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Cuban government it would not have the -- sabotage the deal like it has in the past when the president has made similar overtures to the government? >> meaning -- be specific. what do you mean? >> reporter: when the clinton administration made some overture, they shot down planes. they sort of have a pattern of doing provocative -- >> okay. just general provocative activities. >> reporter: any time you sort of reached out a hand. i wanted to see what is your knowledge of whether fidel castro, did he have any roles in the talks? when you talked to raul castro, did fidel castro's name come up? >...

They want to block money a new embassy? >> i'm going to cut you off there. . this is taking up a lot of time. >> as far as as the history of sabotage, the plane being shot down. it wasn't the cuban government, 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 to undermine overtures by the clinton government. i think it is not precedented for the president of the united states and the president of cuba

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...

Military force or can you rule out a cyber attack of your own? >> i'm going to leave it where i left it. we just confirmed it was north korea. we had been working up a range of options. they will be presented to me. i will make a decision on those based on what i believe is proportional. and appropriate to the nature of this crime. with respect to cuba, we're not at a stage here where me visiting cuba or president castro coming to the united states is in the cards. i don't know how this relationship will develop over the next several years. i'm a fairly young man, so i imagine that at some poi...

So, i would be surprised if the cuban government purposely tries to undermine what is now effectively its own policy. i wouldn't be surprised if they take at any given time actions that we think are a problem. and we will be in a position to respond to whatever actions they take the same way we do with a whole range of countries around the world when they do things we think are wrong. but the point is, is that we will be in a better position, i think, to actually have some influence. and there may be carrots as well as sticks that we can then apply. the only -- the only way that fidel's name c...