-DATE- 19591022 -YEAR- 1959 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- SPEECH -AUTHOR- F. CASTRO -HEADLINE- CASTRO CONCILIATORY TOWARD AMERICANS -PLACE- HAVANA -SOURCE- CARACAS RADIO RUMBOS -REPORT_NBR- FBIS -REPORT_DATE- 19591022 -TEXT- CASTRO CONCILIATORY TOWARD AMERICANS Caracas, Radio Rumbos, in Spanish to Venezuela, Oct. 21, 1959, 1155 GMT--P (Text) Havana--Prime Minister Dr. Fidel Castro, in a speech made last night to the bank employees, apparently referred to the verbal request just made by the United States to the British Government not to sell jet planes to Cuba. "The fact that we are a people who are determined to defend our land is why we do not care a whit about a lot or a little sabotage, or a few or a great number of planes," Castro said. Castro said: "From the hands of those who are concerned about our not having aviation came the bombs and the arms which destroyed Cuban cities and attacked the citizenry, and we learned that rifles must be snatched from the enemy. We were constantly fighting against planes but, as a matter of fact, planes only serve to give those who possess them a false impression of power." Appealing for United States tourism, Castro had previously made conciliatory statements towards the North American people: "We must seek the solidarity of the American people. That is one of our duties, in the face of the campaign of the reactionary organs. "Many of them can help us by visiting us. We should maintain better relations and friendship with the North American people. They are a sensible people, like we are. I know we can accomplish much through the working sectors. The American workers could spend a month like millionaires in Cuba." -END-