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<text id=90TT2027>
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July 30, 1990: On Your Next Cuban Vacation. . .
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
July 30, 1990 Mr. Germany
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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GRAPEVINE, Page 15
On Your Next Cuban Vacation...</hdr>
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<p>By Paul Gray/Reported by David Ellis
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<p> Like it or not, Cuban officials are apparently preparing for
the inevitable: life after the disappearance of the yearly $5
billion in Soviet aid. Twice within the past year, the heads
of giant American hotel chains--Curtis Carlson of Radisson
and Jay Pritzker of Hyatt--were invited to pay secret visits
to the island. Once there, flown in surreptitiously via Mexico
City, the Americans were shown scale models of prime beachfront
property and asked to select one for future development.
Intriguingly, these displays were set up just outside Fidel
Castro's office in Havana. Castro was nowhere in sight during
Carlson's visit, but Pritzker was treated to a 2 1/2-hour
meeting with the leader. No deals are possible until Washington
lifts its trade sanctions. But both hotel barons were assured
that Cuba is willing to discuss friendlier relations with the
U.S.
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