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It critiques business-government alignment with Castro-related policies, highlights expected shifts in Guatemala’s economic and defense outlook, and comments on Congress’s handling of Nicaragua’s compliance, free elections, press freedom, and arms involvement. 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The Russians would then bepresented with the logistical problem of maintaining their relationship with the Cubangovernment at a distance not of 90 miles but of 9,000 miles.\"  \nThis is a problem for business executives affecting their status in theTHE POLICYUnited States,as well as the damage to their corporations they may haveTHAT WASbeen doing in costs for ingratiation.!The Washington Star(owned by TimeAVERTEDMagazine)put it well in an editorial:\"When the next round of Cubanfriendship overtures gets under way in earnest after the next administrationcomes in,assuming a Carter return we can expect that ONCE AGAIN BUSINESS  \nPEOPLE WITH GOODS TO SELL WILL JOIN FORCES WITH THE ANDREW YOUNG SCHOOL OF THOUGHT ABOUTTHE PACIFYING EFFECT OF CUBAN TROOPS IN AFRICA.We will hear again about the insig-nificance of the Soviet military presence in Cuba.It is to be hoped that the familiarCastro bravado accompanying the phenomenon will not deceive anybody about what lies behindit.\"  \nThe editorial pointed out what most critics,who understood what the CarterAdministration would do if re-elected,understood:That the Soviet Union was going to behard pressed to keep subsidizing Cuba and feeding it now that its own food supply is sodiminished.And that this became doubly menacing for Cuba because of the pressuresPoland was putting on the Soviet Union for better living conditions.  \nSenator Church would have been available to implement his old familiarfindings(\"I have found a friend in Fidel Castro\")which included emphasis on the\"thriving economy\"that Castro had achieved.That \"thriving\"economy being in such astate of collapse that it was requiring Castro to sell more and more Cuban soldiers forduty overseas on the Soviet's behalf to pay for the Soviet subsidy to Cuba.  \nAnd,of course,Senator McGovern had early discovered \"Castro's peacefulpurposes\"that were exhibited,he said,in \"Castro's endeavors not to disrupt lifeelsewhere\"except in Asia,Africa,and Latin America and Puerto Rico,all of whichentitled Castro to be regarded as the aggrieved victim of U.S.policy which should quicklybe changed to a bailout by 1ifting the embargo.  \nAnd now,the Reagan Administration has openly identified Castro as a cat's pawof the Soviet Union vulnerable to disciplining if the Russians try another Afghanistan.  \nA weekly letter for barinesmew parblisbnd prindely in Wasbington,D.C.  \nFor business executives then,the moral of the story is to stop wastingyour company's money for purposes of ingratiation with Castro,pray that no one re-members the bad judgment already exhibited if you were one of those who made the mistake,and for heaven's sake don't expose your company to public relations damage byunderwriting the Andrew Young school of thought.  \n(2)If you have been engaged in a flight of capital from Guatemala,fur-GUATEMALAthur weakening that economy,on the theory that the Carter Administrationwill not move effectively until the Mexican border is reached,accept thefact now that the Reagan","cbCaioxBQu9IG8Ln","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioxBQu9IG8Ln","pdf",1126324,"English","# TRADE\n## WITH CUBA\n# REAGAN'S POSITION\n# THE POLICY THAT WAS AVERTED\n# GUATEMALA\n# NICARAGUA","[{\"question\":\"What does the letter say about Reagan’s policy toward Cuba?\",\"answer\":\"It describes Cuba as tightly linked to the Soviet Union and says the U.S. could respond to further threats by instituting a blockade of Cuba, creating logistical pressure on maintaining Cuba’s distance from the Soviet relationship.\"},{\"question\":\"What message does the letter give to business executives?\",\"answer\":\"It argues executives should stop paying money to ingratiate themselves with Castro and warns against underwriting ideas associated with Andrew Young’s “school of thought,” due to reputational and political damage risk.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the letter characterize the situation in Guatemala and its regional impact?\",\"answer\":\"It states Guatemala is expected to face a difficult year amid disruptions, but claims the economy can strengthen due to petroleum. 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