Indeed. the Clinton administration takes the position not only that Castro must not be punished for the four lives he destroyed. but that the victims families must not be permitted to recover anything for their loss. In the wake of the shootdown. under intense political pressure. President Clinton agreed to sign the HelmsBurton Act. Title III of the statute allows American citizens whose property was confiscated by the Cuban governmentCastro nationalized billions of dollars worth of American assets in the 1960sto file suit against any foreign company using that property. Title IV bars any officer of a foreign company trafficking in stolen American property from receiving a visa to enter the United States. Properly enforced. HelmsBurton would weaken Castros grip on power by reducing the flow of foreign capital into his treasury.