They said the proposal has little support beyond large corporations interested in resuming trade ties with the island.
Advocates of the proposed review include former Secretaries of State Henry A. Kissinger, George P. Shultz and Lawrence Eagleburger. Among other backers are former Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci and former Senate Majority leader Howard Baker, R-Tenn.
Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, both Florida Republicans, and Rep. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., made their case in opposition to the commission during an hour-long meeting with Albright.
The chief congressional backer of the proposal is Sen. John Warner, R-Va., who said a bipartisan review of Cuba policy is warranted because there has been none since 1960.
But the three lawmakers said commission proponents have an unstated desire to lift the U.S. embargo against Cuba because of the economic benefits American companies would receive.
After the meeting with Albright, Diaz-Balart told reporters the ``gluttons of privilege'' are behind the proposal. He added that an administration decision to create such a commission is ``imminent.''
But State Department spokesman James P. Rubin said the administration has not made a decision on the proposal.
``We are considering questions such as the composition and mandate of the commission, and in view of Fidel Castro's unwillingness to undertake any internal reforms, how such a commission may promote the goal we share with friends and allies on protecting human rights and facilitating a transition to democracy in Cuba,'' Rubin said.
Ros-Lehtinen said creation of a commission ``would be a nice Christmas present for Castro.''
Menendez noted that legislation to tighten the embargo against Cuba was approved by a 75 percent congressional majority two years ago and said few issues have been tested as much as Cuba policy.
``There is no division in the country,'' he said.
In a letter to Clinton last month, Warner recommended that the proposed commission study such issues as the national security risk Cuba poses to the United States, compensation of U.S. business people whose property was confiscated in Cuba and the domestic and international impact of the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba.
Eagleburger said a review commission should be patterned after the National Bipartisan Commission on Central America, which was created in 1983 when much of that region was engulfed in warfare. That commission was chaired by Kissinger.
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