The speech: Nikita Khruschchev, 9 July, 1960

A FEW days ago the Governor of New York State, Rockefeller, openly called for struggle against the government of Cuba and the Cuban people. He advised that a course directed against Cuba should be taken and that the regime chosen by the people should be stifled through economic blockade.

Rockefeller's pronouncements are an obvious example of the aggressive actions of American politicians who are not accustomed to taking the will of the people into account. But the time when the United States diktat prevailed is over. The Soviet Union...