SMITIVE 8205206 3 2 33 E3 i Washingma DC EOSED 8 Fabruary 27 1982 Mt MEMORANDUM FOR ME WILLIAM P CLARK THE WHITE HOUSE SUBJECT Cuba The attached talking points are for the President' 5 review prim to his meeting Monday morning with the Secretary and Dick Walters fl if I f 1 19 i L Paul Bremer Executive Secretary Attachment AS Stated SEE ms-3 2 27 02 HR at '7 NA a 1 3 Adel- 1 I 4 may no Wan 41 as 945 4 7 3 a u- w ih iya Draft Talking Points Approach to Cuba tion We did not seek it but Cuban activities in Central America challenges our security in a way we cannot and will not ignore We do not propose as we did in Vietnamm to engage U S forces in the terrain of our adversary's choosing That is neither necessary nor desirable But the use of force if necessary against the source is an option which we do not exclude That way of dealing with the problem would be both more efficient and more acceptable to the U S public Cuba has sent various signals that it is interested in negotiations Clearly it would be in the int countries if sharply We would be willing to try to find an alternative before facing up to that escalation Qi i d VE a 1700197190 72 33 ww Many points are at issue But four are indispensable your organizational training and logistical Support My Qiirgfk ia ii fir $333153 MW gee Fri M owt'rw Effawi 3 3 for Laberatron movements ln Central America and Colombia most and your security and military assistance to Nicaraguaw the advisers and the material mmast be withdrawn 0 Cuban forces must be withdrawn from Angola and you must take back the Cuban criminals unlawfully sent to the 3 8 or we will be required to consider other means of returning them to Cuba During the last Administration talks were held under the rubric of improving our relationship Yet Cuba only wanted to talk about its agenda and never addressed ours Africa and Central America Indeed as the talks progressed Cuban behavior became more aggressive EthioPia the launch ing of the offensive in Central America Mariel We do not plan to repeat the experiment We would be prepared to consider discussions on any part of our relationshipm 34 ier but only if Cuba agrees to address these thaezrpoints with f C gtw a View toward their resolution Time is short for us We hepe we do not have to address the solution to the Cuban problem by force But if we must it is better to do so early in the Administration my and when Cuba s pretecter is tied down in Poland and Afghan ww 12 - era W istan rie President Reagan held out in his speech to the GAS the pessibility that Cuba and the U S could have a friendly and supportive relationship in which neither Challenged the Other That weuld require major changes On both sides Let me reiterate that we are ready to work for such a rela tionehip but only if our basic intersts as outlined above can be safeguarded Note Walters would agree to carry any response but not attempt to carry the conversations further                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu