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Statement by Dan Fisk. US. Policy
on Democratic Change in Cuba Department of State.
Office of the Spokesman
February 4, 2004
As Secretary Powell and other senior Administration officials have said,
it is
for Cubans, and not for the United States, to return democracy to Cuba.
There has been no change in U.S. policy concerning this very critical
issue
Remarks published by the news service EFE on January 28, 2004,
Suggesting that U.S. policy would relegate Cubans living outside the
island
Nation to a secondary role in returning democracy to Cuba are not U.S.
Policy.
CUBA: USG POLICY ON DEMOCRATIC CHANGE
Q: Any comments regarding the recent EFE article which quoted a
State Department official on Cuba policy? Has USG policy on Cuba
Changed?
A: Our position on Cuba is clear as Secretary Powell an other senior
administration officials have said, it is not for the United States to
install a democracy in Cuba, it is for the Cuban people to decide. Our
policy is to encourage a rapid, peaceful transition to democracy in
Cuba. President Bush established the Commission for Assistance to a
Free Cuba in October to identify and encourage additional means to bring
about the expeditious end to the dictatorship. It is also developing an
active plan to assist a post-dictatorship transition in Cuba.
(If asked): Why are you issuing this statement at this time:
A recent report by the Spanish press agency EFE Misrepresented
statements made by a mid- level State Department official during a
seminar in Washington on Transition in Cuba.
WHA Press Guidance
February 4, 2004
Washington, USA
La Nueva Cuba
February 10, 2004
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