-DATE- 19720622 -YEAR- 1972 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- MESSAGE -AUTHOR- F. CASTRO -HEADLINE- CASTRO THANKS OFFICIALS -PLACE- CUBA -SOURCE- PRAGUE RUDE PRAVO -REPORT_NBR- FBIS -REPORT_DATE- 19720626 -TEXT- ACTIVITIES, DEPARTURE OF CASTRO-LED DELEGATION REPORTED Castro Thanks Officials Prague RUDE PRAVO in Czech 22 Jun 72 P 2 A [Report on reply by Fidel Castro, first secretary of the Cuban Communist party Central Committee and chairman of the Cuban Revolutionary Government, on being presented a special copy of Fucik's reportage by Gustav Husak, general secretary of the CPCZ Central Committee, in the Throne Room of Prague Castle on 21 June]. [Text] In reply, Fidel Castro expressed thanks for the warm welcome accorded to him and issued greetings to the president of the republic L. Svoboda, wishing him a speedy recovery. "I feel like I am among may own people here, among my brothers," Fidel Castro said, and stressed that relations between our two countries have strengthened, particularly in recent years. In this connection, he particularly praised the activities of the new CPCZ leadership headed by G. Husak. About the national hero J. Fucik, he said that his courage, his talent and his conviction inspired the Cuban revolutionaries and that Fucik is an example for Cuban youth. -END-