-DATE-
19881212
-YEAR-
1988
-DOCUMENT_TYPE-
REMARKS
-AUTHOR-
F.CASTRO
-HEADLINE-
CASTRO PRAISES GORBACHEV DEBT MORATORIUM PLAN
-PLACE-
CUBA
-SOURCE-
HAVANA RADIO PROGRESO
-REPORT_NBR-
FBIS
-REPORT_DATE-
19881213
-TEXT-
Castro Praises Gorbachev Debt Moratorium Plan

FL1212133488 Havana Radio Progreso Network in Spanish 1200 GMT 12 Dec 88

[Text] Commander in Chief Fidel Castro described the proposal made by the
Soviet Union's highest leader Mikhail Gorbachev to apply a 100-year debt
moratorium on the Third World countries and to cancel the debts of poorer
nations as being of extraordinary importance

In statements made to a correspondent of the IZVESTIYA newspaper, Fidel
added that this is great support against the paying the foreign debt.  He
stressed that Gorbachev's proposal has been well received in Third World
countries.

Fidel made these statements at the Havana airport where he said farewell to
the Cuban health brigade that traveled to Armenia yesterday.
-END-