AMBASSADORS' ADVICE OFTEN TAKEN LIGHTLY EX-ENVOY'S WARNINGS ON CASTRO IGNORED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700280014-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: June 23, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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''- Smith tells how he flew to'
went into j dcintial campaign
Washington in 1^58
He feels his
,
,
riv-.
a state depart icnt conference
i services have won him a
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p
and was asked whether Castro ! ate . Pipeline into the White
was a communist. He replied: House and that the state do-'
"If I may have a jury Of 12'.
partment is nothing ? but a
unbia
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ll b
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peop
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e
e w
wi
,, building filled with paper sltuf
ing to put up $100,00;; that I1 flers who can be ignod.
1 can convince all tho tnem~~ers
of the jury within 24 hours In 1953, Robert Murphy was,
Ex-Envoy's Warnings
on Castro gnored
that the Castor movement is head of United Nations affairs''
infiltrated and controled. by in the state depart.ment. There'
Communists. was a debate at the U. N, in
No Comment on,-Offer New 'York on Korea.. After a
If I am unable to' convince lengthy conference, the state
the jury, the money may be department inrstructed Anibas-=j
donated' to any charity stipu- sador Henry Cabot Lodge to
[Second of a series.] gated by" the state department. vote on the upcoming'
Washington, June 22 IUPD _ The Communists are too smart resolution. Next morning, Mur-
An American ambassador far to give us any' one piece of all- phy picked up a newspaper.
from home'sleeps better if he conclusive evidence. I need-24 and learned that Lodge had
is sure his information and ad- hours to explain the sources, voted "no.", In his book, "Dip.
vice go straight to the top-to"'significance, and consistency lomat Among lVarriors," he
the secretary of state and then of the evidence which has built., says be got L o d g ~c on the
to the President. But he can't up in the last 18-month period:: phone and this is t,'hat ltap-
always be sure, and some am- I "There was no comment un pened: ?
~ . Murphy: Apparently our in- j
bassadors have been frustrat- m
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er 1
scussio
because
pcopI c
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,
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onti
ued regarding the coo-
told the right things nomic conditions on the
soon enough. ' island," Smith adds: "
This recalls the strange story Smith cannot and does not
of, Ambassador Earl F. T. claim he was the only man in
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. Lodge: "Instructions? I an,
not bound by instructions from !
the state department. X ant a
member of the President's cab-
inet and accept instructions
only from him." y
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ovember service who suspected Castr
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, ?urss a new su
195858, and nd offered to to wage
Thi iit
, was a Communist. He con ? p y -
$100,000 he could prove Fidel, cedes agents of the state de- 1 ation to me. I'll have to discuss
.Castro was a Communist. This partment and the central in- it with the scc retary.','
was long before Castor had telligence agency were send- Lodge: "Yes, do 't h a t. -lie confessed his addiction to ing warning notes to Washing- will set you'atraiglit." '
IVTarxisu, ton from, Cuba. But then he Situation'Is `'."iwkwru?cl"
Fulgencio Batista` still was writes: Secretary Dulles didn't ex-`i
president of Cuba, and Castro "This knowledge was not aetl s r
was leading a revolt and win- nude available to the Ameri- y et Murphy.s t t a .i h h t.
ning considerable s y in p a th y What he did do was say k.hat
from Americans'' vho consid- can people. I am now con- ;,.'`i.his is one of those, awkward:
Bred him .a romantic Robin vinced that neither President'' situations which .require spc=
_ ,. - .,Eisenhower nor secretary of L nio?'nnnc;rrn.?~f;n r,
tiro
guys out of office..-
Tells All in Look
After Smith left the diplo-
matic service, he wrote a
-book, "The Fourth Floor,"-re-
erring to the section of, the
i state department inhabited by
middle echelon officials. 'He
.~~ vuu rvatcr Ldl1l:J n?er e:, ,.,U;in a'spect,.'acle Ot One 1017-
provided w i t h .. information; eige policy flowing from the.
available.. to officials in t1ie 'iNl;ii:r. Ilouse and a contradic-
state department and the CIA.",i 'io'ry one flowing front ,the state
Cites Murphy Case department is what makes the,
professional. diplomats of. such.
Diplomacy operates on a two- nrtions as Britain and Fiance
way street. Just as an am- J ;hake their heads in bewilder-
wa
s t r e
t
Ju
t
i
y
e
.
s
as an am
nient .and wonder what the
thinks their mistakes aided and
bassador sometimes, can't united States is i?cally up to.
.abetted Castro in turning Cuba make the state department see If a .B.ritish ambassador to
into .communist nation: the light, so does the state de -,,
Iho United N rUoi?s violated the
nartmen't occasionall
lose nnn_ i
y
London,, he. would be packing
his . bags before sundown and
1te;actin .'for some. hot, humid,:,
unhnpor'tant, diplomatic job:
wrrichwere -in, the far-flung'
,l3ritish commonwealth. For the
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up red-faced. and wearing a
.dunce cap.
This usually happens when
,.an anibassador~ receives. h.is
appointment as a reward ? for
! ,streinuous services in a Presi-