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SUBdECT: Journey ot Ex-President Batista of Cuba through Central and South Amer~oa .

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Hltl1Or:able TliiB"Saoretary of State,

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With referetter to the Depar'tiiElilt t S oiroular instruo-tion of Ootober 27~ 1944 (File No. 837.001 Batlsta/lO-2744) oQnoerning the jowrne~ ot ex-President Batiata ot Cuba through Central and South Amerioa;' I have the honor to report that the ex-President or Cuba, General Ful,encio Batista, arrived in Rio de danairo yesterday afternoon. He waa lIMIt at the airport by the Minister tor Fgreign Affairs, the Minister of Aeronautics, a representative of Prellidwt Va.,:g,a,s, &pd ": a number ot other hiShmilitary and oivilian offioials or the Brazilian Government, as well as by some members ot the diplomatio corps inolading, ot oourse, the Cuban Am­bassador.

General Batiata oailed upon the Foreign Minister this morning at the Itamaratl. V.IIGs~ told me atterwards that Batista told him there was no speoial purpose in his trip. ae informed Vello.o that he wish" to know the peoples and leaders ot the sister republios and to beoome aoquainted with their indQatrial and military development and espeoial­ly to observe at tirst hand their war ettort aotivities.

While in Brazil, General Batista is a guest ot the Brazilian Government and his program is being arranged by the Ministry ot WU'.

General Batista reoeived the press yesterday evening at the Rotel Copaoaban.a, where he is staying. 'Q.uestioned by a oorrespondent as to whether in his opinion naziism would lurv1 ve this war, Gei1eralBatista was quoted as say­ing that naziism is, in the last,analYsis, an Ideology that .is not oontined to any ,artioular raoe or part ot

, / ,,':~'t\ .; !~:r~b~1~ !~~li!! !:dn;::~~~YIl!tw~~:i;od:;I~:ti~:s, I ;'; I', (£ among whioh the most dangerouairiihisopln.lon,la talangism. I:d~' ~ '" He stated that under h1a,GoTernmenttalendalland tifth 1 .-,(\. '6 oolwanilmwere VigorGully/oombatted.,He.a:.enounoed the ,"\' ,_ dootrIne ot HhiIPanidadH)01-a tasotstman.eu.'Ver.

,~i : ,ffJ The eX-President stated that when he relinquished .,the , :; Li.. .":' Presidenoy ot Ouba, an atllOilphere ot order a.D.d tranqui~ity ~'> <!;''i prevailed there. He said there were no politioal pris~erl'

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and no political exiles. He said that social and workers' organizations, as well as political parties, were free to take their proper plaoe in the politioal life of the country. J .

When questioned whether the present government of Grau San Martin was also following a demooratio course, General Batista said that he hoped so. He reiterated that Cuba is a democratic country, with organizse poli­tical parties.

General Batista pointed out that in all the coun­tries he has thus far visited during his three months' trip, the people were following the oourse of the war with gJ."8at interest. lie said that while a general feel­ins or .p~im1.m was evident, n.ver~eless PeQple in all the Clitllatrle. he visited have a re4lfzathn that vlotery 18 D..ot wltllin .a.y cr.sp".· The Gen.ral b quoted as having said: )tW • .Ameri .... ha;,.. been fighting fer untlU"iu te obta1D: ,OlU'1ndepeaa.n... We are anxious, now to lin in 1Ild.peadOl1.e aad 11oe;>ty as we haTe always' lived. To win the w8,.l'"is "not en!,ugh. We must also,w~1l the pea .. ant prea.rn it. Peaoe will have to· comelll1d.r the 'be.mler of 11_.1'.101' ~d ju.st1o •• " ' ..

. u. ref.r.red to the Spanish Civil war as the actual beginning of the present world conflagration and said that at~ .~'ll,'?'hl1.hted th". appeUn of the Nazis, the eoJaf'licitw •• inevitable. .

It 1I1,Q4"r .. "004 th.t Ge~e.ral Batista and th.par­B&IlII a .... poring hiDlw111 remain here,alla~ttwo w,.~ 8Jld then" pr •••• d 1\_ ,V.ri.'ezllela, Peama ,'-..Qentral Aliaer­baD. .~utrl .. ,. MH:l,.o. '!;h. UnU.' stat .... and Oanah. Ino1denblly, )).. mentililuel! in his inter:r.1ew that h. oon­Biehra Canda ~ iategral part or the ~l'1.'lj.n co_unHy of _t10D.S~, ,A;toerdiag,tEl 'the~pro.a. theth.ree p.raona ac".PailT1l1S hill 1I..f. his private 'pJiysioian~ "hi. priTate seoretary ant a former .Minister of Health Gt uulila.

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File No. 030

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~,'<G'jC'ElIl.J\t RA'PSTA fAWIJ A IMPRENS\ CARIOCA 11 ~/

c'''Deixei Meu Pais Num Amlliente de Ordem e de Liberdades Democraticas' Hornern do Povo, Sentindo-se Muito a Vontade Suhmeteu-se Ontem, de Born Grado, a Uma Serie

Entre os Jornalistas, 0 Ex - Presidente de Cuba de Perguntas Sobre os Mais Agudo~Probleuias

Chc>Rcl1 on(£'01, A tRl'de, ao Rio, 0 j;'!'£'llcr;d FUiRr'ncin BR­tLsto., ('x_prcsidcll!e de Cuba Roccbldo 0.5 15,30 l1or:1$ no A,,_ raporta Snntos Dumont, 11(']0 r('presenlante do presidf'1l1 P da Republica, ministro de F..stn­do, prf!leitn do Di!<trlto F('~,~­ral, cmbnb:arlor cuba nO, van6 .. membras do corpa diploma tieD (! outrn~ pcrsonnlidndcs de dcs­tnquC'. 0 gencral Batl.o:;ta diri­giu.s(' 110 Copac:lbfil1a PaIlle(:, ondc S(' ('neantra llOspcdacio.

A's 18,30 hora.'> r<,c('twu aS jornnl1stns cariocas em enU"f'­vistfl coll'tivn.

o f'x_presidente Bntistn f> urn aUlentlco representnntc dn dcmocracia continentaL Par is­so ha via da parte dus repre­sentantcs da imprensa' urn' grande InterCsSe em avistt'l..:..10.

o general Fulgencio .BAtis­ta, hornem do pOvo, QUe subiu a.o poder como chefc de um

. moviml'nlo revolucionario, ten­do sido pasteriorment.e eleito, ao dcixar a governo eXcreia llm mandata eonstituelonal.

Fai vencldo nM urnas por' seu competldar, a atunl pl'e-sldente Grau San Martin. OOP- l ,-' . 'I't-tudo dcsfruln em Cuba enormtl conhecer trielhor 0 .continente. chernrn de odI0 0 cora~no ClOfi :5"6 pode exbtir. onde'" baja gn-

Tenho tido' uroa totltortadora homen:!, mntias. Esta e .II. asplracao ge-~~~~Ilr~d~~~,s ~~~~iZ~~rll~;:n~~ impr'essl\o de minIms visitas as Mas depots vela a. guerrrl ral dos poves e c par essn Ii­progresSQs, Elevou-se a plldrao Republ1eas irmiis. Todos OS po- entre as grandes poteneias de- bcrdade Q.ue es~a.tnes.ell1 luta de vIda do pove, por melO do vas do. ~merlclJ, RPoinm a poli- m(Jcrntic~ e.. a Eixo .. :!ascJsta.. t:: oootru.. a~ rOtt,r6H'Jllintes da de.seDvolvtmenlo da Indu~tr~t -c tic .. atualmen~ fiIeSUida..\ pelo. as aconteclmentM tomaram urn opressAo fnscisla.-do. agriculture.. Cubn, sob a. '11- qu~~ Jo,t(l,IJdlld~ ,<los .a-oyuQl9s: cur;;.p, d~ercnte. DetJn1raIn-"e~ O.NIVEL. DE VIDA DOS po-deranr;a de FUlgcncla Bati6,ta. deste hemiskrlo e nceltam 'Com \ claramente as dlretrJzes llbhU- roB ().A AMERICA firmou Sell conccJto de naQi10 entU$iaSrno todns' as medidas c'iis':e tUdo se tomou maia conJ_ Um JOToallsta pcrguntll sc economlca e pohtlcnment~ -In- Que:;e tnzem neccssarins ao prccnsivel. estn guerra nno trnra ao", pu-dependent.e. Sen pavo emrou tt triunfo da nO!isn C£lu~a, que e A POSI(:AO DAS AI\lERICAS \"05 da America um nJvel dtJ parliclvur mnl/i nr;dOrOS£lml'ntc a -da vitoria -contra 0 oazl-tlls- - Os governD6 e os pavos an.' "ida' mnl~;ndequado cdm a dilt_ nils nt\vidadcs partldnnos, CX~l'- dsmo. Tudo d que stgnitlquc America - prossegue a genera"!". nidiftie 1l\imana c 0 c:t_vrt!sl_ cendo muts conSl'lentl"ment.. mnts \In; fatos.pnrn. 0 trlunt"o Fulgencio Batista - co,mpreen- denlo de Cuba; respondo; sells dlreitas de cldadunhL dill! NaC:(Ies. Unida!> canta com dernm It lltitUde que deveriam' . ~ O\lJltldo ,. t'1lla; em Iiber

A' VONTADE_ ENTHE 013 a 'slmpatia de ti>dos as c\dadtios tamar: e !icarnm do 19,dd'" dos dada e jUflk .. 4ave-s(lsuben-JORNALISTAt) nmerlcdnos.·' que,.1utmtipeln ~onservac.i1o dRS tender .(J,e JustJ~ 4-ignirlC":l

Ao entrnr ontcm A. tn.rde on. .A~ItEIVINDICACOES' DOS liberdndes e pelS gnrantlB. de tanibclU justa ;'distrlbW\;:Ao das nala ondl' os jornulistlls cnrlo- PQVOS AMERICANOS UUl nmbiente de respelto mu" N!lUe::mS., liI:{I':trllt~~n,to 1Jl~-cal' 0 eSpernvnm, a general 1"u1-, tuo entre as n~Oes. lhor para. .~o~.s .. o" htdi .... lduos gencia Bntlstn demomtrnvll. -:- AS

1' reivlndlc~e!s ~os Ptil°- 0 ex_presidente BaUsta nao do um··llals. A ." qU,-'e csta,', pa-

6entlr-se mUlto it vOlllndc cn- vas de. n085a he ... ls eno es 0 "6 hOlllcm ~uc tema urn can:" Jo.v1'&5 .t'e~pon· .• perguuta ;1

tra os homens de ImprenM. cont'l~nt> nos postulados defen- Inelo com Ot; QUe· tro.bnlham DR que me' f.om_ ' . E suo. 51mpIlcldadc comuOlcou, didOs- prins- NnfVOcs, Unldas. Mi- im!ll'cn!m nem l'1luniu OIS repre_ :Perguntw..;!de qual a aU tude I 11 todos UUIEl licntm¢u de hero. lho~s de vldns e,- mtutns riquA_ geniJIIltcs dos jOl'nais r.arlocns aluaJ.Il1C1lte s'cguldn pclas cor_ estnr. Ali cstava. reuJmcDlt!, zns tl!m sldo. l'Iacl'tC1~adas ncsta pn"" 'dccinn"'" nn'. ,nee,,'o d. t (. -, - " 1 h d • .. ren es qU,e' so opluerllm . .., CAn_ urn dt.'macrnla, di.'lposto a. Itl.- guerr.'t contr9i Il- A elllan a e fruses culdlldosarnente _a~uite:" dl<hi~ura ,'u\-au 'San M1i'rtln. su~ 16.1" e pronto a responder u to- mtler e demnis forQns nnt1-:-de- t I da 50rtede perguntas. &elll.VA-., mocraticns. Todo esse preJulzo III os. {ragando 0 nome do leneral. cila1;6cB nem temores. - precis(\' ter como rccompensa Elo proprio 8ul{criu 'que Ih~ Batht" para a rcelelo;liio:

Pergunturnm-Ihe Iniclalmcn- um£l, paz Que trn~o. nos homcns flzes'scI11 pcrguntns 6 um do. --, Eshu {orl:l\s continuaru be como havla dclxndo CUbit, uma vida mnls dignn. Esta paz no~sos cologa!J. propOs: " - exel'l;endo sua atlvldade politi...: flO transmttir 0 governo ftO I:Ir. nAo vin\ apcnas mediimte 0 es- - Fnlclllos' do np6s_luerra. ca I' nstnrao semprt! dbpo!SUI. Grou San Martin. mRgo.mento m1l1tar de nossos g{'nernJ. Niio'nclm qUe .II. orga,ni- a apolar as Iltitudes do govomo

_ Deixei meu po.f,s em Ilbso_ adversnrlos. Eln sen\. prinolpal. zm;i"lo dll lIhcrdado C 0 ~ral1fl6 cleito que .,Rtejam de acordo luta ordom, n\\m o.mbJelito de mente umll conscquencln do tl'l- prohlclIln de .nI16s-guerra? com os Interesse~ do povo cuba-llberdlldcl'; democrat1ca~. 011 unto de noS51lS id6ias. (~ul"t'licio j DnlbtJl e5bo .. 'ou no. Eilts exercem ·aU". e COl'-jornai$ em Cubn e)C.crcctn 11- 0 COMEQO HESTA GUERRA Uill sort'lso ilJtollgcntc e falou ~tartlcnto leU pctpel no a.mblto vrementc a direito de crlt1en. Retr.rindo-se t\s Ol'igcns. des- lIohrtl 0 sell C()I100itO' d. lUi,\r" (lQ:1ll0Cr».UC"LO- jllo C(lIl!Sti~ue wu OS opcr.itrloli, de5!rutrun com- ta. guerra,. a general BntlStn dude, . lllOUvod", ()r(llllllc). do, ci!Pa1)o,,_-.: pIetll. Ubcrdado I!Ilndtcal e as o.ludlu aD 'contlito do. Espnnhn. - I\tcucOJlcdto de Hbcirdzi'ae A FORCA EXPEDICIONARIA' ! cl .... sea 'conllervadorM 8ontem- e a outrOB o.contecitncntCls hw_ nilo .!Iigillttl.'II'''o dlrclto de-~If,_ BRASJLlltIR,A. -." . • e'!gUlllmonte Ka.rantldnlJ. toricoa. como·o Rcordo de Mu-· dn .um {IlXOI' 0: quI' Ihc d,1II1' nlf; Porgun~Jldo.·sohre'· ~- 'impres~'

Agora. 0 ex-ptc.sldente cuba.. nlch. Di!lse Que' todol'l esses taw cnbcCH, A llberdnd., dt've estnr do cnmad. em Cuba pelo e[l_ ' no tala sabre Os oblatlvos do tos, decorrcnteB ete umn .Iuta StlInP)'C gujcHn As leIs -fUl1dft~ \'10 do unla for~. e:ttkdlcionar!a aUA vlag.em. . ' ~ntI:e; dU.1i tendenol~, ha.vlam 1l1c.'.I1tllis. bllo. Quanto • IIh(\1'_ b .. slIelrM" Hali., rupondeu 0

- Rcsolvl percorrsr a ~e~ ,_~Cll~lado monhmhas de re- dude economlca CI • liberdade dlKcl1crnl RlltlStl1: rica. cedendo n urn des~jofdeltl:fe,r,var' e' d6;'l1l11COres;' que en_ politlcu. A Iibt.·rdndc verdadl.'Jr. 7 - It com 0 mrt.for interesse

-.- -, '"'=--;_~~'-~~,;, ;;;;;;;;;;;;;PI:Qdl';=::±==:::::;:::;;';;' ;;;i;;;;ii';i;iiiiiiiiiiii';~iiiii;i~~i. :llmpaUs QUe 0 mau paiS -, ~ """.d , l\Compa.llhlil a. aUtuqo do Bra-l

I ; , sU, envlando soldadOi aO# cam­pos de b&talha. da EW'Opa, e nAo duvldo qUe esse 1;1\NntfiCo exemplo _ !leja. seguido P!lr ou-

exemplO seJa S~U1UO .,Vl VU-~.

tras Da~Oe~ americana! logo as : circunstancJas 0 exia:1rem.

Q.uanto aos problema.s partl- \ oularc5 deste grllnde pais teMa :; a declarar ser CODslde'J'ado' ele J

~to po- t tenClaa axperi~luias; - com . suas ~ 1numcf3s rJQut'ZSS. muital 1.1n- • de. ' pOr explornr e seu esp1rlto · esscnc1almenfJe ameriunistll. Essa 6. de WD modo geral, 1\ lmpresdo que temoa em Cuba e que qora oonfiTm,o, neSSIl vUllta, delte pab. ao qual estA reservado um esplendldo futu­ro. Merecem. pots., os brasilcl­roe, 05 mltJ.s franCOs elogios e ro

.pouo <1e~eJar ao s.u governo. n'es" • . opgrtunJ.dade, BS malarell tcUCI<1a4ft . "'''' ...... Quadra dCl lu­ta QI.U!" Cln:ip~en~

. N ,\O .UA. ~Q . ..\ COLU~A . ~ m; . A prvpoc\ouma pergun­

ta o que lb. f • 0 ex­presiden.to l"UlI'enoJo Battsta 'dCclarou durante sua ge~.:

medrou qUillquer ·qulntaoolUI'iata em

Tambem.~~~:~~~ I _""O~Im.d;·io"'" .,. .de

o general Fwgenciio Batista, oniem clhlegado a esta capital, concede

a imprensa llama entrevista coletiva

o general Fulgencio Batista q.l1Ando falava. ontem. aos jornalistas

Proccdcntc de Montevideo, (I ge­I ncrol Fulccllc!I Onth;tll chenou on­: Ie In 8. tarde no Hlo de Janeiro 0 : t'x-presldenle (:ubllno, quI'! e~ta reM­i H;:ando lInla ~Iagcm por dlversof>

pnlfC5 bul-amcrlcnn05, leve fCtltlva r('cel>"l'\o no Aoroporto SAntos nlJ.

mont, liendo t'ccchido por numCfO­HIS pCf'JonalJdn<li!!5 do mundo otlc"'l e dl) Carpo OlpIOtn"Uco. S . exa.

o vlalu ilcompanhlldo Pelo fleu mcdl· , co pm tlculat'. dr . Q.lear Flguelrala,

pcio antigo mlnlstro cia Saudc (10 ; seu govcrno, dr. Felix H\lI'tndo. c

I I)CIO sccretArlo pal' t!cuhlf. &r . Jl'ran­cLco Varo:"!a .

I ~nlre 11.1. Rulurldades- que fUrlHn or,uRnl"'f a chc':;ltda do «cntrwl S.­t1~;t8 . del>t~camoli 011 mlnlb1ru. d;all

. ncJB~OCI' Ji:xlerlore!l e dll Aeroni\u· Ilea, 01' reprt':'enlontell do pre:llde'Ih l(l dn Republica e do mlnllliro fl. Guerra . mumel"ol\ ,enerlll", brh:u­delro!l e funcionArio" do ·tt.m .... tI ·

nOrnlca (0 D,qucln que procur" H':' vir II ntl~llo e R lod o'> os q u e p .. ... . duzem. Preclsamoll l!mltn!" Il. i(\,· I.l dll Iiberdllde r-conOmlcn no!! H'II O;: J\l~tos limite:;. Mas II Iih('rdnd e do povo t"~ta eXpre:il:ll nils leis e prln­cipain'ente nu Con~tltu\!.:\O de l':l.(t:l pal.!!.

An.~lamo", tJiller C~:)lI i!ld.~pcJlclclid/t

S6brc a \'jllE!C111, quc C!lllu'l'cnrk, II

11\1 m'1illento. dl!;',c 0 g(!IIcrnl D:l­U:itB que 0 seu objeU\'o ~ l'ilmp1c~· t mente c ,mhccel" os plllses dB Am.' - ! ric", Pel'mnncccn't no BrA l'i1i IIn~ qulnt.e dillS, S(''tu lndo, 'depol~, pA, 'n n Pnrftcunl. VlsUftn'l alnda II 111 111 de Tl'ind.d, "tell ~Iendo a Ulll condo Ie dos tnSleses .' Pa~'lnra "I!ltlll!l dl ,,:­nil Venez.uel • . 1: contlnuar' vlnr,(" !' nnnn ao 1'a08014, Atnerlr!. Centr"I. r-.U:dc:O, oeste dOli E , tftdos Unldl)s. New York, termillando 0 "ii;'lro" 11 0 C.n_a ... palll que conllldtlr" Il1t.,rn. ~o nc! (:onllnt'!nte, fc:t quel'ltJo d. ·frl­Mt,' .