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To: DoubleOddBuck who wrote (23)	7/27/1999 9:10:00 AM
From: MNI	Respond to of 45

In the same speech Castro claimed the "Olympic world record" of the person who had survived the biggest number of lethal plots against him. To support his claim he said there had been at least 637 US-backed plans to kill him. (Source: Reuters).

To: DoubleOddBuck who wrote (23)	7/27/1999 2:36:00 PM
From: Andy Thomas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45

>>As well, the news media have reported on the presence of Major League scouts and agents, on hand in case any of Cuba's star ball players use the games to desert for the draw of big league bucks. Security is tight around the Cuban baseball team, whose players are considered to be among the best in the world. More than 30 players have defected since 1991. < Yes, you can tell by watching the Cuban baseball team in action that many of them would make excellent US Major Leaguers. FWIW Andy