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Article: Soviet in Cuba Criticizes Export of Revolution; Gorbachev's Aide Disputes Tenet of Castro
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- The Washington Post
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- April 4, 1989
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On the first day of summit talks between Mikhail Gorbachev and
Fidel Castro, a senior Soviet official took issue today with a basic
tenet of Cuban foreign policy by emphasizing Moscow's own opposition
to the export of revolution. The two leaders themselves, however,
carefully avoided any public expressions of friction over their
ideological differences.
Gennadi Gerasimov, the Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman, told
reporters that "we are against export of revolution," adding: "The
Cuban revolution, for example, had its own local roots."
While Gorbachev's "new political thinking" has long ruled out
foreign military adventures, the statement is especially
controversial now in the Cuban ...