It says: DEAR SENATOR NUNN: I am writing to provide my assessment of the potential effect of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act * * * could have on the United States Atlantic command and operations in Guantanamo Bay. Cuba. There are currently 8.000 Cuban migrants in camps at Guantanamo Bay. down from 20.000 5 months ago. The Department of Defense has processed more than 100.000 Cuban and Haitian migrants in Guantanamo Bay over the last few years. When the migrant population was at its peak. it cost the Department of Defense over $1 million a day in operation and maintenancemoney which was not in the budget. Additionally. prior to the White House policy announcement in May. we had more than 6.000 U.S. personnel in a potentially explosive situationguarding and caring for Cuban migrants who were frustrated because there was no hope of leaving the camps. From a military perspective. the current version of the HelmsBurton bill could create conditions for more migrants. I believe the Cuban economy is at a low point. I have this on interviews of more than 40.000 Cubans who have been through Guantanamo.
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