https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/7ad1cbd747024b7e33615de72b68ad8e.pdf 3c48b251d2a8dd6b0c66caf6849b1ca7 PDF Text Text 1*W» A Mrie u/W otv W* D.L.U) C hiefs ef Staff FM E MBP A RIS 0 C T24/62 R E STD T O E XT E RNAL 1358 P RIO RIT Y IN F O LDN WASHD C N A T O P A RIS P E RMISNY BA G HAVANA FM O TT R E F O URT EL 1355 0 C T23 C U B A-F R E N C H PR E SS R E A C TIO N A P A R T F R OM L E MO NDE W HIC H,A S R E P O RT E D IN O UR R E F T E L,HA D S E RIO U S R E S E R VA TIO N S O N USA IMP O S E D Q UARANTIN E O F C UBA A N D, O F C O U R S E,T H E C OMMUNIST HUMANIT E O UR S AMPLIN G W O ULD IN DIC A T E THAT P ARIS D AILY PR E SS G E N E RALLY A P P R E CIA T E S AND SUPP O RTS P R E SID E N T K E NN E DYS MO V E E V E N IF H E IS N O T RPT N O T TH O U G HT E N TIR E LY INN O C E NL O F ELE C T O RAL M O TIV E S. 2. HUMANITE O F C OURSE BRAND ED K E NN E DYS A C TIO N AS A THR E AT A G AINST WORLD P E A C E,AN UNJUSTIFIE D ACT O F WAR AND A BLU F F TRA C E ABLE TO AME RIC AN ELE C TIO NS TWO WE EKS AWAY. 3. IN FLU E NTIAL LE MONDE IS USUALLY F RIE NDLY TO USA BUT IT HAS F R E Q U E NTLY E XPRE SS ED SYMPATHY WITH CUBA IN TH E PAST.THIS MAY E XPLAIN TH E V E RY STRONG R E S E RVATIO NS THIS NEWSPAPER HAD TO O F F E R. IT S F R O NT PAG E E DIT O RIAL SU G G E ST E D THAT K E NN E DY HAD UN F O RTUNATELY GIV E N IN TO QUOTE O V E R E X CITE D PUBLIC PR E SSUR E S UNQUOTE AND ADD E D: QUOTE ONE WOULD LIK E TO BE SURE O F TH E A C C URAC Y O F IN F O ON WHICH TH E PR E SID E NT HAS BAS E D HIS ANNOUNC EMENT THAT S O VIE TS HAV E INSTALLE D O F F E NSIV E WEAPONS IN C UBA,C APABLE O F HITTIN G TH E THR E E AME RIC AS. UN F O RTUNAT ELY E XP E RIE N C E SHOWS THAT AME RICAN INT ELLIG E N C E S E RVIC E S C AN MAKE MISTAK E S UN Q U O T E.LE MONDE ALS O THOUGHT IT STRAN G E THAT USA WOULD FIND IT NATURAL TO INSTAL LAUN C HIN G PADS IN TURK E Y ON USSR BORDER BUT WOULD O BJE C T IF USSR DID SAME IN C UBA.THIS SAID, H O W E V E R,LE MONDE ACKNOWLEDG ED K E NN E DYS E VID E NT D E SIR E TO CIR C UMS C RIB E HIS PR E S ENT QUARREL WITH USSR AND CLAIME D THAT HIS MAIN MO TIVE HAD P E RHAPS BE EN TO C O NVIN C E AME RIC AN V O T E RS O F HIS FIRMN E SS TO C O UNT E R R E P U BLIC A N A C C U SATIO N S IN PR E S E NT C AMP AIG N.T H U S,L E MO ND E . ..2 000118 �PAG E TWO 1358 C O N C VUDtD,KHRUSH C H OV SH O ULD A C C E PT K E NN E DYS O F F E R TO N E G O TIAT E INST E AD O F TRYIN G TO PUT ONA OVER HIM ON A Q U E STIO N WHERE AME RIC ANS RE UND E RSTANDABLY V E RY S E NSITIV E. 4. NONE O F TH E OTHER NEWSPAPERS WE HAVE S E E N HAVE BE EN AS C RITIC AL AS LE MO ND E.F O R C OMBAT,PR E SID E NT K E NN E DY HAD TAK E N ADVANTA G E O F TH E TWO TO THR E E WE EKS R E SPIT E GIV E N TO HIM BY USSR OVER B E RLIN TO MOVE IN TH E C ARIBB E AN.THIS MIG HT IN TH E END F ORC E KHRUSHCHOV INT O B EIN G MORE STUBBORN Y E T ON B E RLIN.ALT E RNATIV ELY,USA MAY HAVE PLAY E D INT O MOSC OWS HANDS IN LE NDIN G E VID E N C E A G AIN TO TH E TH E O RY O F THE BIG STIC K IN LATINAME RIC A,THUS HURTIN G LATINAME RIC AN F E ELIN G S.C OMBAT THOUGHT THAT KHRUSHCHOV MIG HT TH E N CHO OSE TO BACK DOWN AT THIS TIME IN TH E HOPE O F HIG H ER R E TURNS IN TH E LONG RUN. 5. UNDER TH E TITL E QUOTE THIS TIME IT IS S E RIO US UNQUOTE TH E E V E NIN G N E WSPAP E R PARIS-PR E SS E-INTRANSIG E ANT C OMMENTED THAT KHRUSHCHOVS MISTAK E IN CUBA HAD B E E N TO VIOLAT E TH E UNWRITT E N LAW OR C O NTRA C T INH E RIT E D FROM STALIN AND R O O S E V ELT.SIN C E WORLD WAR II B O TH G R E AT POWERS KNEW HOW F AR TH E Y C OULD G O WITH O UT O V E RST E PPIN G E A C H O TH E RS T E RRIT O RY. 6. OVER TH E SIG NATUR E O F ONE O F IT S MAIN E DIT O RIAL WRIT E RS,R O G E R MASSIP,FIG AR O DISMISS E D TH E IMPLIC ATIO N IN S E VE RAL OTHER NEWSPA P E RS THAT K E NN E DY HAD A C T E D F OR ELE C TO RAL PURPO S E S;Q U O TE THIS E XPLANATIO N IS NOT RPT NOT S E RIO US.TRUTH I THAT ANY WEAKNESS IN F A C E O F S O VIE T A C TIO N IN C UBA,AT TH E V E RY DO OR O F TH E AME RIC AN C O NT IN E NT,W O ULD HAVE B E E N INT E RPR E T E D AS A G R E AT E R SIG N O F WEAKNESS THAN F OR INSTAN C E IN B E RLIN UN Q U O T E. 7. FIG AR O R E TURN E D TO Q U E STIO N THIS MO RNIN G O V E R TH E SIG NATUR E THIS TIME O F WID ELY READ RAYMOND ARON WHO THOUGHT THAT THIS C RISIS WAS TH E G RAV E ST WHIC H TH E WORLD HAD KNOWN SIN C E TH E TWO GREAT POWERS HAD A C Q UIR E D TH E RMO-NU CLE AR W E APO NS.W ORLD WAS NOW WITN E SSIN G QUOTE A POKER GAME IN TH E SHADOWS O F TH E AP O C ALYPSE UN Q U O TE.THE R E WAS, H O W E V E R,N O RPT NO DOUBT WHERE ARON ST O O D:Q U O TE ONC E TH E C RISIS IS . ..3 000119 �PA G E THR E E 1558 O N,TH E DUTY IS CLE AR F O R NAT O C O U N T RIE S:IT IS IN MAIN T AININ G TH EIR S O LID A RIT Y THAT TH E Y STAND A S E TT E R C HAN C E O F R E DU CIN G TH E PR E S ENT DAN G E R UN Q U O T E. 3. S O VIE T R E A C TIO N T O USA MO V E B E C AME KNOWN A F T E R AB O V E C OMME NTS HAD APP E AR E D.?IG AR O HAS SIN C E D E S C RIB E D IT AS Q U O TE DRA F T E D IN PURP O S E F ULLY ME ASUR E D T E RMS UN Q U O TE WHILE F O R L£ MO ND E Q U O TE TH E RUSSIAN T E X T,IN S PIT E O F V E RBAL VICLE N C E S , D O E S NOT RPT N O T CLO S E TH E DO OR T O A C OMPR OMIS E AND CLE ARLY AIMS T O AV OID AN IRR E TRIE VABLE MISTAK E UN Q U O T E. 9. ON TH E SID E ,IT IS P E RHAPS INT E R E STIN G T O N O T E THAT,PR E O C C UPIE D AS TH E Y AR E WITH C OMIN G C O NSTITUTIO NAL R E F E R E NDUM,A F EW N E WSPAP ERS C O ULD N O T RPT NOT AV OID C O NSID E RIN G WHAT E F F E C TS C UBAN C RISIS MIG HT HAV E ON TH E SIT U A TIO N IN F RAN C E.F O R C OMMUNIST HUMANIT E WHIC H C AMPAIG NS F O R A NO RT NO ANSW E R T O TH E R E F E R E NDUM K E NN E DYS D E CISIO N HAS SHOWN TH E DAN G E R O F C O N F E RRIN G ALMO ST U NLIMIT E D POWE RS ON A SIN GLE MAN.Y E ST E RDAY C OMBAT TH O U G HT THAT AS DE G AULLE HAD B E E N ABLE T O US E B E RLIN AS AN E X C US E T O WITHDRAW F R E NC H F O R C E S FROM ALG E RIA, C UBA ALS O HAD C OME AT TH E RIG HT MOME NT F O R HIM.R E TURNIN G TO Q U E STIO N T O DAY,TH E SAME N E WSPAPE R C O N CLUDE D THAT K E NNE DYS UNILAT E RAL INITIA TIV E PR O VID E D DE G AULLE WITH TWO US E F UL TRUMPS AT T HIS D ELIC AT E M O M E N T:(A)IT SUPP O RT E D DE G AULLE S TH E O RY O F TH E VIT AL N E E D F O R F R E N C H T O HAV E A NATIO NAL MILIT A R Y P OLIC Y O F TH EIR O WN,AND C B)IT C R E AT E D A STAT E O F C RISIS F AV O URABLE T O HIM IN TH E LIG H T O F HIS THR E AT T O R E SIG N IF C OMIN G R E F E RE NDUM DID NOT RPT N O T G O A C C O RDIN G T O HIS WISH E S.UN F LA NATIO N NATURALLY E N O U G H DREW A LE SS O N F AV O U RABLE T O DE G AULLE.K E NN E DY HAD A C T E D AS A F R E E MAN SUR E O F HIS P E O PLE S R E SP E C T B E C AUS E HE HAD B E E N ELE C T E D BY TH E P E O PLE AT LAR G E, JUST AS DE G AULLE WANTS HIS SU C C E SS O R T O B E.TH E O PP O SIN G S O CIALIS T IE P O PULAIR E STR E SS E D ON TH E C O NTRARY THAT K E NN E DY HAD C O NSULT E D L E A DIN G P O LITIC AL P E RS O NALITIE S B E F O R E TAKIN G T HIS F AT E F UL D E CISIO N WH E R E AS DE G AULLE HAD O NLY C O NT EMPT F OR SU CH WO RTHY A D VIC E . 000120 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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