Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Kennedy saw at least two hopeful developments on the world scene. One was that the nonaligned nations now view the U.S. more favorably because of its actions in Cuba, the India-China war, the Congo and on disarmament. The other involves the increasing strains in the Communist bloc, where nationalism still persists, and where economic problems seem to be growing. "Here hopes must be tempered with caution," Kennedy said. But he indicated his certainty that Communism can breed only economic stagnation. "A closed society is not open to ideas of progress- and a police state finds that...
...Kennedy confidence is also plainly apparent in his recent conduct of foreign policy. He led the U.S. into confrontation with Khrushchev over Cuba without consulting the nation's Allies. His decision to cancel the Skybolt missile program, upon which Britain had based its nuclear hopes, was independently made and brusquely carried out. He thinks it is nonsense for U.S. Allies to want independent nuclear forces, although he has not yet convinced-if that is the word-France's Charles de Gaulle of this...
...President has plenty of cause for confidence. He has been acclaimed for his handling of Cuba, and his midterm popularity is remarkably high. A recent Gallup poll reported that 74% of the voters approve of the way he is handling his job. There is also an inner feeling best described by a professorial White House aide: "Kennedy now has a sense that his own Government can work, that he can mobilize his own resources, that he can judge people correctly. There is a conviction of correctness...
When the request from Bobby came, Gushing went to work. Already earmarked for Cuba was $200,000 raised by Gushing at the time of the tractors-for-prisoners proposal and set aside when that deal fell through. Moreover, in each of the past five years Gushing has raised at least $1,000,000 for the Society of St. James the Apostle, which sends missionaries to Latin America. It was from society benefactors that Gushing sought the money for the prisoner exchange. He "worked day and night, through person-to-person contacts." The largest single donation was only...
...Troops Remain. While the ransom shipments continued to flow into Cuba, the U.S. and Russia announced in a United Nations declaration that formal negotiations between the two powers on Cuba had been suspended, leaving unresolved U.S. demands for on-site inspection of missile removal and Soviet demands for a no-invasion pledge. Sterling J. Cottrell, a Foreign Service career officer who has headed a policy task force on U.S. operations in Viet Nam, was named coordinator of U.S. policy toward Cuba...