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Oral history transcript, David Halberstam, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

asked this other No one had ever asked Joe Kennedy, Jr. his religion when he took off on this special mission. great performance, and he was loving it. Lyndon went on, and it was a Then he would talk about [Fidel] Castro and he would say, "First, I'd

Oral history transcript, Ray S. Cline, interview 2 (II), 5/31/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

it, it was a persistent theme in national security circles ' thinking about Cuba that we ought to be able to overthrow Castro, or get rid of Castro as people tended loosely to say, in other ways than by invading his island, as we sort of did in the Bay of Pigs, or trying

Oral history transcript, John A. McCone, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the committee? I'm thinking particularly of Bobby Kennedy. M: Not that I know of, no. F: Did you get the feeling that this blunted Castro's subversion in Latin America? M: Unquestionably it weakened Castro's stature throughout Latin America. Whether

Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

yes, everything was fine from then on. increasing what he wanted to free them. Now, we failed because Castro kept About a year later Donovan, who had previously been head of OSS during the war, got these prisoners out. When we started

Oral history transcript, Leslie H. Gelb, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

the overwhelming majority of Americans and elites in America to agree that we would absolutely draw the line in Central America in the presence of any Soviet advisers, Soviet military bases. I think that could have been done at the time of Castro. I certainly

Oral history transcript, Paul C. Warnke, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

and Communist aliens. Now you could say certainly that with respect to Cuba, that this is something that was encouraged and applauded by the Soviet Union, as well as by Communist China. But you could not say with any degree of veracity that the Castro take

Oral history transcript, Lyman Lemnitzer, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

right here. fiat, now what kind of activities were being engaged in? L: Putting people ashore in Cuba was one. We hadn't written off Cuba; Castro didn't have the damn thing organized very well. The one plan that CIA had for mov ing in had been

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of that situation. He didn't "Nash Castro, handle this," sort of thing and IIl e t me knoH ,",hat you come up with." T: r:o, he never did that. went into it. He ~']QS a:-;are of the various considerations th.:tt And I recall Qt one time sitting

Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

together to talk about anything in the way of getting something up and helping people. And when the Soviets helped Castro get charge of Cuba, the first thing they made him do was to get rid of every cooperative like the credit union, savings and loans

Oral history transcript, William J. Connell, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

that it was a real botched job. Certainly he had no illusions that Castro was independent of the Soviet Union, but I just don't think I can really answer that question accurately. I don't think I have enough recollection of that period. G: What was his

Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)