Inc.. and other holders of claims certified against Cuba by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. In your first letter (of July 24) on this subject. written to Chairman Gilman of the House International Relations Committee. you said with respect to Title IlI that. in addition to nearly 6.000 claims on file with the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. "... about 15.000 U.S. nationals who have not filed claims with the Commission [i.e. the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission] may also have had commercial property confiscated in Cuba." I gather from talking with Ms. Susanne Mehlman of your Office that the figure of 15.000 "who have not filed claims" was meant to describe naturalized Cuban Americans and Cuban companies that did not qualify to file claims with the Commission in the 1960s (because they were not U.S. citizens when their properties were taken). but. that your Office thought would qualify to file lawsuits with respect to those properties if Title III of the LIBERTAD bill is enacted. In your July 31 letter to Senator Helms you refrain from stating any figure as to the number of Cuban Americans that may be expected to file Title III lawsuits. However. based upon a recent revision to the LIBERTAD bill restricting lawsuits to those in which the "amount in controversy" exceeds S50.000. you offer the opinion that. ... the number of [Cuban American] claims would be quite small." The number of potential Title II[ litigants is a matter of understandable concern to individuals and companies. such as my client. that hold certified claims against Cuba.
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