CUBA: CASTING SHOOTDOWN AS BILATERAL ISSUE (DELETED)

Created: 2/27/1996

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ews conference yesterday. National Assembly President Alarcon accused the US of failing to prevent repeated violations of Cuban airspace by exiles. Alarcon asserted that US involvement in search-and-reseue operations in Cuban territorial waters means Washington agrees the incidents had taken place there.

He said Brothers to thehas dropped anti-Castro leaflets overnot the humanitarian group portrayed in the US. ^

The Foreign Ministry yesterday rejected US accounts of the shootdown. describing Secretary Christopher asynicalhe Ministry said thethe issue in the US wasunction of presidential poll tics.MM

Havana has made few comments about new US sanctions. Alarcon termed the measures "more of the same" but said reciprocity applies in terms of restrictions on the movement of diplomats.

Curbs on US personnel in Havana could complicateubans repatriated under bilateral agreements. H

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