-DATE- 19731006 -YEAR- 1973 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- INTERVIEW -AUTHOR- F. CASTRO -HEADLINE- CUBAN LEADERS CONGRATULATE STOPH, SINDERMANN -PLACE- CUBA -SOURCE- NEUES DEUTSCHLAND -REPORT_NBR- FBIS -REPORT_DATE- 19731012 -TEXT- CUBAN LEADERS CONGRATULATE STOPH, SINDERMANN East Berlin NEUES DEUTSCHLAND in German 6 Oct 73 p 2 A [Text] To Comrade Willi Stoph, chairman of the GDR State Council; Comrade Gorst Sindermann, chairman of the GDR Council of Ministers, Berlin: On the occasion of your election to new responsible functions in the state and government of the GDR we send to you our fraternal congratulations and assure you of the friendship of our people. The Cuban Revolutionary Government is firmly resolved to further strengthen the close relations and the cooperation between our governments. [Signed] Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado, president of the republic. Fidel Castro Ruz, premier of the Revolutionary Government. -END-