'A 12 Friday, July 3, 1964 THE WASHINGTON P) Sister's Speech Written by U.S., W. Stoll Ejlt, editor of the American Historical Review, Charges . reported that several of Mrs. Lincoln's brothers-in-law fought By Daniel Harker for the South.] HAVANA, July 2 (AP)—The subject. Afterward he chatted Sister in Hiding defection of Juanita Castro amiably with the aides who Miss Castro, 31, who fought was a bitter pill to her brother surrounded him and with alongside her brother in the Fidel, but the Cuban Prime others at the reception. overthrow of dictator rulgen- Minister said today that is The statement: do Batista, charged. Monday '5the price of being a revolu- "Those statements (by that Fidel had betrayed his, tionary." Juanita) wre written in the Castro said Juanita's bitter United States Embassy in revolution and turned the island of Cuba into an enor- denunciation of his regime, City. They include every infamy that the im- mous prison. 'which she read Monday night perialists have created against She then went into hiding, on a Mexico City television the . The U.S. Embassy, Mexican program, was "written in the "They did not have any government and Cuban exile United States Embassy in scruples in resorting to low organizations said they had Mexico City." and repugnant procedures had no contact with her. In Mexico City, an American which go beyond the limits Cuba's news media Ignored Embassy spokesman promptly universally respected. Miss Castro's defection, but rejected the Charge, saying: "If I would have been one Cubans heard the news in "The Embassy had nothing of those rulers who make mil- broadcasts from Mexico and whatsoever to do with Miss lionaires out of their relatives Florida. Castro's statement. All we I would not have suffered this While at the reception, Cas- know about it is what we read problem. This fact for me Is tro also spoke about recon- in the newspapers." personally very bitter. But I naissance flights over his is- Castro said if he had per- understand that this is the land. "We are gradually ac- mitted the spoils of his regime price of being a revolutionary. quiring the conditions and to enrich his family, he would "During the U.S. Civil War means of .preventing illegal not have had the problem of many families were divided. flights over Cuba," he report- Juanita's defection. While some of their members ed. fought for the freedom of the He did not spell out what Brings in U.S. Civil War slaves, others fought for he meant. However, many ob- He then compared the defec- slavery. servers have voiced the sus- tion to the division of Ameri- "Many of Lincoln's close picion that Cubans are grad- can families during the Civil relatives fought beside the ually gaining control of Soviet War and said: "While some of Southern slaving armies. His antiaircraft missiles on the their members fought for the enemies hated him deeply and freedom of the slaves, others slandered him without pity fought for slavery." and even murdered him. Castro broke two days of "That did not take away silence about Juanita when he from him the glory of being a met with newsmen at mid- liberator of the slaves and night Wednesday during a the greatest man in the his- reception at the Canadian Em- tory of the United States." bassy. [In Washington, Lincoln ex- When one asked about perts reported that Lincoln Juanita, Castro said he had had no direct relatives who been expecting the question. fought against the North but He took out paper and pencil his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, and the room was quiet while had several. he put down some notes. [David C. Mearns, Chief of the Manuscript Division of the Castro's Statement Library of Congress, said Mrs. Castro then read his state- Lincoln had a brother and ment and said there would three half-brothers in the Con- be no further questions on the federate Army. In addition,