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Moreover, the fact that it can command the Cubans to leave represents a considerable degree of freedom. In Senator Stephen J. Solarz's (D-NY) words, "If, in the context of a Namibia settlement, they asked the Cubans to leave, there is every reason to believe they would do so." Clearly then, the Reagan Administration has the means with which to attain a diplomatic solution...
...elsewhere, and over the legal status of Marcos' properties abroad. Though Marcos' only known income was his presidential salary of $5,700 a year, the Central Intelligence Agency has reportedly estimated the value of his family's worldwide holdings at perhaps $2 billion. New York's Democratic Congressman Stephen Solarz observed mildly last week, "There is a strong presumption that he had a very good financial adviser ^ or acquired the millions of dollars he has through presumptively improper means." Aboard the plane that carried Marcos to Hawaii, federal authorities found $1.2 million in Philippine currency, and another planeload of Marcos...
Marcos' critics on Capitol Hill were equally outspoken. "Marcos has lost whatever shred of legitimacy he had," said Congressman Stephen Solarz, a New York Democrat. Republican Senator Richard Lugar, leader of the 20-member team of U.S. observers that monitored the Philippine election, was even more ominous. Said he: "President Marcos has lost the church, he has lost the middle class, and clearly he is now in the process of losing military support...
...Solarz said he had been assured by an intermediary earlier in the day that the legislation has the support of presidential opposition candidate Corazon Aquino, who has charged that fraud by Marcos and his supporters deprived her of victory in the Feb. 7 election...
...Solarz, chairman of the House subcommittee, said his bill would channel humanitarian and economic assistance through the Catholic church and other non-government organizations in the Philippines, while placing military aid in an escrow account until "a legitimate government" came to power...