United States Department of State

Washington, D.C. 20520

June 7, 2019

Case No. F-2014-06088

Segment: IPS-0002

Mr. Jason I. Poblete

PobleteTamargo LLP
Courthouse Square
510 King Street, Suite 350
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
(703) 566-3037

Dear Mr. Poblete:

This is in response to your request dated April 8, 2014, regarding the release of certain
Department of State material under of the Freedom oflnformation Act (the "FOIA"), 5 U.S.C. §
552. The processing of records is ongoing and has yielded 10 more responsive documents to
your request. After reviewing these documents, we have determined that one may be released in
full, eight may be released in part, and one must be withheld in full pursuant to FOIA
Exemptions 5 and 6, 5 U.S.C. §§ 552 (b)(5) and (b)(6).

An enclosure explains the FOIA exemptions and other grounds for withholding material. Where
we have made excisions, the applicable exemptions are marked on each document. All non-
exempt material that is reasonably segregable from the exempt material has been released, and is
enclosed.

The processing of your request is ongoing. We will keep you informed as your case progresses.
If you have any questions, your attorney may contact Jeremy S. Simon at (202) 252-2528 or
Jeremy.simon@usdoj.gov. Please refer to the case number, F-2014-06088 , and the civil action
number, 18-cv-02335, in all correspondence regarding this case.

Sincerely,

QdJ;4
Susan C. Weetman
Chief, Programs and Policies Division
Office of Information Programs and Services
Enclosures: As stated
 The Freedom oflnformation Act (5 USC 552)

FOIA Exemptions
. . .
(b X1) Infonnation specifically auth9rized by an executive order to be kept secret in the interest of
national defense or foreign policy. Executive Order 13526 includes the following
classification categories:

I .4(a) Military plans, systems, or .o perations

1.4(b) Foreign government infonnation
l .4(c) Intelligence activities, sources or methods, or cryptology
1.4(d) Foreign relations 9r foreign activities of the US; including confidential sources
l .4(e) Scientific, technological, or economic matters relating to national security,
including defense against transnational terrorism
l .4(f) U.S. Government programs for safeguarding nuclear materials or facilities
l .4(g) Vulnerabilities or capabili.ties of systems; installations, 4ifrastructures, projects,
plans, or protection services relating to US national security, including defense
against transnational terrorism
l .4(h) _Weapons of mass destruction

·(b )(2) Related solely to the i~ternal pers~nn~I rules and pra_ctices of an agency

(bX3) ~pecifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than 5 USC 552), for example:

ARMSEXP Arms Export Control Act, 50a USC 241 l(c)

CIA PERS/ORG Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, 50 USC 403(g)
EXPORT CONTROL Export Administration Act of 1979, 50 USC App. Sec. 241 l(c)
FS.ACT Foreign Service Act of 1980, 22 USC 4004 ·
INA Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 USC 1202(£), Sec. 222(£)
IRAN Iran Claims Settlement Act, Public Law 99-99, Sec. 505

(bX4) Trade secrets and confidential commercial or fi.nlll)cial information ·

(bX5) lnteragency or intra-agency commurucations forming part of the deliberati:ve process,

attomey-dient_privilege, or attorney work product ·
..
(bX6) Personal privacy information

(bX7) Law enforcement information whose disclosure would:

(A) interfere with enforcement proceedings
(B) deprive a person of a'fair trial ..
(C) constitute an unwarranted invasion of pers.o nal privacy
(D) disclose confidential sources
(E) disclose investigation techniques
(F) endanger ·life or physical safety of an iitdividual

(b)(8) Prep~ed by or for a government agency regulating or supervisilig financial institutions

(bX9) Geological and geoph>'sical information and data, including maps, concerning wells

Other Grounds for Withholding

. .
NR Material not responsive to a FOIA request excised with the agreement of the requester
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MACKl'RESS.ES CLINTON An\HNISTRA.TION

ON ANTieTERRORISM. COi\lM.IT"-lENT

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SHONT TA.KES

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The Honorable William J. Clinton, President of

The United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President,

Last year, U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King granted the families of the men.who
were shot down over Cuba more than $6 million of the frozen Cuban assets. My family
and I do not dispute the fact that they deserve compensation for their loss. Indeed, we
know the pain they have gone through.

The difference is that we've known that pain for 36 more years. ··

My father, Howard F. Anderson,'a U.S. citizen and former U.S; Navy officer, was
executed by firing squad by" Fidel Castro's forces on April 19, 1961. He was the first US
citizen killed in Communist Cuba. He was killed because he was an American, and
because the Cubans believed he had ties to the CIA. He refused clemency, as that
required him to sign a document admitting the CIA's actions in Cuba ... and he refused to
be a traitor or to do anything to hurt his country.

We had a private family briefing at Langley in 1998, a briefing arranged by the Director
of Central Intelligence whom I was fortunate to meet when he visited B6
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I IAt that briefing, officials confirmed that they had,

indeed, given my father money to funnel to counter-insurgency forces.

My father was brutally executed because he was a loyal US citizen doing what his
government encouraged him to do. We have lived with the pain of knowing that in the
minutes before his death, most of his blood was drained from his body to be used in ·
transfusions for Castro's forces.

We have also lived with the pain: of seeing olir goverillhent forget out loss. Indeed, when
a US citizen was on trial in Cuba three years ago; a State Dep'a:rtriieht spokeswoman was
quoted by the Associated Press as saying that if he were to be executed, he would be the
first Anierican killei:l sirice-.Citstro came to ipower: Incensed; I called her and provided her

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with the entire list of US citizens who have met that fate. Her embarrassment did not ease
my anger and acute disappointment.

It was an outrage that my father's sacrifice had been forgotten.

Today, I am equally outraged that our claim to the frozen Cuban assets has been ignored,
while newer claims are being paid. To also learn that you authorized the payment of
$300,000 to the families of the pilots from the frozen assets as a "humanitarian gesture"
while having never given my family a dime, is a further injustice.

My mother was 39 years old when she became a widow, trying to raise four children. She
struggled to raise us. I, the youngest, was five years old. Through her grief, she spent
years documenting our claims in Cuba, fulfilling the rigorous requirements set up by our
government. She was finally given an official document asserting our claim, based on the
property we lost and the death of my father. (Incidentally, it is also painful to learn that
my father's life was worth far less than the lives of the pilots.)

We are, therefore, among the 5,900 individuals certified by the U.S. Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission who staked prior claim to the frozen Cuban assets. We ask no
more than that they be paid, preferably within our lifetimes. My mother is now 79 years
old and in a retirement community. I can't even begin to tell you what she has gone
through since hearing of the cash award to the pilots' families.

Perhaps the have been too naive. Perhaps we believed, as my father believed 86
when he gave his life for his country, that justice would prevail, that fairness would win
out. Perhaps our mistake is that we did not hire lawyers and sue our government. We
believed our elected officials and those who vow to serve the people would do what was
right ... because it is right.

We do not begrudge the families of the pilots. Indeed, I am grateful in a way that they
have brought this issue to the forefront. In 1978, as a young reporter for the Miami
Herald, I came face to face with Fidel Castro and wrote a story that was the finalist for the
Pulitzer Prize. Since then, I have been consistently deluged with requests from
Hollywood to write a movie based on our tragedy. I have always resisted ... in part,
because, like my father, I do not want to do anything that is less than completely patriotic,
anything that would embarrass my country. The other reason was that we really didn't
have an end to the story.

Thirty-nine years after my father's death, and given these recent developments, I'm
coming to the conclusion that perhaps that's the only way to see justice done. The ending
is also becoming clear: This government that my father died for, that niy brother fought
for in Viet Nam, does not care ... unless threatened in court.

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It is unbelievable that this same government is protecting the assets of the government
that killed my father. Tell me, what purpose does it serve to keep these assets frozen? To
deny legitimate claims?

If there is a legal way for the assets to be dispersed to the families of the downed pilots,
why weren't prior clrumants notified? Why weren't our claims paid? If you felt the need
and were legally permitted to make a humanitarian gesture to the families of the pilots,
why not make the same gesture to my family? We deserve the same, at the very least.
And I would argue that we deserve even more, as my father died doing what his
government had asked of him.

What do we need to do to see justice done?

I have written to my Congresswoman and to the Senators representing Georgia. All I

have received is an explanation of how the families were compensated, explanations of
why our claims haven't been paid, explanations that I was not asking for since we know
these facts better than anyone else. I was asking them to do something.

And now I am asking you.

Mr. President, this is a chance for you to do what is right, what should have been done
decades ago. It also wouldn't hurt for the Cuban American community to see your
Administration take action that actually favored a Cuban American. My father is such a
hero in the Miami community that a street is named after him. As one of the few Cuban-
American Democrats (and the only one in my family ever) I am reaching out to you,
hoping this isn't - as my Republican family believes - another waste of my time.

I do have one .Q!!ier request, and that is to not receive a form letter reply. That wouid only
add insult to injury. -- ":

Thank you.

Sincerely,
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Washington, D.C. 20520

Dear B6

Thank you for your March 9, 2001, letter regarding

legislation enacted last year to help certain terrorism
victims satisfy judgments obtained in U.S. courts against
sta'te sponsors of terrorism. You questioned why these.
particular victims were able to obtain payment from blocked
assets while the 5,911 claims of U.S. nationals certified
by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission have not yet
been paid. You also asked what steps your family should
take to secure its position for the receipt of funds to
satisfy its claims against the Government of Cuba.

We are deeply sympathetic to you for the loss of your

husband, and to the many others who have suffered losses
due to actions of the Government of ~uba.

As you know, the families of the Brothers to the

Rescue victims won a civil court judgment.under the state
sponsor of terrorism provisions of the. Foreign Sovereign
Immunities Act, and the court ordered substantial
compensation. Congress then passed a law, the Victims of
Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, directing
payment of certain amounts of that compensation from
blocked Cuban government funds. The law was designed to
benefit only those claimants who won judgments under
certain statutes in defined time periods. No similar law
or other authority exists that would permit payments from
blocked Cuban accounts to persons other than such judgment
holders.

While the Department of State appreciated the motives

behind last year's legislative efforts to compensate
victims of state-sponsored terrorism, in testimony on a
prior version of the legislation, we voiced concerns about
using blocked funds to satisfy only particular judgments
and about the inequities concerning other claimants, such
as the FCSC claimants.

Treasury Deputy Secretary Stuart E. Eizenstat, Defense

Department Under Secretary for Policy Walter Slocombe, and
State Department Under Secretary for Political Affairs
Thomas Pickering raised this issue before the House

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Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee-on Immigration and

.Claims. As they stated.in their joint testimony on June
20, 2000:

[The FCSC] has certified 5,911 claims of U.S.

nationals against the Government of Cuba, totaling
approximately $6 billion with interest, dating back to
the early 1960s. . . . [T]hese include the wrongful
death claims of family members of two individuals whom
the Cuban Government executed after summary trial for
alleged crimes against the Cuban state. Other claims
relate to the Castro Government's seizure of homes and
businesses from U.S. nationals. These claimants have
waited over 35 years without receiving compensation
for their losses. This bill will not help them at
all . . . . . Satisfaction for the judgments in the
Alejandre, Flatow, and [Terry] Anderson cases would
come at the expense of all . other claimants against
Cuba and Iran, both past and future.

We believe that all the FCSC claimants deserve

justice, including compensation. Settling such claims with
the Cuban government remains one of our principal policy
objectives, ·and we look forward to the day when all FCSC
claimants against the Cuban government are compensated.

We hope this information is helpful. Please let us

k~ow if we can be of further assistance.

Sincerely,

~/J.~
Charles S. Shapiro
Coordinator for .Cuban Affairs

Enclosure:
Correspondence returned.

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P!?.Pt/. of State
221 C'Street NW RELEASE IN
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RE: Claim CU-0697 against the Government of the Cuba

The I I Family B6

Dear Secretary Powell:

I am writing to you concerning a matter of extreme importance to

my family and to f!lllny other .United States citizens vho have
long-standing 1egltimate1y tiled elaima against the Cuban govPrn-
ment. I am referring to the recent award granted in Judge
Lawrence King's court to the three families of the Brother to
the rescue pilots shot down by the Cuban~ on Feb, 24, 1996.

I understand from articles in the Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

and Miami Herald that on February 16, 2001, these families
rece.wed approximately $97,000,000 paid from previously f'..Ee-
z.eft frozen Cuban bank accounts held by Chase Manhattan Bank for '°',
the"•deaths of these pilots.··· While. I. greatly sympathize
with the families for their losses, ·r cannot understand why
tboseo of.us who also lost family·members and property cannot
'be treated in the same way. We·are ;;i.lso·un.ited States citi-
zens.
In the case of my family, I lost my husband, and my sons and
daughters lost their father. We also lost our property and
extensive business interests in Cuba, which had been in the·
fami:\."y for over 45 years. Our funds in Cuba were all frozen
and we were left almost penniless. My children ranged in age
from fifteen to five, I was forced to go to work·to support
my family which also included my husband's eighty-five years
old mother.- Howard-F. Anderson was one of the first United
States citizens executed by Castro on April 19,1961 by firing
squad after attending a kangaroo court~rial on trumped-up
charges that even they said did not merit execution but they
were going to do it anyway!
We went through the proper procedures and and filed a claim
(CU-0697) which was certified by the Foreign .Claims Settle-
ment Commission on June 23, 1971, for claims dating back to
1960 and 1961. It has been our understanding all along that ."'
no monies were to .be paid out of any frozen Cuban assets and/
or bank accountl'.! until all these claims-could be.resolved•
In a letter riaceived by my son, from Con- B6
gressman Bill ..Archer, dated Feb.2, 1998, we wifre advised that
the total amount of .frozen Cuban assets was $148,000,000.
How could our government allow over 65% of these assets to be
paid out to only 3 families when there are 5,911 certified
claims of U.S. nationals which were filed against the govern-
ment of Cuba long before these pilots were shot down?

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We quite frnkly do not underst.and ·how our government can put
the claims and interests of these pilots' families ahead of
those who have had claims on file for over thirty years!We know
that you are not to blame, but should not the United States
government consider our loss just as significant, i~ not more
so, than that of the pilots' families? Why should their in-
terests be put above ours especially since ours has been on
file for so many years? As a matter of fact, I believe that
our loss is more significant. if for no other reason than that
the pilots had a choice and were fully aware of the dangers
they could encounter. My family had no such choice.
Though I was born in Cuba to U.S. Parents, I (as well as
three of the children) were all registered within three
of birth at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba. My oldest, 86
was born in the .United States. ~hese Cuban-~~~~~
Americans became U.S. citizens many years later.
Since it now appears that the United States government is
releasing money from frozen Cuban assets, could you please
advise me what action needs to be taken by my family and me
in order to secure our position for the receipt of funds per
our long-standing claim? You.should know that my family's and
my total claim with interest will total approximately
$11,000,000 on April 19 1 2001, ~ which will be the fortieth
anniversary of my husband's execution by orders of Fidel Castro.
We would all very much appreciate any help you can give us
and others in. seeing that we are all treated fairly and
equally. Should you require more detailed information con-
cerning the specifics of my flll"tlily's situation, please contact
me. I look forward to hearing from you concerning this matter.

truly,

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Dear Senator Mack:

Thank v9u for your letter of June l{, regarding the inquiry of ~
"-=~~~~~=""'Jwith respect to a briefing held by Assistant Secretary~
State for Economic and Business Affairs Alan Larson on October 14,
1998, for parties with claims against the Cuban Government, certified
by the U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission l"FCSC").

Subsequent to her letter to Assistant Secretary Larson, ~obert

Watts of the Office of Investment Affairs of the :tate D:paJtment
Bureau of Economic and !lusiness Affairs e-mailed I per her
request, to provide her ~ith a summary of the mee •ng. e explained
that at the October 14 meeting, attended by about 30 claimants,
Assistant Secretary Larson discussed the May 19 "Understanding with
Respect to llisciplines for the Strengthening of Investment Protection"
between the U.S. and the EU. He stressed that the Understanding will
do more to advance the objectives of the Libertad (Helms-Burton) Act
that the U.S. can do acting alone. As$istant secretary Lar$On also
pointed out that for the first time, the EU has joined us in advancing
a unified policy that it is wrong to invest in property that was
expropriated in contravention of international law. The EU has also,
for the e1rst time in Castro's reign, condemned his e~propriations as
violations of international law.
Under the terms of the Understanding, in order for the ~O to
implement its disciplines, the Administration has committed to
obtain~ng the authority to waive the provisions of Title IV of the
Libertad Act for those countries participa~ing in the disciplines.
Ambassador Larson noted in the briefing that we continue to work with
Congressional staff to resolve doubts they have about the meaning of
the Understanding. We want to work with the Congress to craft an
amendment to Title IV of the Libertad Act that will implement the
United States commitment under the Understanding in a manner that
instills Congress'$ confidence.
1···· [also showed concern abou.t activities resulting from the
President's January 5 announcement, such as the baseba~l oarnes. ~nd
was afraid they put her claim "at risk." The claim ofl
which represents, ls one of the 5,911 awards, current y
worth more than $6 billion, certified by the rcsc as part of its Cuban
Claims Program. The FCSC certified these a~ards in the anticipation
that the certified claims would serve as the basis fo~ a claims
settlement negotiation with the Government of Cuba at an appropriate
time. The United States remains committed to achieving a satisfactory
resolution of these claims.
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I : bn~o lthat this information is

Please do not he "t ~elpful to you in your reply to
provide add"t· . si ate o contact us again ..a.'f we can
i ional assistance.

Sincerely,

Barbara Larkin
Assistant secretary
Le91slative Affairs

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FT. MYERS
JUN 0 4 1999

June 2, 1999

Mrs. Patty Pettus

Fort Myers Regional Office RELEASE IN PART I
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1342 Colonial Boulevard, ~uite 27
Fort Myers, Florida 33907

Dear Mrs. Pettus,

~enator Connie Mack gave me your name back in November 19':18 in

response to my letter of November 9, l 998 sent to Alan P. Latson, at the
Department of :>tate,

As of today's date, I have never received an answer from the U.S.

Department of State concerning the meeting held in October 1998
concerning Certified Claimants against the Cuban Government.

As you can iuugine my conc~tn whe11 I see this administration

allowing such "friendly" events as ball games with the illegal
government of Pid.el Castro. Our claims seem to be at risk here.
Senator Mack ha• always been v~ry helpful in obtaining information
for me an9, my family and 1 appreciate being able to contact you
concerning this matter.

Any information you can obtain or suggestion of who else I should

contact would be greatly appreciated. I will also mail a copy of this
letter to Mr. Larson's. office at the State Department.

Please contact me at your earliest convenience.

Sincerely,

cc: Alan P. Larson, Assist. Sec. of State

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United Stales Department of State

Washi11glo11, D. C. 20520

Dear Mr. Farr:

I
Tha:~ v011 f:r
the letter from your constituent,
in which he inquired about filing a
claim w1 regar Jo land that had been expropriated by
the Cuban government.
Property in Cuba confiscated from U.S. citizens was
the subject of an extensive claims settlement program run
by the U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (FCSC)
under the 1964 Cuban Claims Act. Between 1967 and 1972,
the Commission conducted a Cuban Claims Program, which
certified the substance and value of claims made by U.S.
nationals against the Government of Cuba·. In 1972, the
FCSC completed its work, which encompassed a total of
5,911" certified claims that would serve as the basis for
any claims settlement negotiation with a Government of
Cuba am~nable to such discussions. No such negotiation
has yet taken place.
Your constituent or an heir to the claim in question
may wish to contact the FCSC to learn whether the claim
to ~his property was certified, and if so, the value
assigned to the claim. Contact information for the FCSC
is indicated below!
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
600 E Street, N. W. Sui.te 6002
Washington, D.c. 20579
Telephone: 202-616-6975
As you may be aware, the Department is vigorously
implementing Title IV of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic
Solidarity (Libertad) Act, also known as the Helms-Burton Act.
Under Title !V, aliens who the Secretary of State determines
have, after March 12, 1996; confiscated or trafficked in

The Honorable
Sam Farr,
House of Representatives

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confiscated property in Cuba, a claim to which is owned by a

U.S. national, shall be denied visas and excluded from the
United States. The Department is seeking information on the
use of confiscated property for the purpose of applying
Title IV sanctions where appropriate. We would welcome any
available information on the current use of the claimed
property from either your constituent, or the heir to the
claim. Contact information is indicated below:
Department of State
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
office of Cuban Affairs - Helms-Burton Unit
Washington, D.C. 20520-6258
Telephone: 202-647-9389
FAX: 202-647-1095
I hope that this informal;.ion is helpful to you and your
constituent.

Barbara Larkin
Assistant Secretary
Legislative Affairs

Enclosure:
Correspondence returned
(Attachment was not with letter)
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Dear Senator Cleland:

Thank letter of April 12 concerning
~~~~~~~~~~~family and the tragic loss of her father to
a Cuban firing squad in 1961. I I wrote to you to
express her dissatisfaction with the settlement awarded by U.S.
District Court decision in favor of the families of the Brothers
to the Rescue pilots shot down over international waters by the
Cuban air force in 1996 when thousands of other claims of U.S.
nationals against the Cuban government _remain outstanding.
we extend our heartfelt condolences to and her
family for the grief they have borne since s
execution. We sincerely regret the additional pain caused by ·a
State Department sp.okesperson' s unconsidered remarks two years
ago. It was not our intention to dishonor her father's memory,
and we again offer her, and her family, our apologies for the
emotional distress she experienced as a result of those remarks.
We hope that the followina information will be useful to
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act of shooting down the aircraft flown by the Brothers to the
Rescue pilots. However, the Department of State does not support.
the judgments won by the families of the· Brothers to the Rescue
pilots through garnishment of payments to the Cuban telephone
company for services rendered or blocked Cuban assets in the
United States. Between Oecember 1990 and February 1999, the U.S.
Goverrunent filed.three statements of interest.in the U.S.
District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Miami
opposing such garnishments. Among the arguments the U.S. 'made in
opposing such garnishments is;that they would exhaust blocked
Cuban assets in the U.S. and thereby unfairly diminish the
chances of other U.S. claimants against Cuba from receiving
compensation for their claims from blocked assets.

The Honorable
Max Cleland,
United States Senate.

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In 1996.the President directed ex gratia humanitarian

payments of $300,000 to each of the families of the victims
from blocked Cuban assets. The President's decision was an
exceptional one, intended to address the exceptional
circumstances under which the four pilots died, and was in
no way intended to suggest a lack of concern for the
suffering of other claimants. No other payments from
blocked Cuban assets in the U.S. have been made to claimants
against the Government of Cuba. Cuba's assets in the U.S.
remain blocked pursuant to U.S. law. Such blocking serves
several important foreign policy objectives, including
strengthening the hand of the U.S. Government in its efforts
to resolve with a future transition or democratic government
in Cuba all outstanding claims of U.S. nationals against
Cuba.
Through its Cuban Claims Program conducted between 1965
and 1972, the U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
(FCSCI certified the validity of 5,911 claims of U.S.
nationals against the Government of Cuba. With interest,
the value of these claims now totals nearly $6 billion, an
amount which dwarfs the approximately $170 million in
blocked Cuban assets in the U.S. Among these claims is the
claim of [mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm[ which the FCSC certified on
June 23, 1971 in the amount of $111,545.41, plus interest at
six percent per annum from the respective dates of her
various losses to the date of settlement of the claim. Also
among these claims are the claims of the following members
of[···································································] family which the FCSC has certified in the
principal amounts indicated, plus interest at six percent
per annum from the respective dates of the various losses to
the date of settlement of the claims: [ [
($674,965.36J;I 1($81,545.40J;I I
~--~ ($93, 545. 41) 1 I 1($102, 545. 411.
The FCSC's adjudication of these claims was intended to
serve as a basis for any claims settlement negotiation with
a government of Cuba that is amenable to such discussion.
To date no such negotiation with the Government of Cuba has
taken place, and therefore none of the claims certified by
the FCSC has been settled.

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We will continue our efforts to encourage a peaceful

transition to democracy in Cuba, and to seek the equitable
resolution of all outstanding claims of U.S. nationals
against the Government of Cuba.

Sincerely,

Barbara Larkin
Assistant Secretary
Legislative Affairs

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SEARACCA/Consular Affairs/LTR Larkin Apr 29(Cleland)
Cleared By: WHA/CCA - MRanneberger
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WHA/CCA - GGriffin (Ok)
NSC/Legal - Callen (OK)
L/CID - MMattler X68438(ok) *checked w/ NSC
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March 26, 1999

99 APR ·6 PH 1~ 03

Sen. Max. Cleland

461 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC [RELEASE IN PART B6]
20510

Dear Senator Cleland,

Last week, the families of the men who were shot down over Cuba were griinted by U.S .
.. District Judge James Lawren<::e King rnore than $6 million of the frozen Cuban assets. My
family and I do not dispute the fact that they deserve compensation for their loss. Indeed,
we know the pain they have gone through.

The difference is that we've known that pain for 35 more years.

My fatherfmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm] a U.S. citizen and former US Navy officer, was

executed by firing squad by Fidel Castro's forces on April 19, 1961. He was the fin;t US
citizen killed in Communist Cuba. He was killed because he was an American, and
because the Cubans believed be bad ties to the CIA. Jle refused clemency, as that required
him to siga. a document adnlitting the CIA's actions in Cuba ... and he refused to be a
traitor or to do anything to hurt his country.

We had a private family briefing at Langley last year, a briefing manged by the Director
of Central Intelli ence, whom I was fortunate to meet

My father was bnrtaliy executed because he was a loyal US citizen doing what his
government encouraged him to do. We h.ave lived with the pain of knowing that in the
minutes before his death, niost of his blood was drained from his body to be used in
transfusions for Castro's foroes,

We have also lived with the pain of seeing our govemment forget our loss. Indeed, when
a US citizen was on trial in Cuba two years ago, a State Department spokeswoman w11.1
quoted by the Associated Press as saying that if he were to be executed, he would be the
fin;t American killed since Castro came to power. Incensed, I called her and provided her
with the entire list of US cit(z'ens wlio have met that fate. Her embarrassment did not ease
my anger and 3cute disappointment.

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It was an outrage that my father's sacrifice had been forgotten.

Today, I am equally outraged that our claim to the fro:i;en Cuban assets has been ignored,
while newer claims are being paid. To also learn only now that the State Department gave
each of the families of the pilots $300,000 from the frozen assets as a "humanitarian
gesture" while having never given my family a dime, is a further injustice.

My mother was 39 years old when she became a widow, trying to raise four children. She
struggled lo raise us. I, lhe youngest, was five years old. Through her grief, she spent
years documenting our claims in Cuba, fulfilling the rigorous requirements set up by our
government. She was finally given an official docllIIlent asserting our claim, based on the
property we lost and the death of my father. (Incidentally, it is also painful to learn that
my father's life was worth far less than the lives of the pilots.)

We are, therefore, among the 5,900 individuals certified by the U.S. Foreign Claims
Settlement Commission who staked prior claim to the frozen Cuban assets. We ask no
more than that they be paid, preferably wi1h4i our lifetimes. My mother is now 78 years
old and in a retirement community. I can't even begin to tell you what she bas gone
through since bearing of the recent cash award to the pilots' families.

Perhaps th have been too naive. Perbaps we believed, as my fllther believed

when be gave liis life for his country, lhatjustiC!l would prevail, that fairness would win
out. Perhaps our mistake is that we did not hire lawyers and sue our goveroment. We
believed our elected' officials and those who vow to serve the people would do what was
right .•. because it is right.

We do not begrudge the families of the pilots. Indeed, I am gr11teful in a way that they
have brought this issue to the forefront. In 1978, as a yoUJlg reporter for the Miami
Herald, I came face to face with Fidel Castro and wrote a story that was the finalist for the
Pulitzer Prize. Since then, I have been consistently deluged with requests from
Hollywood to write a movie based on our tragedy. I have always resisted ... in part,
because, like my father, I do not want to do anything that is less than completely patriotic,
anything that would embarrass my coUJltry. The other reason was that we really didn't
have an end to the story. ·

Thirty-eight years after my father's death, and given recent events, I'm corning to the
conclusion that perhaps that's the only way to see justice done. The ending is also
becoming clear: This government that my father died for, that my brother fought for' in
Viet Nam, does not care ... unless threatened in court.

It is unbelievable that this same government is protecting the assets of the government
that killed my father. Tell me, what purpose does it serve to keep these assets fro:zen? To
deny legitimate claims?
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If there is a, leg~J way.for the ass.ets to be dispersed to the families of the downed pilots,
why weren t pnor claunanlS notified? Why weren't our claims paid?

What do we need to do to see justice done?

Will you take a ~a;t in righting this wrong? I sure hope so. I will be happy to send you a
copy of my family s Cuban Clauns. lfyou need any further information, please let !DC
know.

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