-DATE- 19720614 -YEAR- 1972 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- MESSAGE -AUTHOR- F. CASTRO -HEADLINE- CASTRO THANKS PARTY, GOVT LEADERS FOR VISIT -PLACE- POLAND -SOURCE- WARWAW TRYBUNA LUDU -REPORT_NBR- FBIS -REPORT_DATE- 19720619 -TEXT- CASTRO THANKS PARTY, GOVERNMENT LEADERS FOR VISIT Warsaw TRYBUNA LUDU in Polish 14 Jun 71 p 1 A [F. Castro Message to Polish Leaders] [Text] To Comrade Edward Gierek, first secretary of the PZPR Central Committee, and to Comrade Piotr Jaroszewicz, chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Polish people's Republic: Dear comrades, ending my visit in heroic Poland and before leaving its territory, i wish to convey to you, the PZPR Central Committee, the Government of the Polish People's Republic and all the Polish people, in the name of the Cuban delegation and in my own name, our most sincere gratitude for the warm reception and fraternal hospitality we have experienced during our visit to your country. We have been greatly moved by the cordiality and affecting shown to use everywhere--in Warsaw as well as in Silesia, Krakow and Gdansk, and by the expressions of the internationalist sentiments of the Polish people and of the fraternal friendship linking our countries. Our visit has enabled us to directly study the heroic history of the Polish people and their enormous sacrifices and gigantic achievements registered in the past 27 years in the reconstruction of the cities destroyed during the war, in the profound socioeconomic changes, and in the building of a powerful industry, which is a firm base for increasing the material and cultural prosperity of the people. We highly value the magnificent bearing of your miners, soldiers, students and the working masses and their determination to promote socialist construction. We highly value your great optimism as to the future and the unceasing concern of the party leadership and aktivs for maintaining close ties between the party and society. We believe that our visit, contacts and talks will promote further development and consolidation of our relations at all levels in the interest of our peoples and the peoples of the socialist community,. We offer the Polish people our sincere wishes to many successes in the work of the prosperity and development of socialist Poland. [Signed], Fidel Castro Ruz, first secretary of PCC Central Committee and premier of the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba. -END-