[House Document 104-267]
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104th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 104-267


 
 REPORT TO THE CONGRESS DETAILING PAYMENTS MADE TO CUBA BY ANY UNITED 
   STATES PERSON AS A RESULT OF THE PROVISION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
                               SERVICES

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                                MESSAGE

                                  FROM

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              Transmitting

A REPORT TO THE CONGRESS DETAILING PAYMENTS MADE TO CUBA BY ANY UNITED 
   STATES PERSON AS A RESULT OF THE PROVISION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
           SERVICES, PURSUANT TO PUB. L. 104-114, SEC. 102(g)




September 23, 1996.--Message referred to the Committee on International 
                  Relations and ordered to be printed


To the Congress of the United States:
    This report is submitted pursuant to 1705(e)(6) of the 
Cuban Democracy Act of 1992, 22 U.S.C. 6004(e)(6) (the 
``CDA''), as amended by section 102(g) of the Cuban Liberty and 
Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, Public Law 104-
114; 110 Stat. 793 (the ``LIBERTAD Act''), which requires that 
I report to the Congress on a semiannual basis detailing 
payments made to Cuba by any United States person as a result 
of the provision of telecommunications services authorized by 
this subsection.
    The CDA, which provides that telecommunications services 
are permitted between the United States and Cuba, specifically 
authorizes me to provide for payments to Cuba by license. The 
CDA states that licenses may provide for full or partial 
settlement of telecommunications services with Cuba, but does 
not require any withdrawal from a blocked account. Following 
enactment of the CDA on October 23, 1992, a number of U.S. 
telecommunications companies successfully negotiated agreements 
to provide telecommunications services between the United 
States and Cuba consistent with policy guidelines developed by 
the Department of State and the Federal Communications 
Commission.
    Subsequent to enactment of the CDA, the Department of the 
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended the 
Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515 (the 
``CACR''), to provide for specific licensing on a case-by-case 
basis for certain transactions incident to the receipt or 
transmission of telecommunications between the United States 
and Cuba, 31 C.F.R. 515.542(c), including settlement of charges 
under traffic agreements.
    The OFAC has issued eight licenses authorizing transactions 
incident to the receipt or transmission of telecommunications 
between the United States and Cuba since the enactment of the 
CDA. None of these licenses permits payments to the Government 
of Cuba from a blocked account. In the period October 23, 1992, 
to June 30, 1996, OFAC-licensed U.S. carriers reported payments 
to the Government of Cuba in settlement of charges under 
telecommunications traffic agreements as follows:

AT&T Corporation (formerly, American Telephone and 
    Telegraph Company)..................................  $39,647,734.42
AT&T de Puerto Rico.....................................      524,646.58
Global One (formerly, Sprint Incorporated)..............    4,870,053.05
IDB WorldCom Services, Inc. (formerly, IDB 
    Communications, Inc.)...............................    3,038,857.00
MCI International, Inc. (formerly, MCI Communications 
    Corporation)........................................   17,453,912.00
Telefonica Larga Distancia de Puerto Rico, Inc..........      150,282.40
WilTel, Inc. (formerly, WilTel Underseas Cable, Inc.)...    7,792,142.00
WorldCom, Inc. (formerly, LDDS Communications, Inc.)....    3,349,967.88
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      Total.............................................  $76,827,595.33
    I shall continue to report semiannually on 
telecommunications payments to the Government of Cuba from 
United States persons.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, September 20, 1996.

                                
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