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SECRETARY SHULTZ: The situation iscouraging. However, discouraging give up, and we should never let up.
President has, and that's what I do.
can only be described as as it may be, we should neverY
So, that's the policy that the
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to ask you about the families coming im from Cuba now. I don't expect you to remember that I had written you a letter im
regard to encouraging that policy, that finally has evolved; particularly because there Was a position on the part
of the Department, you know, not to make any agreement until the Marilitos(7) situation was settled. And now the families have come in, and evidently unrelated to Marilitos. Is the situation going to continue, regardless of Havana's position on the Marilitos?
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SECRETARY SHULTZ: Don't misunderstand what's happened. What has taken place is that some people who we regard as an especially poignant group have been admitted. That is, people who have been held prisoner
an extended time,y and who are still in prison, OY who may have been let out, but have been in prison for ten years or
And we
felt that that was a special group that should be attended to, regardless of the attitudes of the Cubans otherwise, the Mariel (7) question.
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We have had disucssions to try to put that situation back to where it was when the agreement was worked out. And we had some indications and things very constructively called to our attention, including by a member of this committee And we've tried to follow up on that. So far to no avail, although that doesn't mean that necessarily stop the effort.
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SENATOR GRASSLEY: How does your statement to us in Congress, to keep our powder dry on the Daniloff affair, square with strong statements coming out of the White House and out of and considering your statement at Harvard on the supposed to be quiet on the issue?
Or
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SECRETARY SHULTZ:
No,
I didn't mean to be quiet. I just meant that don't make the assumption that somehow or other, the action is over. Because it certainly isn't. I would counsel not to be quiet but quite the reverse. I think the more attention is paid, the more it's clear to Mr. Gorbachev and others in the Soviet Union that what they have done is recognized for what it is here, and that it has brought about a very deep reaction and feeling that goes across the board, the better we'll be served. So please don't misunderstand me. I hope you keep screaming about it. And I intend to. But I intend to do more things than just scream about it.
CHAIRMAN SIMPSON:
Thank you, Chuck. And Senator Simon, if you