DATE=1/20/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-225562
TITLE=CUBA/EXILES (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=MICHAEL DRUDGE
DATELINE=HAVANA
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: CUBAN AUTHORITIES ARE RESTRICTING TRAVEL BY CUBAN
AMERICAN EXILES WHO WANT TO COME TO THE ISLAND DURING POPE JOHN
PAUL'S VISIT THIS WEEK TO KEEP OUT ENEMIES OF THE COMMUNIST
GOVERNMENT. V-O-A'S CORRESPONDENT MICHAEL DRUDGE REPORTS FROM
HAVANA.
TEXT: THE HEAD OF THE CUBAN EXILE DEPARTMENT ///DIRECTOR DE
ASUNTOS DE LOS CUBANOS EN EL EXTERIOR/// OF THE FOREIGN MINISTRY,
JOSE CABANAS, SAYS A FEW THOUSAND OVERSEAS CUBANS ARE EXPECTED TO
COME TO THE ISLAND DURING POPE JOHN PAUL'S VISIT, WHICH BEGINS
WEDNESDAY.
HE SAID ABOUT ONE THOUSAND OF THOSE COULD COME FROM THE UNITED
STATES, WHICH IS HOME TO MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF THE NEARLY ONE
AND HALF MILLION CUBANS LIVING IN EXILE.
MR. CABANAS SAID CUBAN AMERICANS ARE REQUIRED TO SEEK SPECIAL
PERMISSION TO ENTER CUBA, IN ORDER TO KEEP OUT ENEMIES OF THE
COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT LED BY PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO.
HE EXPLAINED WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THE APPLICANTS.
///INSERT CABANAS ENGLISH ACT NO. 1///
FIRST, TO RESPECT THE CUBAN LAW. NOT TO BE INVOLVED IN
ANY HOSTILE ACTIVITIES AGAINST CUBA. AND TO RESPECT THE
LAW OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THEY ARE RESIDING.
///END ACT///
MR. CABANAS SAYS ONLY A FEW APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN TURNED DOWN, BUT
HE SAID THE SCRUTINY IS NEEDED FOR SECURITY REASONS.
///INSERT CABANAS ENGLISH ACT NO. 2.///
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF THE POPE AND WE ARE
CONTINUOUSLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR
POPULATION AND OF COURSE WE TOOK SOME MEASURES FOR THAT.
///END ACT///
CUBAN AUTHORITIES TOLD AIRLINES EARLIER THIS MONTH NOT
TO FLY IN ANY U-S CITIZENS WHO DO NOT HAVE SPECIAL
VISAS, SUCH AS THOSE
BEING ISSUED TO AMERICAN JOURNALISTS. (SIGNED).
NEB/MWD/WDC/PT
20-Jan-98 5:57 PM EST (2257 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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