CUBAN INVASION, RANSOM IS DISHONORABLE ADFFAIRS'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600230008-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Content Type: NSPR

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Manuel Penabas. ,
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i haiiiq my `head' ftY
u)d duel :w y is which our
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vernmei~t Iet these . men flown, niter
trainin ~,thetti and promising them that
ey wgltt. have our needed support
o overthrow" Premier Fidel Castro
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i uly, this is a dark blot on our na- .
tional honor, and President Kennedy
must take the blame (as he.has) for
the tragic decision to withdraw our';
support.
Thee question.. "why" Is Mill unan?.
swerede The. iqost +Iwharitable answer
+ Is thiit-`xhe President was,. convineed,j
,that this effort would succeed without
our air support. In the' light of some
subseyuerfl events, such as important.
informat op -get !g to Castro after be
ing giver' to our intelligence service
by Cuban.refLgeea, as reported recent-
ly, one may well ask if there are infli
tratois In the. Central Intelligence:
Agency who'do not want.;Castro over'
thrown... ~3 s
Theadrr Wit rat ott's pressure put on
drug corporations and others to dotpate
supplies .wanted by Castro as 'black- {
mail for the release of prisoners is a
far cry from our earlier .history, when
"Millions for defense, but, not a cent
for tribute" was. our slo~gan.
Of course, we' are all .'sisal that the
prisoners are released, but. certainly,
this whole affair is most dishonorable,
and one for which every American, in- t
eluding the President, s h o u 1 d be
1.1; a mad.
-EDWARD' J. HUMMEL,
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