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Julie pace. >> reporter: thank you, mr. president. i want to ask you about cuba. what would you say to dissidents or democracy advocates inside cuba who worry that can give the castro regime -- when your administration was lifting sanctions on myanmar, why not do the same with cuba? to follow up on north korea, did you have any indication north korea was acting in conjunction with another country, perhaps, china? >> we have no indication that north korea was acting in conjunction with another country. with respect to cuba, we are glad that the cuban government has released slightly over 50 dis...

The grand halls of the world and major war leaders don't go to havana because everyone recognizes he is as the president said, a dictator. repressive regime. makes sense to get rid of an embargo that doesn't work. it was very interesting. the president started by invoking the cuban people rather than the cuban government. i think that was the key point. it's not the regime. it's people to people relations. he's hoping that just by allowing that to happen, the u.s. will have greater leverage, greater say in cuba's activities in the future. that's bank shot. it's better than no shot. >> that's a...

They want to do to block money on a new embassy? >> leslie, i think i'm going to cut you off here. this is taking up a lot of time. all right. so with respect to sabotage, my understanding of the history of the plane being shot down, it's not clear that was the cuban government purposely trying to undermine overtures by the clinton administration. it was a tragic circumstance that ended up collapsing talks that had begun to take place. i haven't seen an historical record that suggests they shot the plane down specifically in order to undermine overtures by the clinton government. i think it is...

Tradition. julie pace? >> reporter: thank you, mr. president. i wanted to ask about cuba. what would you say to dissidents or democracy advocates inside cuba who say policy changes could give castro regime benefits without addressing the human rights or political system. when you lifted sanctions on miramar, you sought reform. if i could follow up on north korea, do you have any indication that north korea was working in conjunction with another country, perhaps china? >> we have no indication that north korea was working in conjunction with another country. with respect to cuba, we are glad t...

Place. i share the concerns of dissidents there and human rights activists that this is still a regime that represses it people. as i said when i make the announcement, i don't anticipate overnight changes. what i know deep in my bones is that you have done the same thing for 50 years and nothing has changed, you should try something different if you want a different outcome. and this gives us an opportunity for a different outcome. suddenly cuba is open to the world in ways it has not been opened before. it's open to americans traveling there in ways that it hasn't been before. it's open to c...