Word: castros
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...request for legislation thus was made for its psychological and political effect, creating an illusion of action to allay growing criticism of inaction in Cuba. The scare headlines enhanced the illusion-but the Kremlin has a sharp eye for small type and would scarcely be frightened. Moreover, Soviet and Castro propagandists now had a handy new handle to hurl charges of U.S. "warmongering...
Since the day that the Bay of Pigs became a synonym for fiasco, U.S. policy toward Cuba has been based on hope-the hope that Castro's Communism would somehow curl up its toes and die. In its most positive form, that policy aimed at isolating Cuba, both economically and politically. It did not work - for the simple and foreseeable reason that Nikita Khrushchev did not want...
...U.S.S.R. has long propped up Castro's chaotic economy and trickled in military aid. But in late July, the trickle be came a torrent; since then, according to U.S. intelligence figures, 61 ships carrying Soviet arms and men have arrived in Cuba or are on the way. The Kennedy Administration said little about the Cuba buildup - until New York Republican Kenneth Keating rose on the Senate floor, outlined what he had heard about the Russian shipments, demanded that the Administration tell the U.S. what was going on. Others took up the cry, and under mounting pressure President Kennedy...
...Whatever Necessary." That statement had a resolute ring. "The Castro regime," said the President, "will not be allowed to export its aggressive purposes by force or the threat of force. It will be prevented by whatever means may be necessary from taking action against any part of the Western Hemisphere." Those words were echoed by Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Meeting in his office with 19 Latin American envoys, Rusk pledged that the U.S. would use "whatever means may be necessary" to prevent aggression by Cuba...
...There is also no evidence, Kennedy said, of "any organized combat force in Cuba from any Soviet-bloc country." He stressed that the Russians landing in Cuba are not troops but technicians-and he seemed to take comfort from that fact. But Castro does not need troops; he has all the home-grown gun toters he can use. What he does need, and what he is getting. is the electronics, radar and missile experts so vital to modern warfare...