WHO MADE MISTAKES?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200110002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 27, 1963
• Content Type: NSPR

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The $ernedy brothers, Attor "tried to invade Castro Cuba in Ap-
ident
ney Genera bert and, Pres
ril, 1J61.
d
f
use
"Perhaps it is not the precise
John, seem,. to be a little con
i on who ordered what in connection word Nevertheless, Mr. Kennedy'
with the abortive 1961 invasion of did more than permit the exiles to
Cuba. mount the attack. Planning for the
Some time ago, when Robert was operation was done by agencies of
1 quoted as saying, "My brother the United States government, in-
cluding the Central Intelligence
meant the president had made a At,onw Unless the president had
mis, ake in cancelling the aircraft given his go - ahead signal there
`umbrella which he had promised could have been no attack. It was
would help the invaders. More rec- . simple question of yes or no.
+.ently, in an article entitled, "At- "'flie president says he approved
torney General Robert Kenn ed? tTTe attack on the advice of others
speaks his mind," it appears
the e~ccutive blanch but that rwr
(meant his brother made a mist:t. he
t s full responsibility. Among those who said Presi-
a c c p
t Kennedy promised air support
,supporting th
academic as to
invasion in ti`t' -
erel
i
a
y
i
s m
den
thus it
f first place, or that he slid not tii'
the invasion was Dagoberto
merely agreed to bad
h
f
e
or ;,
whether
port it. Or, is it possible that he
rdered' the ill-fated in- ? Darias who commanded a trans-
'
o
advice or
I meant his brother made two mis-vasion." port vessel; n the exile attack. Hea
takes--one when he gave the go- stirred new 'said air r was n ;.
K
d
.t lead signal for the invasion and Robert
accuracy of his charLed that President Ken edy
e t]ie
t
'again when he cancelled the prom- doubts as
o betrayed
own statements when he said air the Cuban patriots, al
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ce
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s
an
Now we are constrained to won- coverage or ass
1 der how many mistakes Robert planned nor promised. to justify him on the Bay of igs
rs since that fiasco."
st two yea
almo ,thinks his brother made in con- For the leaders in the
Inection with the invasion of Cuba attack, numerous authorities had Another of
t the air coverage was Cuban invasion, said an American
ks his
hi
d t
a
n
state
also t
h ,,and whether he
brother has made a good many promised. So far as all writers and ,army colonel assured him there
th h disclosed such a would be "full air control."
e
,
other mistakes. There is even e officials av
Darias members had
possibility that Robert, who has promise had never been denied by said C.I.A. C
aid there would be air cover. He
If he did not promise
ith John
t
id
.
en
s
the pres
tbeen sitting side by side w
he was doing the' added that on the morning the;"
ident's desk-
istance
,
this ass
t the pres
Kennedy a ;and has been labeled No. 2 presi- ;~cople of the United States and ,attack was mounted 22 jets bear?-
,dent, may think his own intelli- Cuba an injustice by not clearing ing the invaders' insignia flew over;
igence'and shrewdness exceed that 111) the matter. During all that time the boats carrying exile troops:
of "my brother, the president." he was extremely anxious to put "This proves they ;, ere prepared
After the Memphis Commercial through a ransom program to ob-. to give us air power," D ias said.
pert I{ei'1-
ent
These Ih(e thing,., and ?
jApPsal had stated that T'resid taro the release of. those captured
`Phis finally was
t st,ttemnt leave us
of
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n
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on
vas
s recen
on. nc
dy
the i
in the invas
Kennedy "ordered
_ many mistakes
vernment assiS- -_ 1,
_
go
e
- - -
fl,uuit on
,1'ditorially the Commercial Appeal lance, including a reported promise Robert thinks his brother Vis;
'had this to say on that subject: to allow, income tax deductions oil ttlade and whether he concurs hi a
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