DATE=7/13/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-235387
TITLE=U-S/CUBA (L ONLY)
BYLINE=GIL BUTLER
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE UNITED STATES HAS CONDEMNED VIOLENCE AGAINST CUBA
WHETHER THROUGH SUPPORT FROM U-S-BASED GROUPS OR FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES. THE REITERRATION OF POLICY WAS MADE BY THE STATE
DEPARTMENT AFTER THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED A LENGTHY
ARTICLE QUOTING A CUBAN EXILE AS SAYING HE CARRIED OUT ATTACKS ON
CUBA PAID FOR BY A PROMINENT MIAMI CUBAN EXILE GROUP. V-O-A'S
GIL BUTLER HAS MORE ON THE STORY.
TEXT: STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JAMES RUBIN RESPONDED TO
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEWSPAPER'S INTERVIEW WITH LUIS POSADA
CARRILES, A CARIBBEAN BASED ANTI-CASTRO FIGHTER. HE WAS QUOTED
AS SAYING HE HAD BEEN FINANCED IN SOME BOMBINGS AND OTHER
VIOLENCE BY THE MIAMI-BASED CUBAN AMERICAN NATIONAL FOUNDATION.
THE ORGANIZATION DENIES THE REPORT'S ALLEGATIONS.
MR. RUBIN SAID THE UNITED STATES CONDEMNS VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM
AGAINST CUBA.
/// RUBIN ACT ///
WE HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT WE OPPOSE SUCH TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.
U-S POLICY IS AIMED AT PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND A
PEACEFUL TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY IN CUBA. THE U-S GOVERNMENT
HAS INVESTIGATED AND WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS
AND PROSECUTE VIOLATIONS OF U-S LAW.
/// END ACT ///
MR. RUBIN SAID THE UNITED STATES ALSO OPPOSES TERRORIST ACTIONS
AGAINST CUBA THAT ORIGINATE IN OTHER COUNTRIES.
/// RUBIN ACT ///
WE HAVE INDICATED TO CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES THAT WE
STRONGLY OPPOSE THE PERPETRATING OF TERRORIST ACTS IN CUBA
WHETHER THEY OCCUR AS A RESULT OF ASSISTANCE FROM U-S EXILES OR
FROM THE TERRITORY OF CENTRAL AMERICA.
/// END ACT ///
THE ACTIONS LUIS POSADA CARRILES IS QUOTED AS CLAIMING TO HAVE
CARRIED OUT INCLUDES A SPATE OF HOTEL BOMBINGS IN HAVANA LAST
YEAR.(SIGNED)
NEB/MGB/WDC/PT
13-Jul-98 3:27 PM EDT (1927 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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