L.T. OLDS. MONDAY, A p ril 29, 1963 Good ITening ITerybody: There ia tenaion tonight on the great Caribbean island of Bi1paniola, headquarter, of Cbriatopber Coluabua when the great adairal caae to the ••• lorld on hi• later. •oyagea. Biapaniola - shared with Haiti and the Do■ inican Republic, with long and bitter hi1tor1 ot teudin& between the two. Tbe Doainican Republic oooupiea a large area, the aoat fertile eaatern part. Its capital - San\a Doain10, oldeat city in the heaiaphere, where Col•bua• bone• are in the cathedral crypt. rounded in Foarteen ai•ty-aix, Haiti, a aountainoua pictureaque, aore p0Tert7-stricken part of th• island. Ita capital, Port-au- P rince - a colorful seaport, popular with touriata on Caribbean crui•••· The lateat quarrel baa deTeloped because the Doainicana sa 1 Baitan troop• haTe seized their laba117 R&lll- 2 in Port-Au-Prince. Violating the as7lu■ giYen there to certain Baitiana - who oppoae their country's goYernaen t. Tonight, haYing ordered the Baitiana out of tbat labaaa1, Doainican Preai4ent Juan Boaoh la aaraballing hi• troop• for a ahowdown - with the reaiae ot Preaident rrancoi1 Du•alier. ahowdowD. It there ia a The oraaniaation of laerioan State• appear• to be acting energeticallJ in tbia lateat Caribbean oriaia. That i• a fl•• ■aD coa■ ittee ia heading tor Haiti OD a tact-fiDdia1 aaaiaaaeat. The7 would baYe been there aooaer - ,soept tor a bi1arre turn of ••enta. They couldn't find aeata on p · lan•• · bouncl tor Haiti. The lateat ia that bot• Haiti and the Do■ inican Republic are accepting 0.1.s. ■ ecliation. OAS WITH HAITI - In Washington the Navy Department says that our ships are ready to sall - "in hours 1r not 1111nutes." That ls, if we should receive a request - from the Organlzatlon or American States. The admlnlstratlon - hopes lt won't be necessary. But, whatever happens - Uncle Sam's fleet la ready tor action. CASTRO ~~ ,ou can guess the latest wlttlclsm • how it goes~-- "The talks 1n the Kremlin are secret - because Khrushchev doesn't want anyone to see him getting his ears Im boxed." newsman - a tew weeks ago. Namely, that the bearded Dictator would have boxed the ears or the Boas or the Kremlin - had they met at the time or the missile crisis. Castro, then fuming - because he wasn't consulted about the pull-back o t - . Soviet missiles from Cuba.; -- - ___________ .,, - -- ~ JA1,d, stt:11 tumtng 1 a blt - by all accounts. But he's on his good behavior - 1n Moscow. Br.i\f! ' friendly to comrade ) ... ..-..( Khrushchev - at least~ public.eOR1....-IM. Whether their private conversations are that cordial - seems more doubtful - say the experts. CUBA As usual th8re are plenty of stories about Cuba 1n the news tonight. For example, an American who has lived there for over elght years clalms that Castro • l s ~ exporting his revolution. Sending "tone of arms" and saboteurs daily - to Latin Americaj_to - Halti, Guatemala, Venezuela, Chile, Peru and Argentina.,ktded and abetted by Soviet aubmarines / heavy arms to . _ Ia tin American Reds. This informant claims that Castro has at least one thousand missiles - which can• reach the US and adds that the Russians did not remove all their bombers - nor all their r('J-- . "real big•m1ss11es. ~•Y have converted a network ot caves - . lnto m~~~ arms de~ots,flontalnlng tanks, rocketa and plane~..,,, Ut submarine aJ s.'.'.:lclng about tltty submarines 7'- . operat.lll8,f.-,.. Cuba. /-.are bulldlng a submarine base which will be - the largest or its kind in the world. CUB A - 2 ~ h e r e are between seventy and eighty thousand foreign troops in Cuba - from the Communist bloc. Not• to mention ... z ~ n Cubans that Castro has - under arms, A~h~ayed to the C I A by the American - who is unidentified J(o protect his friends ln Cuba. Another story comes from Boston - where an MIT student - also unidentified tor obvious n reasons - contea1e1 «.. he took part in last week's bombing raid o n ~ Cuban refinery. Among the raiders a Cuban - who lit the bomb tuaes with his a cigar. Why did the student go along? Partly tor kiek:1_partly because he thinkll the US - la selling out Cuba. Also tn the 11811 plane was Aleander Rorke - head or the U.S. Preedom Flghters,)lfio reports today in Miami that Jffiderwater missile sites a were detected - oft the Cuban coast. Meanwhile the Customs Bureau ln Washington ls HARRIMAN "Mr. Khr ushchev looked well and vigorous"- Averell Harriman told newsmen in London today. Adding that the boss of the Kremlin must have been quoted out or context - when he was reported Das saying he might step down and let someone else take over his Job. Harriman, enroute to Washington 8'a to report to President Kennedy, whether _ Khrushchev will keep hta word- and the peace - 1n Laos. The Red leader says he will abide by - the Geneva agreementa.,~d his agreement in Vienna - with President Kennedy. But here's the moat important..._ thing we know so far - about the Khl'Ulhchev Harriman conference!- Khruahchev ad■ltted that he does not know - exactly ,i'f,.,. __ what ts happening 1'9os. 'l.'he boas ot the Krellllln, himself "not fully _ 1nrormed on the situation." terming So western experts are more doubtful than ever - about the Soviet's controlling the Loatiao war. Red China runnin& it. . ~,, BAYREUTH When the West German city or Bayreuth offers a prize of several thousand marks to a winning contestant - "9tfl. you think at once of music. Bayreuth, devoted to the memory - m of WagnerJ .-Pti'tt1ng on spectacular performances - of Tristan and the Ring and the Flying Dutchman. Drawing crowds.., ~ from all over the world. So, 1s this new contest - a search for another /' musical genius? Jh, no, the City Fathers are looking for - .it ==!. dump. And ready to hand the prize • to the contestant who suggests the beat site in the city. Rather d1fterent than the competition tor the best song - ln the Meistersinger•. ~ - 1n Bayreuth? Sounds like a '8 reprint A o t ~ l l ~ . . . . . , ; lineteenth Century Music critic~ ~ who predicted that they were only a passing fad - •4'=- ~•-fie dra~s by W~er. those - __, ... Amus - - " lben a ■ an ••ta up a cocktail tor hi• girl friend - be uaually, they aa7, put1 an oliYe in it. But Bill Boaa of Chicago aixed ao■ethir ~ aore ori&laal for hi• gir.l friead laat Di&h\. Bi!l, producln1 a MilotoY cocktail, tlarowin& a boab into the apart■at ot Pat Clifton, becauae •h• refused to quit her Job for bia. Bartender Bill Roaa of Cbicaao. SerYiD& the la41 - a Moloto• cocktail. CUBA - - tnvesti at1ng - to find out whether the expedition violated the neutrality act. The FBI 1s 1nvesttgat1ng - Mr. Rorke. And MIT 1s rumors.