From staff and wire reports

                  HAVANA (CNN) -- U.S. officials are coming to Cuba's capital for
                  Monday talks on migration between the island nation and its northern
                  neighbor as the shadow of a 6-year-old looms over the negotiations.

                  The talks in Havana are intended to review immigration accords reached
                  between the United States and Cuba after a 1994 exodus in which more
                  than 37,000 Cubans flooded into south Florida. Both American and Cuban
                  officials said the meeting is expected to continue as planned.

                  The boy was one of only three survivors of a boat that sank off Florida last
                  month, killing 10 Cuban refugees, including Elian's mother and stepfather.

                  Elian was plucked from the ocean off Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on
                  Thanksgiving, and placed with his mother's family in the Miami area. The
                  boy's father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, remained in Cuba and wants the boy
                  returned to him.

                  The accords under discussion in Havana were designed to stop refugees from
                  fleeing Cuba under dangerous circumstances, frequently in rickety vessels.

                  Under the agreements, U.S. officials are to send Cubans rescued at sea
                  back to Cuba and allow those who make it to land to stay. The two nations
                  meet every six months to review the pacts, with the venue alternating
                  between Washington and Havana.

                  "We are looking forward to meeting with them again on Monday to discuss
                  a full range of migration-related events," said William Brownfield, a deputy
                  assistant secretary of state for Latin American affairs.

                  At massive rallies outside the U.S. Interests Section in Havana over the past
                  week, Cubans have demanded the United States return Elian Gonzalez to his
                  father in Cuba. But Cuban exiles in Miami want him to remain in the United
                  States, and lobbied White House officials to keep him in Florida on
                  Saturday.

                  White House Deputy Chief of Staff Maria Echaveste met privately with
                  Jorges Mas Santos, head of the Cuban American National Foundation
                  during President Clinton's stop in Miami.

                  Mr. Mas Santos asked Ms. Echaveste to deliver a letter to the president on
                  the foundation's behalf. And Miami Mayor Alex Penelas lobbied U.S.
                  President Bill Clinton directly on Saturday as the president addressed
                  Florida Democrats.

                  Vice President Al Gore, meanwhile, endorsed bringing Gonzalez to Florida
                  as a visitor to make his case. Gore said he wants "to make sure the views of
                  the boy's father are honored in the process."

                  "The child's mother sacrificed her life for her dream so that this boy would
                  grow up in freedom," Gore said. "I would like to see the boy's father express
                  himself without intimidation or fear concerning this boy's future."

                               The Associated Press contributed to this report.