First. at thb foreign ministers meeting in Mexico City. the Secretary of State should endorse a resolution. giving all OAS members freedom to make their own decisions about their relations .with Cuba. In effect. such a statement would lift the formal hemispheric economic boycott whiqh already has been shat.tered by 10 nations.. Second. we should restore commercial air service between our two .countries. ending the barrier that has been a major obstacle to the speedy reunification of refugee families. In that process. we should call upon the Cubani Government to issue conduct exit visas to its political prisoners. Third. we should encourage the free exchange of people and ideas between Cuba and the United States. a policy that we have preached to the Soviet Union and to others at the European Security Conference and which we should champion in our own hemisphere. This would include the .exchange of. scientific and cultural programs and the exchange of leaders in such fields as health. educa� tion. and the arts. The recent denial of a visa to the awardwinning Cuban filmmaker Tomas Gutierraz Aled tarnishes our name and our political traditions. Finally. we should build on the reduced antagonism that would follow the success of the previous steps by beginning the process of formal diplomatic normalization. including the Opening of consular offices. . These suggestions are iot theonly path to rapprochement and their accomplishment will require patient negotiations and efforts On the part of-.both *countries.
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