WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Kennedy Considered Invading Cuba UPI Friday, Sept. 8, 2000 BOSTON – President John Kennedy considered invading Cuba in the weeks after the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, according to the latest tape recordings released by the JFK Library and Museum. In the three weeks after the United States and the Soviet Union backed away from the brink of nuclear war, Kennedy and his advisers discussed under what conditions U.S. troops would be sent to the communist-ruled island in the Caribbean. Kennedy, meeting with advisers in the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room at the White House, said he would invade if the Soviet Union refused to remove all of its nuclear weapons. "If they're not out," the president said, referring to the missiles, "then our posture is going to be about our commitment to invasion." The president also considered invading Cuba if there was a "major upheaval" – a civil war – on the island, or if Cuban dictator Fidel Castro threatened his neighbors, the Boston Herald reported Thursday. The nine hours of tape recordings released Wednesday by the library are the latest from thousands of hours of tapes of meetings between Kennedy and his advisers. The library said 143 hours of tapes remain to be reviewed for declassification before release. Sheldon Stern, a former historian at the library, told the Herald the tapes show Kennedy's decisiveness after Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to withdraw 100 missiles from Cuba on Oct. 28, 1962. "He was subtle; he was rational; he was cautious," Stern said. "And he always had his eye on the fact that once the shooting started, there was a good chance no one would be able to stop it." The library said the recorded conversations took place between Nov. 7 and 16, 1962, and dealt with the political situations in the Congo, Laos and Thailand, and Kennedy's coming meeting with West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. The tapes, with varied sound quality, were released without transcripts, and are available for research use or for sale at the library. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! ****************************************************************************** ******************* A vote for Bush or Gore is a vote to continue Clinton policies! A vote for Buchanan is a vote to continue America! Therefore a vote for Gore or Bush is a wasted vote for America! Don't waste your vote! Vote for Patrick Buchanan! Today, candor compels us to admit that our vaunted two-party system is a snare and a delusion, a fraud upon the nation. Our two parties have become nothing but two wings of the same bird of prey... Patrick Buchanan <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
