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John Foster Dulles was there. Foster used to chew his cud, and he had a tic over his eye. I can see him now as he sat back and said, "But anyone who claws his way to the top in that Soviet jungle will prove formidable." As it turned out...
In hurried negotiations, the State Department had granted entry to the 26 freed Cubans. After meetings with immigration officials, most took a complimentary flight provided by Air Florida to a welcoming reception in Miami. Six of the 22 Americans Jackson brought home were arrested at Dulles on criminal charges, including...
- Andres Vargas Gomez, 69, a poet and a former diplomat who is the grandson of General Maximo Gomez, the architect of Cuban independence. Imprisoned by Castro in 1961, Vargas last week was reunited at Dulles with his wife Maria, a college teacher in Miami he had not seen for 24...
The American prisoners were more forthcoming in their praise. Elbert Cheatham, 44, of Lynchburg, Va., was accused by the Cubans of possessing 1,700 pounds of marijuana when he was arrested in 1983. As he left Dulles Airport to drive home with his family, Cheatham shouted, "Tell Jackson thanks a...
Mark McDermott, 48, a native of Taunton, Mass., was arrested at Dulles Airport because he is wanted by New Hampshire police in connection with a theft investigation. He and freed Prisoner Calvin Privette, 29, were charged with drug trafficking in Cuba in 1982 after their boat drifted into Cuban territory...