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...move toward resumption of U.S.-Cuban relations continues to gather momentum. Last week, for the first time since Washington severed ties with Fidel Castro's regime in 1961, a U.S. diplomat arrived in Havana. Terence Todman, Inter-Assistant American Affairs, Secretary of spent four State days for there concluding fishing-and maritime-rights agreements. Expected soon: the opening of a "U.S. interests" office in Havana...
Before Todman arrived, TIME Correspondent Christopher Ogden ended a five-day stay in Havana. His report...
...excitement is pervasive. When Washington lifted the restrictions on travel to Cuba in March, Havana news boys hawking the stodgy daily Granma gleefully shouted, "The Yankees are coming!" At one store, the cashier closed her till when two Americans walked in and then escorted them to a storage area. She poured some glasses of piña, a local pineapple liqueur, and raised a toast: "Bienvenidos, felicidades...
...would probably take something as unlikely as a Cuban attack on the Panama Canal to prevent what now seems almost inevitable: restoration of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana. In recent weeks the Administration has lifted travel restrictions for Americans who wish to visit Cuba and begun bilateral talks with Havana on a new fishing agreement-necessary since both countries claim 200-mile offshore limits, but are only 90 miles apart. One plan currently under consideration by Washington is to set up an American-staffed "interest" section attached to the Swiss Embassy in Havana, which now represents...
...Senators, George McGovern and James Abourezk. The South Dakotans were blasted off the court by the Olympic-class Cuban roundballers, but McGovern came home full of zeal for ending the 16-year-old trade embargo. Last week another U.S. group with a keen interest in that project went to Havana: 50 business leaders from Minnesota...