DATE=7/13/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-235387
TITLE=U-S/CUBA (L ONLY)
BYLINE=GIL BUTLER
DATELINE=STATE DEPARTMENT
CONTENT=
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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)

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13-Jul-98 3:27 PM EDT (1927 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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