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Three Roads. Now there are three roads open to Kennedy. He could pick an able man from the second echelon of Latin American experts (such as Ambassador to Brazil John Moors Cabot or ex-Ambassador to Cuba Philip Bonsai) and build him up to first rank by going to great personal lengths to stress the importance of both man and job. He could reach outside the ranks of Latin American specialists for a big name that would by itself prove the importance he attaches to the job. Or he could agree to Berle's terms...
...Incident. Amidst the break down, U.S. Ambassador Philip W. Bonsal, who for 21 months tried unsuccessfully to practice his expert brand of patient, quiet diplomacy, was recalled to Washington for "an extended period of consultation," leaving U.S. affairs in the hands of Chargé Daniel Braddock. Chances are that Bonsai will not return. With Cuba's Washington embassy also headed by a charge, diplomacy between the two nations will become as difficult as commerce...
...Recalled Ambassador Philip Bonsai for consultation...
Stepping up the attack, Castro's newspaper, Revolución, described Vice President Nixon as "an impenitent disciple of the gloomy and obstinate Foster Dulles." The paper denounced President Eisenhower for having "embraced the butcher Franco" on his recent trip to Spain. Philip Bonsai, the U.S.'s popular Ambassador to Cuba, was a different problem: Cubans have lately been cheering him in the newsreels. "How debased are those who applaud Bonsai!" said Revolución. "What an inconceivable alliance-Bonsai, Lojendio, the traitors, the war criminals, the big landowners and the thieves...
Washington, like most of the world, watched the sad-sack circus with incredulity, but in the end decided that the national dignity called for action. Secretary of State Christian Herter called Ambassador Bonsai back to the U.S., apparently to stay as long as he cannot live in Havana without insults. Herter told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he was "deeply worried" over Cuba's course, conferred with President Eisenhower on worst-ever U.S.-Cuban relations. The Administration asked for a new law giving the White House authority to change quotas on the high-priced U.S. sugar market...