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Officials at the Cuban interest section of the Czechoslovakian Embassy in Washington yesterday identified the scholar--whom Dominguez called "perfect, just ideal" for a CFIA fellowship--as Pino Santos, author of numerous books and currently an advisor to the Cuban government on political economics and international affairs and the head of a research institute in Havana...
...Dominguez said he was never told what Santo's specific commitments were, but that they "didn't seem to cover that long a period of time." He said the invitation was open continually for two years, but the Cuban government never suggested making another appointment...
After Santo's refusal, the CFIA extended the same invitation to include any interested Cuban scholar, but the government expressed no interest and the grant funding the proposed fellowship expired on Dec. 31, 1980, Dominguez said...
...Cuban interest section official involved with academic exchanges noted the Cuban government places heavy emphasis on contact in scientific and technical fields that will be valuable for Cuba's economic development, rather than the social sciences, Santos' area. Since opportunities for contact are limited, once Dominguez made the invitation general it probably went to the bottom of the government's priority list, he added...
...Dominguez, a consultant to both the U.S. and Cuban governments, called the breakdown in negotiations frustrating, since invitations such as the CFIA's "aren't costing the Cuban government anything." Other Cuban scholars invited by the CFIA, including several officials in the Cuban Foreign Ministry, have apparently wanted to accept the fellowships, since "it's much easier to study the U.S. here than long-distance," he added...