Part 36 (2/2)

p. 356: ”nearly always”: Laura B. Knebel to James Ellison, n.d., in Box 5, ”Closed Deposit,” NHP. Also see Laura B. Knebel OH.

p. 356: Refusing to comment: FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 5. 5.

p. 356: ”a rapprochement”: John Sharon OH, Columbia University.

p. 356: The Lens report: AES to JFK, Jan. 13, 1961, Box 33, POF.

p. 356: CIA plan: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 233. 233.

pp. 356-57: January 22 meeting: FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 46-53. 46-53.

p. 357: During the last week: January 25 and 28 meetings and follow-ups, ibid., 54-58, 61-65; JFK to Bundy, Feb. 6, 1961, Box 35A, POF.

pp. 357-58: The February 8 discussions: FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 89-91. 89-91.

p. 358: ”appeaser”: O'Donnell Tape 49.

p. 358: ”However well disguised”: FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 92-93. 92-93.

p. 358: ”be landed gradually”: Ibid., 90.

p. 359: ”the small invasion force”: Ibid., 119-20.

p. 359: ”will have”: Ibid., 135.

p. 359: ”The Cuban paramilitary”: Ibid., 142.

p. 359: ”willing to take”: Ibid., 143-44.

p. 359: ”small-scale World War II”: Ibid., 145-48.

p. 359: ”A slight danger”: Ibid., 156-57.

p. 360: ”[has] done a remarkable job”: Ibid., 158.

p. 360: ”in order to make this appear” and ”reserved the right”: Ibid., 159-60.

p. 360: ”the plan was dependent on”: Ibid., 160.

p. 360: ”What do you think”: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 246. 246.

p. 360: ”U.S. strike forces”: FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 177. 177.

p. 360: ”If you fail”: Quoted in Johnson, 67.

pp. 360-61: ”If the operation”: FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 178-81. 178-81.

p. 361: ”No one”: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 247. 247.

p. 361: CIA paper: FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 213-16. 213-16.

p. 361: ”Are you serious?”: Dean Acheson OH. For the Schlesinger, Rusk, and Fulbright dissents, see FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 185-89, 191, 196-203, and Schlesinger, 185-89, 191, 196-203, and Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 250-56. 250-56.

p. 362: ”Mr. President”: Theodore Sorensen OH; Sorensen, 332.

p. 362: Schlesinger remembered: A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 258. 258.

pp. 362-63: ”appear as an internal”: FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 185. 185.

p. 363: ”everything possible”: Ibid., 191-92, 213.

p. 363: Newspaper stories: For examples of the newspaper leaks: ”Regime to Fight Castro Being Formed Here,” New York Herald Tribune, New York Herald Tribune, Mar. 22, 1961, and Schlesinger to JFK, April 7, 1961, Box 65, POF. Mar. 22, 1961, and Schlesinger to JFK, April 7, 1961, Box 65, POF.

p. 363: Castro ”doesn't need”: Quoted in Wyden, Bay of Pigs, Bay of Pigs, 155. 155.

p. 363: ”in helping”: PPP: JFK, 1961, PPP: JFK, 1961, 258. 258.

p. 363: ”play down the magnitude”: Bissell, 183.

p. 363: ”one of those rare events”: Quoted in Peter Kornbluh, 2.

p. 363: On the bombing raids and Stevenson's response: FRUS: Cuba, 1961- 1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961- 1962, 226-30; Schlesinger, 226-30; Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 268-72; Richard Reeves, 90-91. 268-72; Richard Reeves, 90-91.

p. 364: ”the room in evident concern”: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 272-73. 272-73.

p. 364: ”failure to make”: FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 235-37. 235-37.

p. 364: ”the situation in Cuba”: Ibid., 272. For the details of the defeat, see 273 ff.

p. 364: ”n.o.body knew”: Ibid., 274-75.

pp. 364-65: Meeting in the Cabinet Room: Richard Reeves, 93-95.

p. 365: ”were sure”: O'Donnell and Powers, 274.

p. 365: ”an incident, not a disaster”: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 275-76. 275-76.

pp. 365-66: ”Under a parliamentary”: Quoted in Powers, 115.

p. 366: ”the chief cause” and other quotes: See Kornbluh, 13-14, 45-46, 113-14.

p. 366: ”was so upset”: Smith, 697-98.

p. 366: ”within the privacy”: O'Donnell and Powers, 274.

p. 366: The Rose Garden: Ibid., 272, and Salinger, 195.

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