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CUBANS FACE PAST AS STRANDED YOUTH IN US
01/12/1998
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FTG FOR CS ON OPERATION PEDRO (PETER) PAN / DEPAUL UNIVERISTY POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR MARIA DE LOS ANGELES TORRES CRITICIZES ROLE OF US GOVERNMENT IN 1960-62 OPERATION PEDRO PAN IN WHICH YOUNG CUBAN CHILDREN (INCLUDING HERSELF) WERE TAKEN AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS IN CUBA & SENT TO US WHERE THEY REMAINED DUE TO CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS / MCU OF TORRES AT PODIUM DURING PRESS CONFERENCE / TORRES CRITICIZES CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA) & CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR DISPLACEMENT OF CHILDREN FROM PARENTS / TORRES CALLS FOR RELEASE OF CIA DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO OPERATION PEDRO PAN /
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