-DATE- 19610329 -YEAR- 1961 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- INTERVIEW -AUTHOR- F. CASTRO -HEADLINE- CASTRO CRITICIZED FOR PARDO ASSOCIATION -PLACE- CUBA -SOURCE- HAVANA RADIO MAMBI -REPORT_NBR- FBIS -REPORT_DATE- 19610330 -TEXT- CASTRO CRITICIZED FOR PARDO ASSOCIATION Havana, Radio Mambi, in Spanish, Mar. 29, 1961, 2330 GMT--F (Armando Nunez commentary: "Observations about the Pardo Llada case) (Summary) Pardo Llada was never a revolutionary; he only gave that impression. It is odd that Pardo Llada embraced and lunched with Carlos Rafael Rodriguez. In private, he talked disparagingly about the communists. Pardo applauded Fidel in public, but privately he criticized him and his conduct. We have heard things from him many times which, if they had been said by someone else, would have evoked public reaction. Pardo Llada had planned ahead. Before turning over his office to Leon at Radio Cadena Oriental, he took with him all his personal documents. When Leon left in turn, he too took all his papers and some letters left behind by Pardo. During the two months preceding his defection, Pardo Llada had negotiated the admission of his daughter into a religious college in Madrid. He was able to do this by committing himself not to attack seriously the clergy in Cuba and to tone down the campaign against the church hierarchy. For this reason, Pardo spoke about many unimportant topics. It is a fact that the leaders of the Cuban Government, including Fidel, did not realize these facts which become more obvious with the accentuation of the crisis between the revolution and the counterrevolutionaries in clerical garb. The people listened to Pardo, but they did not believe him. The enemies of Cuba say today that most people saw in Pardo the spokesman of the government. The fact that Pardo became the only one to speak to the people during the days of danger for the fatherland with the organization of the Liberty Network reinforced that belief. We of Radio Mambi protested against this measure to the leaders of the Liberty Network. We told the under secretary of communications that we were opposed to Pardo being the only person authorized to speak over the network on the grounds that Pardo was a politician without principles who sooner or later would defect. However, we were told by an official connected with the Prime Minister's office that we had to accept the directive for reasons of revolutionary discipline, but that we could protest after the danger had passed. Our protest over the suppression of newscasts for political and revolutionary orientation during the emergency and the role assigned to Pardo has been vindicated by recent events. Fidel must acknowledge that Pardo was viewed abroad as the spokesman of the government and of the revolution because of the fact he--Fidel--had given him all the facilities which were denied to others. -END-