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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00318R000100780091-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 91
• Publication Date: April 28, 1961
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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? Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/05/17: CIA-RDP67-00318R000100780091-3
NEW YORK, N. Y.
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ow' Editorials,
'Action
,.One fact stands out clearly.
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? This presents a serious problem for
President Kennedy.
The Cuban situation hap be-en inef-
? fectively handled for a long time. Going
, back over th'e,Years, we must point out
that the Eisenhower administration made
? a grave mistake -with respect to the for-
mer dictator, Batista.
'We stcio- d by, him much too long, and
were far from being well informed on the
real sentiments of the Cuban people.
When Castro appeared on the scene,
in his original role of 'Ctiban liberator,
Washington obviously knew little about
him. As if completely unaware of his
Communist connections, the U.S. was
quick to hail him:nas a man of .democra-
,
tic principles., -
Warnfi&. from J. a4jen
and FA .who inii-siel-Fom the start
that gastriRrias, 0.,..go,calunia, were
brushsija
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BOTH of these errbrs were ni e y
the previous administration. Now it ap-
pears that Mr. jny, has also, made
his mistakes, chie o which was placing
Itoo much .el ?A1rt
. rom
C n
These led the President to believe
two things which:have now been proven '
false. One was the belief that a landing
by Cuban patriots \ would' result in a
general uprising of the Cuban people. ,
That the expected uprising has lig 1
? taken place'proves ths.?,taeozp,,gy.atALI- 1
? , othe,?.1,4?,,X,1?IL'4...ns, istro namelY -
' that ?C'- wa? not as as he
? proved himself to. be.
Now it looks as if President Kennedy ,
right take some aeps to tilitiLizi ,the
. lett:Artainly. *ems that. such action i
! is long ott-rdrje. . ...........0.0
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