Archive Report
Archive Report
Fear of Communist Control of Cuba
U.S. Support of Common Hemisphere Approach
Signs of strong Communist influence in the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, coupled with a steady stream of anti-United States harangues by Castro, other Cuban officials, and government organs, have seriously perturbed and provoked the Eisenhower administration, members of Congress, and the American public. Demands for retaliation, mainly in the form of reduced sugar purchases and other economic penalties, have been frequently voiced. Through it all, however, the administration has counseled patience and understanding.
Concern over the Communist menace, as well as underlying regard for a close neighbor currently in the throes of revolutionary fervor, has impelled the administration to move cautiously. It recognizes that severe retaliatory action might not only give Castro the scapegoat ...