Program Number: 41

Contents: Report: A look at the more conciliatory tone in U.S. policy toward Central America under the new secretary of state, George Schultz; a report on the resignation of Cuba expert Wayne Smith from the U.S. Foreign Service, over policy differences with the Reagan administration; a story on Cuba's efforts to reschedule its large foreign debt with Western banks; and a report on Brazil's debt crisis and how it may affect economic policy and relations with the United States. Interview: Lev Klochkovsky. Director of economic research at the institute of Latin American Studies of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, discusses the U.S.S.R's growing economic ties with Latin America.

Recorded: September 22, 1982

Final Production: September 22, 1982

[Air Date]: October 13, 1982

Timings: 29:00