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MANUFACTURING. The enormous military-industrial complex of the Soviet Union is slowly turning to civilian production. Hundreds of factories where Russians or foreigners have invested are turning out goods--cars, processed food, Coca-Cola--for domestic consumption. Hundreds still have not made the switch. The essential ingredient is capital, and much of it will have to come from abroad...
TIME: Twice during the past six months, your men have captured civilian hospitals and taken hostages in Russia. Are you trying to win your independence with terror tactics...
...Skymasters as they were flying in international airspace, which begins 12 miles offshore. U.S. search craft spotted oil slicks some 20 miles off Cuba. A grim-faced President Clinton condemned "in the strongest possible terms'' what he described as "the shooting down in broad daylight of two American civilian airplanes by Cuban military aircraft." He directed U.S. Coast Guard units to conduct a continuing search-and-rescue operation and ordered U.S. military forces "to ensure that it is fully protected." Clinton also demanded that Cuba give an immediate explanation. Even if it turns out that the planes did violate Cuba...
...Cuban Foreign Minister Roberto Robaina, referring to the downing of two civilian planes operated by an exile group which had repeatedly ignored warnings to stop violating Cuban airspace...
WASHINGTON D.C.: President Clinton and the Republican Congress have reached an agreement on aggressive legislation punishing Cuba for shooting down two civilian planes. The President had threatened to veto a similar bill last fall just last fall, but abruptly changed course after Saturday's attack. The 'Libertad' bill permits Americans to sue foreign companies that invest in Cuban property that has been confiscated from its owners and shuts down U.S. aid. The measure's Republican sponsors say the bill will strangle Castro's regime, cutting off foreign capital. Senator Claiborne Pell, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...