WHITE HOUSE DENIES NIXON'S CUBA CLAIM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00058R000200100053-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: March 21, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

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Nixon's ;~'.uba Claim
white .o-use Denies
WASmmINGTO`N ,
The 'White Mouse a-1
nied former Vice ent
Rich r Tix~o~n's gnt
told during the 1960 eiection
campaign of U.S. plans to sup-
port an invasion of
ufa
Nixon charged in Isis n e w
book, "Six Crises" that Ken-
nedy endangered Afn , security
when he came out.publly Oct.
20 for U.S. intervefit`ton nl Cuba
and aid to anti-cgtr4 forces.
Nixon said Kenny previously
had been briefed by the Cen-
tral Intelligence :Agency on
plans for the "Cuban invasion.
that the then Sen. Kennedy was
I Lght of the account in Mr. Nix-
on's book it is necessary to say,
1960 of the training of troops
outside of Cuba or of any
plans for 'supporting an inva-
sign of Cuba."'
"Sen. Kennedy, received two
briefings from Mr. Allen Dul-
les of the CIA, the first on
July 23, 1960 and the second
on Sept. 19, 1960," Salinger
said. "The two briefings cov-
ered an overall review of the
world situation, during which
Cuba was mentioned.
"But Sen. Kennedy was first
informed of the operation to t
which Mr. Nixon refers in a
briefing by Allen Dulles and
1 "the President does not be-
lieve that ,intelligence briefings
Area- 'a, prdder subject of public
debate" Press Secretary Pier-
re Salinger said, but in the
maries given to Kennedy.
In challenging Nixon's ver-
sion - obviously with the Pres-
ident's approval - the White
House, suggested that his ac-
count was "apparently based
on a misunderstandii}g." It said
.:Kennedy was not informed
about the proposed invasion un-
til mpnth after he had spok-
enol,1 _-- : and after he had
been elected.
Alien W CIA dirk- 1 Richard Bissell of the CIA,
tor' D a me,, cor oborated t -(deputy director , for oper-
Me White house tention, ! ations) given in Palm Beach
In- a statement released on Nov. 18, 1960."
through the CIA, Dulles said
the briefings given Kennedy
during the campaign did not
cover any plans by the gov-
ernment for "overt or covert"
action such as. the, Cuban, In-
vasion.-,
D, iJe~said in a memorandum
to present CIA Director John
A: McCone that only "the Cu-
ban situation" in- general was
included in the'Kennedy brief-
ings. Dulles said "there h as
been, I believe, an honest mis-
understanding;' by Nixon con-
cernink the content of-sum-
told before the election of
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