Word: cuba
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Volunteers. Months ago, acting at Bobby's behest, Donovan negotiated the $53 million payoff to Castro. But before the exchange could be consummated, the October Cuba crisis erupted. Only after it had ebbed did Donovan make tentative inquiries about whether Castro was still interested...
...Call, One Million. To transport the goods from manufacturers to Cuba, ten airlines, ten railroads, one shipping firm and a group of truckers chipped in with equipment and manpower-tax deductible at out-of-pocket cost. Even then, with the full ransom in hand or pledged, and with fast transportation assured, the whole effort almost fell apart. For Castro insisted on ironclad guarantees that he could collect cash for any goods not delivered, once the prisoners were set free. This meant a $53 million performance bond. Katzenbach flew to Montreal to seek such a bond from the Royal Bank...
After Castro had finally inspected the 20% down payment of ransom goods carried to Cuba in the freighter African Pilot, the exchange began. Suddenly Castro stopped the release of the last three planeloads of prisoners, recalled that he had not been paid $2,900,000 in cash for the release of 60 prisoners last spring. With just one telephone call, Robert Kennedy got a $1,000,000 pledge from an unidentified donor-a fund-raising feat that should qualify him for the chairmanship of the United Arab-Jewish Appeal. The sponsoring committee pledged the rest, Clay borrowed cash against...
...fight over collars, McNamara ordered the creation of a unified Defense Supply Agency with a difficult mission: "To improve supply support to the operating forces while materially reducing the cost to the taxpayer." Now a year old, the agency has already saved millions, proved itself invaluable in the Cuba crisis, and given a strong indication that armed forces unification really can work...
Loading the Ships. If doubts about the Defense Supply Agency still remained, the Cuba crisis erased them. In a frantic four weeks the agency handled some 40,000 requisitions daily, delivered some 90% of them in the time requested. Its Richmond, Va.. field center was asked for 38,000 cots, had them on their way to Florida overnight. Its Philadelphia clothing center dispatched 55,000 camouflage coverings for helmets. Some 850,000 yds. of parachute webbing moved swiftly to Memphis and Fort Bragg. Out of New York, the agency sent 1,000,000 Ibs. of frozen food to deployed...