-DATE- 19840629 -YEAR- 1984 -DOCUMENT_TYPE- INTERVIEW -AUTHOR- F. CASTRO -HEADLINE- CASTRO SAYS JACKSON VISIT POSITIVE -PLACE- HAVANA -SOURCE- HAVANA INTL SERVICE -REPORT_NBR- FBIS -REPORT_DATE- 19840702 -TEXT- CASTRO SAYS JACKSON VISIT 'POSITIVE' PA291957 Havana International Service in Spanish 1800 GMT 29 Jun 84 [Exerpts] President Fidel Castro has characterized as positive the visit made to Cuba by Rev Jesse Jackson, a U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, and criticized those trying to discredit the contact made between the peoples of Cuba and the United States. After bidding farewell to the U.S. Protestant minister on his way to Washington after arriving from Managua, Fidel Castro told newsmen at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport that Jackson is one of the most courageous politicians the United States has ever had, a man of great courage, moral strength, and ability to express himself, a man of brilliant ideas. The Cuban leader said that Jackson is, above anything else, a struggler for peace, civil rights and friendship among peoples. Fidel Castro said that the most important thing in the world is peace. Fidel Castro insisted that in view of the tension and danger that prevails in the world, a situation that could result in a general disaster, there can be nothing better than the banner of peace that is being firmly and honestly raised by Rev Jackson. The Cuban president reiterated that if the Democratic and Republican parties agree, and if this does not interfere with the U.S. election campaign, our country is prepared to discuss now, and not after November, as had been previously proposed, the subject of migration between the two countries, including the subject of the antisocial elements in an Atlanta prison. Fidel Castro concluded by stating that Jackson's tour has strengthened the work of the Contador Group and allowed Cuba to have direct contact with the North American people because Jesse Jackson was at the head of a very representative delegation. In my opinion, Fidel Castro said, that delegation represents the best of the U.S. people. -END-