Closing speech at the First National Forum on Energy

This speech raises the purposes and importance of the First National Forum on Energy. It includes an analysis of the measures adopted to conserve energy and the perspectives for energy development in Cuba and lays the groundwork for nuclear energy development. It discusses, among other aspects, the growth of energy consumption and the development of fuel production and makes an analysis of the international situation and especially that of the developing countries. Aspects related to the energy resources of the USSR and its nuclear energy development are mentioned. The speech also notes the cooperation received from and the economic exchange carried out with the socialist countries. Other economic aspects related to Cuba are also analyzed. (B.R.D.)