Cuba to let families go

Press, 21 August 1978, Page 9

Cuba to let families go

NZPA New York' For the first time in more; than a decade, the Cuban; Government has agreed to] let 480 people with both; Cuban and American citizen-] ship and their families to] move to the United States. ] The Cuban decision, which was announced by an American Congressman, Stephen Solarz, comes after two] months of negotiations with; the Cubans. Mr Solarz first discussed ] the possibility with the i

: Cuban President (Dr Fidel ] Castro) in June as a member pt the House of Representa i; lives International Relations ‘■Committee, in Cuba on a [fact-finding tour about reported Cuban troops in ] Africa. I “Now that the Cuban Government has resolved the most humanitarian problem standing in the way of i ] Cuban-American relations, I we think that we ought to reciprocate in a com- , paratively significant action I of our own,” Mr Solarz said.

1 ] As a ’ reciprocal move, he : i rlhas asked President Jimmy] I Carter to consider lifting theii >]decade-long embargo on the] 1 a'shipping of medical supplies] - to Cuba, to permit regularly il scheduled airline flights be- : tween the two countries, and -:to arrange for formal cultur- 1 Ual exchanges, Mr Solarz i: said. f] There are 480 known ■ ] people who were either born ] 3 ' in Cuba of American parents ] j or born in the United States i, lof Cuban parents. u