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FILE - In a Sept. 20, 1960 file photo, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, left, and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev hug at the United Nations. On Sept. 26, 1960, Castro denounced the United States in the longest timed speech ever in the U.N. General Assembly, 4 hours and 29 minutes. In the rambling speech, Castro defended Cuba's links to the Soviet Union, expressed serious concern that America's "imperialist government" might attack Cuba, and called U.S. President John F. Kennedy "an illiterate and ignorant millionaire." (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)