Doc ID: 6598228 | DATE: 03/24/97 : PAGE: 1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION = = ©... AGENCY : NSA RECORD NUMBER : 144-10001-10112 RECORDS SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ‘DOCUMENT INFORMATION | SCHOTT ORIGINATOR NSA eo NSA eee eo 0 HCP |e RT ee: TITLE 3" sol 63: EMBASSY WASHINGTON REPORTS REACTION TO KENNEDY AND [RI . DATE. : lei . PAGES : ' ; INATION =” ERY T DOCUMENT TYPE: : REPORT CLASSIFICATION. : FC RESTRICTIONS : 1B CURRENT STATUS : X DATE OF LAST REVIEW. : 08/11/93 OPENING CRITERIA : ORIGINATING AGENCY'S DETERMINATION REQUIRED COMMENTS : Released on 11-01-2017 under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2017 Note)
s “Doc ID: 6598228 Lo Et" WS 10413, 10648, 3/0, _)r1281-63 ele, 10649-50 IS 21 Dec 14472 P Dist: ‘HCF ST 300 © EMBASSY WASHINGTON REPORTS REACTION TO, RENNEDY AND cASTRO INTERVIEWS ey ‘Dec 63 UE OME imei fie al iw oe ge ee aS 44USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) _ fei The Cuban affair has abruptly returned to thé ‘forefront with the republication of articles written for L L°Express by Mr; JEAN - DANIEL after his conversations with President’ KENNEDY and: CASTRO, first in the weekly The New Republic, and then in the New: York Times. and the Washington Post From the. ‘comments of the American press, I aes single out the following elements: 1. Although President KENNEDY did indeed oe Hungary in his conversation with Mr, ADZHUBEI--Mr. PIERRE SALINGER has ust acknowledged it after haying denied it--it was only, according to the White House spokesman’, to show the importance of! Cuba to the United States. On the other hand, the President did not make any allusion to the fact that the United States was a passive witness to the Seviet intervention in Hungary in 1956. In any:case, since The Bay of Pigs, President KENNEDY never had any intention of invad- ing Cuba. He categorically answered a question on this sub ject by Mr. ADZHUBEIL in the negative. ne administration puts no trust in CASTRO! Ss statements’ ‘to the effect that the Soviets installed rockets in Cuba to-prevent an invasion of the island by the United States. rd Syo/{yn1281-63 THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS 2 PAGE(S) Released on 11-01-2017 under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2017 Note)
« Doe ID:.6598228 | s/of__}n1281-63 At most, it is thought here that Mr. KHRUSHCHEV may: have told CASTRO that the installation of these rockets was indispensable to his country" s defense. \ 3. Mr. KHRUSHCHEV" s decision is still explained’ ‘by his wish to compensate quickly: and cheaply for the Soviet Union's strategic. inferiority. Moreover, as a study by the Rand Corporation recalls, this is what CASTRO told Mr. JULIEN of Le Monde when he admitted: "It was not to ensure our, own defense that we accepted ‘the rockets, but to reinforce the socialist camp's position. This is the truth, even if others provide different explanations," ' - 4, However that may be, the: publication of these interviews puts President JOHNSON in a delicate position. As Mr. CHALMERS ROBERTS remarked in the Washington Post, Mr. KHRUSHCHEV's emissaries hint that perhaps an arrangement is possible between the United States and CASTRO. The latter,. in his interview with Mr. DANIEL, intimated that he might put an énd to his terrorist agitation campaign in Latin America if the United States lifted its economic blockade of the island. Therefore, Mr. ROBERTS acknowledges, this perhaps gives a margin to the United States for maneuvering, but "only a short time after having acceded to the presidency and only a year before the elections, Mri JOHNSON's possibilities for action in this field are very limited. ™ 44USC2107(5)(g)(2)(D) (iii) MS 19 ov] | TL ==