-DATE- 19831126 -YEAR- 1983 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- MESSAGE -AUTHOR- F. CASTRO -HEADLINE- CASTRO CONDEMNS KIDNAPPING OF BETANCUR'S BROTHER -PLACE- CUBA -SOURCE- HAVANA INTL SVC -REPORT_NBR- FBIS -REPORT_DATE- 19831128 -TEXT- CASTRO CONDEMNS KIDNAPPING OF BETANCUR'S BROTHER PA262359 Havana International Service in Spanish 1800 GMT 26 Nov 83 [Text] A message sent by Cuban leader Fidel Castro to Colombian President Belisario Betancur says: We are moved by the reports of the kidnapping of your brother, Jaime, and we remember the interest you showed a few weeks ago in facilitating the return of the Cuban collaborators who were killed, wounded, or taken prisoner in an unequal but heroic fight against the forces invading Grenada. The message adds that the act perpetrated against Jaime Betancur and the Colombian head of state is inexcusable from any viewpoint, and notes that President Betancur had given unequivocal proof of his interest in achieving peace both within and outside of Columbia, as well as of his noble humanitarian concerns. The message continues: We hope that those who are responsible for the kidnapping, if prompted by a political motive, will understand the grave error contained in this action and the irreversible damage that it has inflicted on the same cause that they are defending. In another part of the message, Fidel Castro says: AS a revolutionary, I have always believed that ethics are an unrenounceable principle, without which even the most just and pure political cause can be irreversibly damaged and tarnished. Castro added: This action against one of your closest relatives is not, in our judgment, ethical, political, or just under any circumstances. To hurt him physically or killing him would be a crime that could never be committed by those who truthfully acting on behalf of revolutionary ideas. In closing, Fidel Castro, the president of the Cuban Councils of State and Ministers, expressed his earnest hope that those who are holding the Colombian President's brother, if moved by political reasons and if they consider themselves revolutionaries, will respond to this reasoning, will respect the physical well-being of Jaime Betancur, and will free him immediately. -END-