1.
GV ANTI CASTRO 8 DEMONSTRATORS CARRYING BANNERS WALKING DOWN STREET
0.05

2.
GV DEMONSTRATORS CARRYING BANNERS
0.12

3.
MV BANNERS
0.14

4.
CU BANNER
0.16

5.
GV DEMONSTRATORS
0.20

6.
MV DEMONSTRATOR TALKING TO CROWD
0.26

7.
LV DEMONSTRATOR MAKING SPEECH
0.31

8.
CU DITTO
0.36

9.
MV HECKLER BEING PUSHED ABOUT BY STUDENTS
0.41

10.
CU HECKLER BEING LED AWAY
0.45

11.
GV DEMONSTRATORS
0.47

12.
GV UNION HALL PAN DOWN TO PRO CASTRO SUPPORTERS
0.53

13.
MV CASTRO SUPPORTERS ENTERING BUILDING
0.57

14.
MV INT. MAN WITH PROPAGANDA
1.00

15.
MV DITTO
1.04

16.
MV SIGN SHOWING THE ISLAND OF CUBA .. WITH CLASPED HANDS UNDERNEATH
1.07

17.
GV PEOPLE SITTING IN HALL
1.10

18.
MV PRO CASTRO SUPPORTER SPEAKING
1.14

19.
GV AUDIENCE CLAPPING
1.17



Initials PC/N/CR/PC



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Background: FEELINGS ABOUT CUBA'S POLITICAL SITUATION RAN HIGH IN SAO PAULO LAST MONDAY.HUNDREDS OF BRAZILIANS GATHERED IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY TO DEMONSTRATE FOR OR AGAINST PRIME MINISTER CASTRO'S REGIME.

ANTI-COMMUNIST STUDENTS PARADED THROUGH THE STREETS WAVING BANNERS READING "FIDEL IS A DONKEY", "VODKA FOR CUBA, FIREWATER FOR BRAZIL".ONLY ONE PRO-CASTRO SPECTATOR ATTEMPTED TO INTERVENE AND A RUNNING FIGHT ENSUED.POLICE ARRESTED THREE STUDENTS FOR DISTURBING THE PEACE.

THE PRO-CASTRO SUPPORTERS - FIVE-HUNDRED STRONG - MET IN A CITY HALL TO DEMONSTRATE SUPPORT FOR THE "CUBAN SOLIDARITY CONGRESS", A BRAZILIAN GROUP SAID TO BE AIMED AT UNITING ANTI-AMERICAN GROUPS AND PROMOTING SUPPORT FOR BRAZIL'S "HANDS-OFF-CUBA" POLICY.

THIS MEETING STARTED FORTY MINUTES LATE AND ENDED AN HOUR EARLY DESPITE A CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD TO REORGANISE THE LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES AS "THE UNITED SOVIET STATES OF LATIN AMERICAN".