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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

May 27, 1983

The US formally asked Cuba to take back almost 800 of the 125,000 Cubans who poured in during the 1980 ''boat lift'' to Key West, Fla. The request followed earlier unsuccessful approaches to Cuba on the return of criminals and others ineligible to stay.