CUBAN STATEMENTS REGARDING NEGOTIATIONS ON CENTRAL AMERICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85T00176R001300010004-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 2, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 2, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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S E C R E T 2 June 1982
Cuban statements relarding negotiations on Central America
29 January 1982: Carlos Rafael Rodriguez is interviewed by
REVOLUTION magazine (Paris)
"Our solidarity with Latin America is not negotiable either. We
can support and are supporting a political solution instead of an
armed solution, but we do so because we think, in agreement with
the revolutionary forces in El Salvador that it is the best
solution for the Salvadoran people, not because the Americans want
to precent a solution through arms."
24 February 1982: Fidel Castro sends open letter to Mexican President
Lopez Portillo
Castro pledges to help end Central American political violence if
the US ends its constant threats against Cuba.
early March 1982: General Vernon Walters meets with Fidel Castro
in Havana.
Central America was the most contentious issue discussed in the
session which focused on bilateral problems. Castro tells General
Walters "we can discuss Central America." No indication of
flexibility on this issue from the Cuban side.
4 April: Fidel Castro speaks to UJC Congress in Havana
Near end of speech Castro raises the tense situation in Central
America:
"Our country's position, clear and guileless, was publicly stated.
Our country is willing to work in the search for a negotiated
political solution to the problemsof El Salvador, Central America
and the area. We firmly and seriously support Lopez Portillo's
position. The Mexicans have even publicly suggested--they suggested
this to us and to the US government--moderation of language.
They had suggested a certain verbal de-escalation, a certain moderation
in tone."
1-5 April 1982: Carlos Rafael Rodriguez tells a group of US
political scientists visiting Cuba for a seminar
on international relations and questions of mutual
interest:
"Cuba would now be willing to participate in broad negg'biations
with the US government and other countries concerning multilateral
issues such as Southern Africa and Central America."
5 April 1982: Carlos Rafael Rodriguez tells a visiting US political
scientist in private:
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