-DATE- 19810301 -YEAR- 1981 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- SPEECH -AUTHOR- F. CASTRO -HEADLINE- ODESSA RALLY -PLACE- ODESSA -SOURCE- MOSCOW TASS -REPORT_NBR- FBIS -REPORT_DATE- 19810302 -TEXT- Castro Addresses Odessa Rally LD011903 Moscow TASS in English 1727 GMT 1 Mar 81 [Text] Odessa, 1 Mar, TASS--The Soviet-Cuban friendship meeting, which has been held in Odessa, a hero city on the Black Sea, today, has turned into a spectacular demonstration of indestructible unity and internationalist solidarity of the peoples of the Soviet Union and Cuba, the communist parties of the two fraternal countries. The participants in the meeting--seamen, dockers, workers and intellectuals--who filled the hall of the opera house to capacity, have given an enthusiastic fraternal welcome to the delegation of the Cuban Communist Party, headed by the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, Chairman of the State Council and Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba Fidel Castro Ruz. The delegation is attending the 26th Congress of the CPSU. Fidel Castro, who was welcomed with a storm of applause, addressed the meeting. He said that the Cuban communists, who arrived in the USSR, have been tremendously impressed by the 26th Congress of the CPSU, by the vivid and profound report, which was delivered at the congress by General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, outstanding internationalist-Leninist, and ardent fighter for peace Leonid Brezhnev. The congress of the CPSU, Fidel Castro said, is convincing evidence of the confident development of the Soviet Union's economy, of the lofty political awareness and ideological staunchness of the great Leninist party. The report by the CPSU Central Committee has been Leonid Brezhnev's brilliant contribution to the cause of peace. It contains fresh constructive initiatives, which have already met with worldwide response. The forum of the Soviet Communists bears out again that the USSR appears as the great champion of peace and freedom. Fidel Castro stressed that the 26th Congress of the CPSU is an important incentive for the development of struggle by all progressive forces of the world for peace and socialism. Now, the speakers said, that the American imperialists have unleashed a fresh anti-Cuban campaign, the people of Cuba knows that on their side is the Soviet Union. Without the USSR's internationalist assistance Cuba would not be able to withstand the attacks of imperialism, to ensure the development of the socialist economy. Therefore we again declare the sentiments of the Cuban people's eternal gratitude to the Soviet Union, its people and its communists. -END-