Word: grenada
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...Club late Friday for two days of relaxation with Shultz and Treasury Secretary Donald Regan. At 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, Shultz was awakened in the Eisenhower cottage at Augusta with an urgent cable from Barbados, which told him that the eastern Caribbean states wanted the U.S. to invade Grenada. Shultz and the new National Security Adviser, Robert ("Bud") McFarlane, reported the request to Vice President Bush on a secure telephone line to Washington at about 3:30 a.m. Bush, in turn, roused other NSC officials to discuss the plea. He told Shultz and McFarlane that the advisers were eager...
...staffer warned that there would be "a lot of harsh political reaction" to a U.S. strike at the small island nation. Replied the President: "I know that. I accept that." Still, Weinberger and Vessey wanted to learn more about the weapons and willingness to fight of the Cubans on Grenada. Recalled an aide: "I had a real fear that it could be a very bad situation: Desert One all over again...
...Grenada operation became subtly intertwined with the atrocities in Lebanon. With so many American lives just lost, could Reagan risk more so soon in a military action he had the power to abort? Momentarily, he considered abandoning the invasion. Never, recalled an aide, had Reagan felt the burdens of the presidency so heavily. Could we permit "more blood on our hands?" one adviser asked somberly...
...Monday, the U.S. embassy in Barbados received a note from the "Revolutionary Military Council" in Grenada. It said that Americans on the island were in no danger and would be permitted to leave if they wished. The State Department chose to ignore it. At a final military planning meeting from 2:15 to 3:30 p.m., Reagan gave his "semifinal" approval to proceed. At 6 p.m. he signed an order that put the invasion plans into action...
...President was not deterred. The next morning, Tuesday at 9:07, he stepped into the White House briefing room to tell reporters, and the nation, the startling news: "Early this morning, forces from six Caribbean democracies and the United States began a landing or landings on the island of Grenada in the eastern Caribbean...