The children Jack and Jeff Castro had been three hours in front of the Cuban Embassy in Washington DC because they didn’t want to leave without seeing Fidel despite of the Embassy being closed. Someone let the Commander know about the presence of the children and he received then in his room.

Attends a lunch hosted by the American Association of Newspapers Owners during a visit to the United States, at the Slatler Hilton Hotel. Before the Press Editors Association he delivers a speech where he chastises the imposition of the Platt Amendment and the inequity of the justice treaty imposed to Cuba.