New York Times
April 19, 1961.  p. 1.

Premier is Grim
Bids U.S. Halt Attack--Thousands Storm Moscow Embassy

By Seymour Topping
Special to The New York Times

        MOSCOW, April 18--Premier Khrushchev told President Kennedy today that the Soviet Union would render the Castro regime "all necessary assistance" to beat back the rebel attacks on Cuba.
        in an urgent message to Mr. Kennedy the Russian leader called upon the United States to halt the attacks so as to avert the danger of "a conflagration which it will be impossible to cope with."
        He placed responsibility for the air bombings of Cuban bases Saturday and the landings in Cuba on the United States.
        [Premier Chou En-lai of Communist China, in a cable-gram to Premier Castro, pledged Peiping's support to "the Cuban people" in resisting the attacks, The Associated Press reported.]
Embassy Is Attacked
        Two and one-half hours after Mr. Krushchev's message was handed to the United States charge d'affaires, thousands of organized students and workers carrying anti-American banners and hurling stones and ink bottles converged on the United States Embassy in a protest demonstration that continued until late tonight.
        Hundreds of Soviet militiamen backed by mounted police and unarmed soldiers fought off repeated assaults on the embassy that were led at times by African, Asian and Latin-American students of the Friendship University.
        The demonstrators were allowed, however, to drape a Cuban flag and pro-Castro banners on the front of the defaced building.
Will Aid Fight on Rebels
        Without making clear in his message to President Kennedy what form Soviet aid to the Castro forces might take, Mr. Khrushchev stated:
        "As to the Soviet Union, there should be no misunderstanding of our position: We shall render the Cuban people and their Government all necessary assistance in beating back the armed attack on Cuba.
        "We are sincerely interested in a relaxation of international tension, but if others aggravate it, we shall reply in full measure."
        Premier Khrushchev's message contained no reference to what he has described as his [more ...]