced
        At the night session Silviu Brucan of Rumania introduced a resolution calling for the immediate cessation of military operations against Cuba.
        The draft resolution would also make an urgent appeal "to the states whose territory and means are being used for the attack on the Republic of Cuba to stop without delay every assistance to those who are carrying out this armed attack."
        The proposal did not mention the United States or Guatemala.
        "If the Castro Government is overthrown, it will be overthrown by Cubans, not Americans," Mr. Stevenson declared.
        Mr. Stevenson did not reply to a series of questions by Dr. Roa as to whether anti-tank military equipment in the hands of the Cuban Government--and presumably captured from Cuban rebels--had been provided by the United States.
        The Cuban Foreign Minister showed eight photographs of weapons to the committee. He also showed what he said was a salary check that had been paid to the family of one of the rebel "mercenaries."
        Mr. Stevenson did not deny that Cuban rebels had been allowed to operate on United States territory. He insisted, however, that the United States had previously allowed supporters of Dr. castro to do the same thing during their campaign to overthrow Fulgencio Batista, the ousted dictator.
        Mr. Stevenson noted the statement by President Kennedy last week that there would be no intervention in Cuba by American armed forces, that Washington would do everything possible to make sure that "there are no Americans involved in any actions inside Cuba," and that the United States was opposed to the use of our territory "for mounting an offensive" against any government.
        Despite their insistence on United States complicity, no charge that Americans were involved in the invasion was made by Dr. Roa or by Valerian A. Zorin, the Soviet delegate, who took the floor after Mr. Stevenson's reply to the Cuban representative.
        Mr. Zorin, however, asserted that Mr. Stevenson had predicted the victory of the anti-Castro movement, and charged that his statement today was clear-cut proof of United States responsibility for the attacks on Cuba.
Tone of Speech Scored
        The Soviet representative said that there was no doubt about who had organized the attacks, how they were financed, and from whose territory the attackers had come.
        The Soviet delegate's language was relatively nonprovocative. He complained mildly about the tough language Mr. Stevenson had used in his attack on the Castro Government.
        Mr. Zorin asserted that the committee had just listened to statements "that the world is not accustomed to hear" from Mr. Stevenson.
        Dr. Gustavo Santiso Galvez of Guatemala later denied Dr. Roa's charge that some of the attackers had come from Guatemala. Dr. Santiso Galvez said that airfields in Guatemala had been built for defense.
        Mr. Stevenson said he hoped that the "Cuban tragedy" would bring the governments of the americas to "concert every resource and energy to advance the cause of economic growth and social progress throughout the hemisphere, but to do so under conditions of human freedom and political democracy."
        The United States delegate assailed the Castro Government for its "betrayal" of the Cuban revolution, for its attack on other Latin-American governments, for accepting military equipment from the Soviet Union and for the support it has given to the policies of Moscow and Peiping.
        Dr. Roa predicted that there would be a strong reaction to the attacks on Cuba by the countries of Africa and Asia. He did not mention the possibility of support from the Soviet Union or Communist China.
        Maurice Camara of Guinea condemned the "cowardly" and "bandit-like" bombing of Cuban airfields Saturday. He said a revolutionary government must reshape the "colonial economy of its country if it is to respond adequately to the needs of its people."
        Mr. Camara said that Guinea was ready to take the initiative toward using the United Nations to ease the tension between the United States and Cuba. He said all Latin-American states should be invited to take part.
        Reliable sources said that Guinea, which for days has been on the point of introducing a resolution calling ton the two Governments to settle their differences, had planned to do so today, but had refrained at the request of Latin-American delegates.

U.S. Admiral Denies Aid

        GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba, April 17 (UPI)--The United States sharpened its defenses at its Navy base here today, but Rear Admiral Edward J. O'Donnell said the 3,250 sailors and marines at the base were taking no part in the Cuban revolt against Premier Fidel Castro.
        Admiral O'Donnell said charges that forces from the base were aiding the rebels were ridiculous.
        "Our so-called help has been absolutely zero," he declared.

Rumanian Resolution
Special to The New York Times

        UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., April 17--Following is the text of a draft resolution introduced tonight in the general Assembly's Political Committee by Rumania on cuban charges of United States aggression:
        The General Assembly,
        Deeply concerned about the armed attack on the Republic of Cuba which constitutes a threat to general peace and security,
        Demands in the interest of the maintenance of general peace the immediate cessation of the military operations against the Republic of Cuba,
        Makes an urgent appeal to the states whose territory and means are being used for the attack on the Republic of Cuba to stop without delay every assistance to those who are carrying out this armed attack.