…Dear brothers, officials of the nation, it is useful today to examine the progress and achievements accomplished during the last three years and to review the various aspects of the Revolution during this period…

Certain ill-disposed persons have tried to spread doubt and confusion by means of a hostile propaganda campaign intended to convince public opinion in the country and throughout the world that on 19 June [1965] we took a step backward and not a leap forward. People acting out of selfinterest, others motivated by private material interests who regarded all revolutionary progress as a threat to their privileges, as well as agents in the pay of foreign countries, have deliberately tried to create and maintain this atmosphere of doubt and confusion…