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Robert C. Byrd: “It is very difficult to determine whether an individual wearing a Cuban uniform is a Russian or a Cuban. In some…”

On the recordSeptember 5, 1979
It is very difficult to determine whether an individual wearing a Cuban uniform is a Russian or a Cuban. In some respects, it is far more difficult to secure adequate intelligence from Cuba, although it is only 90 miles from our own shore, than it is to secure information regarding activities in other countries.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Sep 5, 1979

Editor's note · Context

Discussing Soviet activity in Cuba and its bearing on the SALT treaty.

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