US, Cuba to start direct mail talks

US, Cuba to start direct mail talks
By MATTHEW LEE
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON -- Diplomats say the United States and Cuba plan to start
talks on resuming long-suspended direct mail service this month as the
Obama administration continues to try to engage the communist island.

The negotiations are tentatively set for Sept. 17 and follow the
resumption in July of talks on the legal immigration of Cubans to the
U.S. The two sides agreed on the two sets of discussions in late May, a
month after President Barack Obama eased travel and financial
restrictions on Americans with family members in Cuba.

Direct postal service between the United States and Cuba was terminated
in 1963 and since then mail has had to go through third countries.

US, Cuba to start direct mail talks - Politics AP - MiamiHerald.com (1
September 2009)
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1212426.html