CC and Castro

From an article in the March 1965 issue of RAMPARTS by Peter Steffens:

"As we sat around over coffee, and trying to keep the wasps off the dessert,
Chaplin began to swap stories about world events and figures. He insisted he
was not intersted in politics, and said it with the vehemence of a man who had
been hurt. He has been invited to both China and Cuba, but hasn't taken them
up. However, he delighted in hearing stories about Castro's defiance of the
U.S., as when he came to the U.N. and characterized the former laws governing
trade between the U.S. and Cuba as similar to those that govern relations
netween the shark and the sardines. He enjoyed swapping concrete stories far
more than theoretical discussion, and he seemed to open up when the stories
regarded any sort of underdog."

Richard Carnahan

rfcsac627n.TakeThisOut@aol.com (RFCSAC627N) wrote:

> From an article in the March 1965 issue of RAMPARTS by Peter Steffens:
>
> "As we sat around over coffee, and trying to keep the wasps off the dessert,
> Chaplin began to swap stories about world events and figures. He insisted he
> was not intersted in politics, and said it with the vehemence of a man who had
> been hurt. He has been invited to both China and Cuba, but hasn't taken them
> up. However, he delighted in hearing stories about Castro's defiance of the
> U.S., as when he came to the U.N. and characterized the former laws governing
> trade between the U.S. and Cuba as similar to those that govern relations
> netween the shark and the sardines. He enjoyed swapping concrete stories far
> more than theoretical discussion, and he seemed to open up when the stories
> regarded any sort of underdog."
>
> Richard Carnahan



Thanks for posting this, Richard!




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