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PageZA EUGENE BEGISTERGUARD. Thun., Jan. S, 1863 SHOP tu tt m ra a ar ar at m MOM Iff ' ft. 1 ft. Y If t . . ..Hie. -. v -7 3 5 Havana Parade (AP Wlrepboto) Cuban rocket launchers pass in review on main avenue in Havana Wednesday during military parade marking the 4th anniversary of Fidel Castro's rise to power. Huge portrait of Castro waving rifle appears on side of building in background. 32 Siberian Peasants Seek Asylum in U. S. Embassy MOSCOW (UPD A group of 32 peasant men, women and chil dren who had traveled 2,000 miles from Siberia, pushed past Soviet guards into the U. S. Em bassy Thursday seeking asylum from "religious persecution." The embassy turned them over to Soviet officials who took the peasants away in a bus. Many of them were weep ing and protesting that they would be shot for their reli gious beliefs. Embassy policy in Moscow is to refuse refuge to Soviet citi zens, presumably because of the political problems which would arise as well as the lack of fa cilities for housing them In the mbassy building. .Although seeking refuge in the embassy, the group did not ask for political asylum, an em bassy spokesman said. Embassy officials explained to the peas ants that they could not leave Russia without permission from Soviet authorities and -that an embassy could not make such arrangements. This argument finally persuaded them to start boarding the bus. Members of the group re ferred to themselves as "Evan gelical Christians" who do not recognize any form of organized religion but merely are persons who claim equality among them selves and pray to God. The peasants complained they had not been allowed to observe religious holidays and had been barred from contact with their Nikita May Attend East Berlin Parley By REINHOLD ENSZ Of th AhocUImI Prau MOSCOW Moscow's dlplo- matic colony is buzzing with ru mors that Premier Khruschev may soon make a significant trip to East Berlin. The sixth congress of East Germany's Communist party opens there Jan. IS. Some dip lomats feel the Soviet leader French Plan To Continue Nuclear Effort PARIS (UPD -France disclosed Thursday that it is determined to push ahead with development of its own independent nuclear force despite President Ken nedy's otter of American-made Polaris missiles. President Charles de Gaulle made this clear to Kennedy in a Wednesday, although Informs- tion Minister Alain Peyrefitte said there is no question of re jecting the Polaris otter. Asked whether the reply re jectcd the offer of Polaris mis siles, Peyrefitte said, "There no question of closing the door to anything." But, he added, "France is en gaged on her own nuclear effort and she is not prepared to aban don it." Peyrefitte made the announce ment after a three-hour cabinet meeting at Elysee Palace pre sided over by De Gaulle. Peyrefitte said Defonse Min ister Pierre Messmer told the cabinet that ten days ago French technicians carried out a "completely successful" test at Colomb Bechar in the Sahara Desert of a propulsion and guid ance system for a nuclear mis sile. France currently is working on a Polaris-type missile of its own as part of an independent nuclear striking force program. might use the occasion to put new life into the Berlin prob lem and to boost the sagging prestige of East Germany's Communist leaders. These diplomats wonder whether Khrushchev's latest pronouncements on Berlin one to West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, the other to London's Daily Express might have been advance notice of a new Berlin offensive. Other diplomats feel that Khrushchev has no desire to stir up the smoldering Berlin coals and will send a deputy to the meeting. The two most prominent So viet leaders who have not at tended a foreign congress re cently are both first deputy pre miers Anastas I. Mikoyan and Alexei Kosygin. Some Western observers doubt that Mikoyan would be sent, having just finished with the face-losing Cuban situation. If he did go, East German of ficials might get the idea they are being put in the same cate gory with Fidel Castro. Kosygin possibly is a likely choice since East Germany is having serious economic prob lems. His specialty is economic planning. If Khrushchev docs not go to East Berlin, East Germany's economic plight could be a ma jor reason. Khrushchev does not like to be associated with second-rate situations. They un dermine his prestige. The last East German party congress was held in July 1058, Khrushchev attended It. Four months later, on Nov. 27, he do manded that Allied troops clear out of West Berlin In six months and that West Berlin be converted into a demilitar ized free city. children in some instances. One man getting on the bus to leave the embassy compound told newsmen he had not seen his children for two years. "This Is not funny," he sighed. "This is tragic." Russian-speaking Western cor respondents heard some mem bers of the group talking of comrade who they claimed had been "rotting in prison" for two years. "The same thing will happen to us," one of the group said. Soviet Foreign Ministry of ficials also were heard assur ing the members of the group that "nothing will happen to you." But it did not appear that any formal guarantee had been given. Embassy sources said the peasants had been given a meal of eggs, toast and coffee in the embassy lunchroom before they were taken away by Soviet au thorities. Some of the elderly men in the group wept. Others argued with Soviet Foreign Ministry officials who had been called to the compound. One man told an embassy of ficial: We don't want to go any where. They will shoot us." Another said in a loud voice to newsmen: 'Those who believe In God and Christ help us. We ask it. We ask those who believe in God and Christ help us." Soviet plainclothesmen threat ened to confiscate the camera of any Western photographer who took a picture of the de parting bus load of peasants. A U. S. Embassy statement said the band was from the Si berian city of Chcrnogrosk. UO Dean Contributes Chapter to Book Robert D. Clark, dean of fac ulties at the University of Ore gon, is a contributor to a newly published book entitled "Anti slavery and Disunion, 1858 1861." In the chapter, "Methodist Debates and Union Sentiment on the Border, 1880-1861," Dean Clark examines the speech-making occasions and Its effect on Americsn history. Edited by J. Jeffcry Auer and published by Harper & Row, the book presents studies of public address on the issues of antislavery and disunion, and Into the conditions which led to the disruption of public discus lion and armed conflict Britain Slashes Lending Rate LONDON W Britain Thurs day slashed its official bank lending rate by half a point from 4Va to 4 per cent. It was the sixth successive cut since the summer of 1961 when the bank rate was at a postwar high of 7 per cent. The reduction in the Bank of England rate had been widely expected following recent moves by Chancellor of the Exchequer Reginald Maudling to pump more money into the economy. The Bank of England lending rate sets the pattern for the rates charged by other banks in Britain and the sterling bloc. Visit to India NEW DELHI Greece King Paul and Queen Frederik will pay a state visit to India beginning Feb. 2, the Nehru government announced. Red Chinese, Soviets Laud Fidel Castro Support Pledged To Cuban Regime United Preis IhUraatloBaJ Russia and Red China tried Thursday to outdo each other in proclaiming support for Fidel Castro's revolutionary regime in Cuba which is celebrating its fourth anniversary in power this week. Mikhail Suslov of the Soviet Presidium (politburo) told a Moscow meeting that the Com munist world must "watch vigi lantly" to see that the U.S. pledge not to attack Cuba is "strictly adhered to." Suslov said Russia would act to counter any "provocation around Cuba. He said the Krem lin "will never leave revolu tionary Cuba alone in distress." Terms Not Fulfilled The U.S. pledge against in vasion of Cuba was conditioned on several requirements which have not been fulfilled, notably Castro s refusal to allow Inter- ternational inspectors to con firm that Soviet missiles have been removed from Cuban soil. Red China and its North Korean and Albanian support ers used praise for Cuba as an oblique means of denouncing Russia for backing down before the United States in the Cuba crisis. Chen Yi, foreign minister of the Peking regime, declared at a banquet that the Reds "reso lutely support the just struggle of the (Castroite) Cuban people and will stand by them." "We wish to congratulate you particularly on your great vic tory scored in the latest strug gle against the military provoca tions of U.S. imperialism," Chen told Castroite Ambassador Os car Pino Santos. 'Heroic' Attitude "In this struggle . . . you nave preserved your sovereignty, de fended the revolution and main tained the dignity of a socialist (Communist) state, thus inspir ing the people of the world in their revolutionary struggles. Peking Rad io broadcast an Albanian editorial saying that it was "the heroic and staunch attitude of the Cuban people" that sustained the Castro re gime against "the political coin promise of surrender." Official organs in Communist North Korea parroted the Chinese line that Castro's firm stand in the Cuban crisis was a 'great victory." Castro, who has both Russians and Reds from China on his country's soil, urged the Com munist giants in an anniversary speech to stand together against 'imperialism. Leadership Class To HearUO Man Lt. Col. John W. Kocher, Uni versity of Oregon professor of air science, will speak on Tues day to a leadership class at the Navy and Marine Corps Train ing Center, 1520 W. 13th Ave., Eugene. Kocher will speak at 8:30 p.m. He will discuss the present ROTC program on the Oregon campus. The class is comprised of members of the Eugene ex tension of the Naval Reserve Officer School with headquar ters In Portland. Lt. Cdr. L. E. Zook, in charge of the training center, an nounced in connection with Kocher's talk that registration is now open for a new five month course on organization for national security. The course will begin in February. Naval, Coast Guard, Marine and Army reserve officers may enroll and earn promotion and retirement credits. NATO Chief Steps Down PARIS (UPD Gen. Lauris Nor- stad ended six crisis-filled years as supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe Wednesday, saying that Western strength provides "confidence and hope" for the future. Norstad, 55, handed over his command to Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzcr, 63, in a brief cere mony at Allied headquarters near Pans. Lemnitzer, former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, promptly pledged to carry on the efforts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization "for collec tive defense and for the preser vation of peace and security. Norstad is retiring not only from his NATO job but also from the U.S. Air Force, ending a 36-year career in the Ameri can armed forces. He is expect ed to take a top executive posi tion in American industry or education. Wage Freeze Policy TEL AVIV, Israel wv The executive of Israel's General Trades Union Organization, Histadrut, has adopted a wage freeze policy for all of 1963 in support of a government effort to prevent inflation and im prove Israel s competitive po sition in world markets. 145,000 Marines Alerted If Needed for Cuban Action WASHINGTON U Some 45, 000 marines stood ready to in vade Cuba "awaiting their gov ernment's decision" during the October crisis. Gen. David SI. Shoup said Thursday. And 100.000 more leather necks were "ready to back them up," the Marine commandant added in remarks prepared for his annual speech to the head quarters staff, Shoup's reference to the force wss the first disclosure of how many marines were poised aboard ships of the fleet and on shore bases before the Soviet Union agreed to withdraw Its missiles and bombers from the island. The Pentagon disclosed pre viously that more than 100.000 Infantry, paratroops and other forces were ready for possible actiiyi in Cuba. "Only by the grace of God and an aerial photo is it possi ble to make these remarks to many of you in person rather than to your spirits. For this I am truly grateful," Shoup told the staff. In his talk, the blunt-spoken Shoup also let it be known that the marines would not surrender to the onslaughts of automation "I refuse to deliver our ma rines and a',1 their personal problems to the spinning tapes and the flashing lights of computer," he declared. 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