It is therefore the position of the United States that as an urgent preliminary to consideration of any proposals work on the Cuban bases must stop; offensive weapons must be rendered inoperable; and further shipment of offensive weapons to Cuba must cease--all under effective international verification.
White House Statement on Soviet Proposals Relating to International Security.
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Well, I don't think it is probably useful to discuss it in detail here.
And I think that--the governmental standards, let me say, on the whole I think compare favorably with those in Washington, with those in some other parts of America.
As you know, the American Ambassador--the United States Embassy has made six protests to the Soviet Government in the last 48 hours.
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