TWO TOUGH LESSONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00318R000100790075-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 29, 2013
• Sequence Number: 75
• Publication Date: May 8, 1961
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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/Two Tough Lessons \
Americans have learned many a lesson in theill
wake of the ill-fated invasion of Cuba last month by
exiled Cubans. woof those lessontare these: (1) Un-
der cer am circumstances, U. S. military' policy will
now allow thitfnation to strike i'he first blow; and (2)
Both sides "play dirty" in the new world struggle of
! freedom and totalitarianism.
In the first instance, President Kennedy has made
it clear that although "any unilateral American inter-
vention in the absence of an external attack upon our-
selves or an ally would have been contrary to our tra-
ditions and to.Thur,ii, .-4onal obligations...our re-
straint is not inexhau
Explaining this was s `if n U. S. policy, Ken-
nedy said in a major pd icy "Should it ever
appear that the inter-AmeridAdoctrine of noninter-
ference merely conceals or exCittes a policy of non-ac-
tion; if the nations of this hemisphere should fail to
meet their commitments against outside Communist '
penetration, then I want it clearly understood that
this government will not hesitate in meeting its pri-
mary obligations Which are the security of our na-
tion."
In this statement, the President has left himself
definite "outs." ge ha
One of the loopholes it
meant by "Communist
Onto the absolute brink.
the . definition of what is
..i., . ration."?But the meaning
is clear. The U. S. may one day strik the first mili-
tary blow. ,
i In .the other instance it4.444,41.eat4s,lhose
Arnsz'onp?.?who did not already tknOw it, Witaikpoch
sidgiagael,444%.1i4garIte.;epplitil the U2 spy plane
revelations, few Americans realized.' that the Good
Guys spy plenty, too. Follow up stories on the U2 in-
cident revealed a bit of the workings of the Central
Intelligence Agency, our super-spy organization.
But, now, the lesson is clear. .
' It is C.tA,which ?which I de-
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roys spies throughout. the world, secrriFarmed and
tiained 'the Cuban rebel force that was defeated at
the Bay of Pigs; that under CIA auspices, the rebels
I Were also provided with ships and fuel; that much of
the logistics were arranged by the CIA.
. These are two very abrupt lesscins which Ameri-
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cans have learned. But in the meantime, the balance.
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' of the world has learned them, too.
! And one of the difficulties in future struggles for
, the minds. of men in uncommitted nations may well
'k
be that to the uncon-imitted, it is now 'ust a wee bit
ore =Qat di
ad414g,AL J. F.
Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/05/29: CIA-RDP67-00318R000100790075-0