-DATE- 19891214 -YEAR- 1989 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- -AUTHOR- -HEADLINE- Castro Stresses Importance of Nation's Situation -PLACE- CARIBBEAN / Cuba -SOURCE- Havana Tele-Rebelde Network -REPORT_NBR- FBIS-LAT-89-240 -REPORT_DATE- 19891215 -HEADER- BRS Assigned Document Number: 000024773 Report Type: Daily Report AFS Number: FL1412214889 Report Number: FBIS-LAT-89-240 Report Date: 15 Dec 89 Report Series: Daily Report Start Page: 1 Report Division: CARIBBEAN End Page: 2 Report Subdivision: Cuba AG File Flag: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Language: Spanish Document Date: 14 Dec 89 Report Volume: Friday Vol VI No 240 Dissemination: City/Source of Document: Havana Tele-Rebelde Network Report Name: Latin America Headline: Castro Stresses Importance of Nation's Situation Source Line: FL1412214889 Havana Tele-Rebelde Network in Spanish 1800 GMT 14 Dec 89 -TEXT- FULL TEXT OF ARTICLE: 1. [Excerpts] Commander in Chief Fidel Castro last night closed the 3-day meeting of first secretaries of the Communist Party of Cuba [PCC] from provinces and municipalities, members of the PCC Politburo and Secretariat, government ministers, and other political leaders. [passage omitted] 2. Reflecting on the information presented, the commander in chief noted the almost total paralysis of the attention given to the city in past years as a result of negative tendencies and wrong ideas. Now, he said, we have to solve them without a large amount of resources. 3. [Begin Castro recording] The overall food program is designed to improve our diet. This is also applicable to industries, beer, and fruit production, which I have not included here because the important task of planting fruit trees is part of the reforestation campaign. 4. The important thing is that we are making a great effort in this field for ourselves. Thus, developments will be designed to meet our needs in other industrial sectors, such as in the metalworking and basic industries sectors. 5. Then, we have social development programs. You have seen how much the construction material industry has developed. We will continue to promote construction so that we can build at least 100,000 houses annually and build all the child care centers, special schools, and vocational schools we might need. We will promote construction so that we can build adequate elementary schools--similar to the projects we are implementing in Havana--as well as secondary schools and social projects, such as markets, shops, bakeries, everything relating to social needs. 6. There is another extremely important program that we are implementing under the present circumstances: the social program. Who is it for? It is for the people. All this social development is intended for the people. The entire food development program is for the people. All social development is for the people. [end recording] [passage omitted] 7. The commander in chief noted that the 7 December funeral for internationalists was an event of great revolutionary reaffirmation. It was, he said, a turning point. None of us has experienced a more glorious and exciting time than this one. Fidel compared the affect this event had on the people's emotions and the atmosphere it created to the attitude of some arrogant, pseudointellectual charlatans who, in some cases, are associated with subtle forms of counterrevolution and whose program focuses on criticizing the country's best efforts. 8. [Begin Castro recording] I would say this is the pinnacle, not only from a moral standpoint, but also from the standpoint of the responsibility facing our revolution. This moment bears no similarity with any other, not even with the October crisis, which was something else. I believe that never before in our country's history has such an important political responsibility fallen on our people, especially on our party, our militants, our revolution. We have an entire contingent, a legion of people experienced in the struggle, in combat, who know what they are doing; people who have never betrayed and will never betray their people; people who have fought and will always fight for their people; people who are willing to die on the front lines with their people. They should be told that [words indistinct] [applause]. I have only two slogans to add: Socialism or death! Fatherland or death; we will win! [applause] [end recording] -END-