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The US has issued a stern warning to
Cuba over arms which are being sAnt to
the troubled central American state of
El Salvador.
A spokesman in Washington said the US
would take "whatever steps were
necessary" to stop the arms flow - and
did not rule out a blockade of Cuba.
The Americans are apparently willing to
make this a test case to reversd ye rs
of Soviet and Cuban infiltration into
international trouble spots.
President Reagan's administration hopes
to demonstrate that it rec@rds El
Salvador as vital to US intdrests.