Wednesday, May 1, 1963 University Daily Kansan
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American Diplomats Boycott Russian May Day Events
MOSCOW—(UPI)—Russia flexed its military muscles for Cuban Premier Fidel Castro today in a May Day parade that was boycotted by United States diplomats for the first time.
By Henry Shapiro
U. S. Ambassador Foy D. Kohler and his entire staff boycotted the festivities as a snub to the bearded Cuban leader. It was the first time a U.S. envoy has made such a gesture on May Day since Washington and Moscow established diplomatic relations 30 years ago.
The action by the American diplomats reflected the running feud the Kennedy administration has had with Castro's Marxist-Leninist government just 90 miles off the Florida coast. The United States and Cuba do not have diplomatic relations.
NOTABLY ABSENT from the celebrations was Communist Party Secretary Frol Kozlov, who has
been dubbed by Khrushchev as his successor.
There was no indication whether Kozlov's absence had political significance or whether he might be ill or on vacation. He has not been present at any of the official functions here for Castro.
DELIVERING THE main speech from the reviewing stand, Malinovsky accused the enemies of Cuba of "grossly violating the elementary norms of international law."
"The imperialist circles of the United States lead this provocative policy," Russia's military leader said.
Malinovsky notably made no specific threats of any military retaliation against the United States
in the event of an attack on Cuba. Declaring that the danger of war still exists, Malinovsky, as he usually does on such occasions, warned anew that any aggressor against the Soviet Union would be crushed by the military might of the socialist camp.
The military parade included rockets which the official Tass news agency described as "of tremendous destructive power." There were ground-to-air rockets, self propelled rockets and sea-borne rockets.
THE TRADITIONAL rollpast of heavy military equipment included four of the medium-range missiles of the type the Russians pulled out of Cuba last fall.
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