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FROM
CUBA
In Cuba, Committees for the Defense of
the Revolution prepare for war
HAVANA, February 17 (Anna Rosa Veitia,
UPECI / www.cubanet.org) - After Cuban leader
Fidel Castro called a U. S. invasion of
the island a "sure thing" in his
last speech, the neighborhood watch Committees
for the Defense of the Revolution together
with Civil Defense authorities have been
preparing a plan they are calling "update
in time of war" which they expect to
deliver to provincial authorities Saturday
February 21.
"We have had to activate evacuation
plans," said one Committee president
in the Havana municipality of 10 de Octubre.
He explained the plan consists of making
a list of children and older people in the
neighborhood, who would be evacuated to
Villa Clara, in central Cuba.
A very old woman butted into the conversation
at this point, saying that the bus taking
these people toward the center of the island
would not arrive at its destination among
the bombs and the shooting. "Here,
everything works backwards," she said.
The measures taken in preparation for an
attack include a reserve of food: rice,
beans, sugar, salt, milk, and baby food,
which must be rotated every six months.
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