FOREIGN RELATIONS: Testing Cuban Waters

After Russia, China and North Viet Nam, what Communist nation will be the next target of Richard Nixon's policy of détente? One obvious possibility is Cuba. Since the end of the November, the U.S., represented by Swiss diplomats in Havana and Washington, has been negotiating with Cuba to reach an agreement on hijackers.

The talks are the first serious discussions between the U.S. and Cuba since relations between the two countries were severed in 1961. Last week the Swiss ambassadors to Havana and Washington, Silvio Masnata and Felix Schnyder, met with Secretary of...

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