TAKING THE BLAME

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CIA-RDP67-00318R000100770012-1
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December 23, 2016
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June 4, 2013
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12
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April 27, 1961
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? Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/06/04 : CIA-RDP67-00318R000100770012-1 SAN ATITC:!TO, TEXAS LIGHT EVENIV3 107,483 ?1.4?0 1-... Arcking the PRESIDENT KENNEDY hast*own a courageous unicifisjpanding of the obli- gations oe,fils .office iii accept- ing full responsibilitp-for the _ _ Cuban debacle. His position is si ) r to the responSibi14 that i ?tresident Eisenhower' accept*, for the U-2 affair. In both cases tikre. may read into it, and to that extent it was unfortunate. The fact of the matter is ',Iltat while the Eisenhower ad- #inistration may have swung 'pound to a policy of helping anti-Castro forces, this was not a policy binding on the Kennecl, administration. Mr. Kennedy did not have to follow it. He chose to follow it, and he is quite right in accept- have ben miscalcuMons and `ing the responsibility. errors of judgment 'Id levels A study such as is now go- lower than the presidetry. Yet (t:1 ingn under direCtiOn of Gen. inevitably the final reiponsibil- ,Ma,xwell D. Taiiiilkiwilinto the gov- ity had to rest at the top, as Mr. OP-Int*t'S "Para-militarY" ? on- Eisenhower and Mr, 'Kennedy ,.,.,.e!ati?40 and the cy centralW intelli may beful recognized and asserted. "ning wherr?w?e' mad It is to be profoundly hoped' :: istalies and how not to make ' the tragedy of the Cuban inva-. theOPAgain. . sion will not lead to parltban; , . . is is far different knifework in Washingto tn.0:_ ? .; fr4.m charging around looking ? In this connection we ilar#e fScApegoats and whipping read the full statement on aW? .: _ panel by Secretary of the III., . terior Udall, which some Re- Our main purpose, as Wil- liam Randolph Hearst jr. re- marked in. last Sunday's "Edi- tor's Report," should be to learn our lessons And go on f r om there. Castro's Commuiiist Cuba is far too grave a threat to permit petty partisan bick- ering. publicans think was an attempt to bl am e the Eisenhower ad- ministration for the Cuban failure. It does not seem to us that this was Mr. Udall's intent. But v },Ithat interpretation could be prIr Release 2013/06/04 : CIA-RDP67-00318R000100770012-1