sep 1, 1977 - A Modest Diplomatic Step

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President Jimmy Carter reached an agreement with Castro to resume a limited diplomatic exchange, allowing officials from the two countries to communicate regularly. The United States opened an interests section with a small staff in its former embassy in Havana under the auspices of the Swiss embassy. Switzerland had taken over U.S. interests in Cuba in 1961. Meanwhile, Cuba opened an interests section in Washington, DC, under the auspices of the embassy of Czechoslovakia.

Timeline: U.S.-Cuba Relations. (2009). Council on Foreign Relations. https://www.cfr.org/timeline/us-cuba-relations

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