Word: fiascos
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Since he never specified just what sort of abuses he was talking about, Kennedy left the newspapers free to speculate that he was blaming the Cuban fiasco on their indiscretions. Actually, of course, the American press has accorded the government very handsome treatment on Cuba: since December, Fidel Castro has been charging the United States with attack preparations, the Russians were writing of our rebel training sites, and the French press has been discussing the impending invasion. The only group in the world ignorant of American government activities in Guatemala and Florida has been the American public, which was told...
Coming so soon after the Russian man-in-space triumph, the Cuba fiasco seriously damaged U.S. prestige-a subject on which Kennedy had orated too glibly during the campaign. The country's prestige would rise again, and in his actions since the debacle, the President indicated by his sobering talk that he had learned some valuable lessons...
...Government. CIA's duties are prescribed by Congress, but in the most guarded terms. It is CIA's business to stay out of the news-yet sometimes it fails in that aim with spectacular results. Last week, with CIA bearing heavy responsibility for the Cuban fiasco, was one of those times. What is CIA? What does it do? And how well...
...Russians did not back away again, the decision would bring a sigh of relief in the U.S. For the Cuba fiasco had seriously damaged the U.S.'s bargaining position and its implied threat to get tough in Laos if its patience was tried too far. In a last-minute attempt to shore up the lackadaisical Royal Army, the U.S. arranged for the Laotian government to request a U.S. military mission, and briskly agreed to supply one. In reality, this simply meant that the 200-man group of U.S. soldiers in mufti would put on military uniforms and acquire...
Difficult as it seems, there is still time to avoid disaster. If, as the President rightly suggests, there are lessons to be learned from the fiasco that has been called a Cuban policy, the need for readjustment is certainly the main one Castro, as well as Kennedy, realizes that Cuban autonomy is at stake. Recent Cuban votes against Russia on the Congo and on the removal of Hammarskjold lend hope that the Prime Minister fears a loss of cherished independence on the left...