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...democrat by philosophy, autocrat by personality." In recent months so many Cuban exiles have stopped by to see Halper in Manhattan that "they said I ran the Cuban underground railroad in New York." Shuttling between Miami and New York last week he spent many hours with Miró Cardona (the man on this week's cover) and other exile leaders, seeing how little they were consulted about what happened, the general lack of readiness, the confusion and the catastrophic end. Watching them bear up under disaster, Halper became more convinced than ever that "they are quite an extraordinary bunch...
...returned to Cuba determined to do what they could to assist the people in establishing freedom in that island. The affair did not appear to be a full-scale invasion." The man nominally in charge of the battle against Castro, onetime Havana Attorney José Miró Cardona, 58, head of the Revolutionary Council of anti-Castro exiles in whose name the landing was made, flew with the council to Washington for three anguished conferences with President Kennedy. Then the council issued a statement: "The recent landing in Cuba was in fact a landing mainly of supplies and support...
...Miami and Manhattan, spokesmen for Miró Cardona's council announced fighting at Baracoa, Santa Clara and Pinar del Río. Rumors raced across the island that Brother Raül Castro had been captured in Oriente province. Reports of defections among navy and militia units were reinforced by a fragmentary radio call from a naval base east of Havana that there were only eight men left-all the rest had "walked away...
...Many of them are Dr. Roa's friends and associates of long standing," said Stevenson. "They make a rather impressive list: the first Provisional President of the Revolutionary Government, Dr. Manuel Urrutia; the first Prime Minister, Dr. José Miró Cardona; the first President of the Supreme Court, Dr. Emilio Menéndez." Stevenson read the full roll call: "Nearly two-thirds of Castro's first Cabinet, rebel leaders, labor leaders, editors and commentators, and even such confidants as Juan Orta, the head of the Prime Minister's own office...
...even much of the U.S. press seemed to be getting set to report an invasion of Cuba, Miró Cardona and his Revolutionary Council insisted (as they have for months) that they have no plans for a massive, ramps-down landing on fortress Cuba, but contemplate many small infiltrations from outside and massive sabotage inside, which will in time signal a general uprising by Cubans against the Castro dictatorship. The rebels believe that a third of Castro's much ballyhooed, 200,000-man militia will shoot, one third will head for home, and another third will turn their guns...