{"id":2114,"date":"1961-01-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1961-01-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2114"},"modified":"1961-01-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1961-01-24T00:00:00","slug":"1751241961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/01\/24\/1751241961\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/24\/1961"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;JAN 24, 1961: Alberto Muller Quintana, secretary general of the Cuban Student&#8217;s Directorate [Directoria Revolucinario Estudentil] (DRE) sends a letter to President [John F.] Kennedy denouncing [Fidel] Castro&#8217;s political, and economic programs. The letter reviews the regime&#8217;s \u2018calculated\u2019 takeover of all sectors of the society-politics, religion, unions, repression etc. The DRE requests U.S. support in what they call a \u2018transcendent fight\u2019 against Communism in Cuba. \u2018The role of the US is to prevent communism, disguised as Fidelism, from becoming the expression of the present revolutionary feeling in Latin America,\u2019 the letter states. \u2018Finally, Mr. President, we want to state [that] our hope lies with someone like you.\u2019\u201d [Pro Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The Bay of Pigs Invasion\/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,&#8221; The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;JAN 24, 1961: Alberto Muller Quintana, secretary general of the Cuban Student&#8217;s Directorate [Directoria Revolucinario Estudentil] (DRE) sends a letter to President [John F.] Kennedy denouncing [Fidel] Castro&#8217;s political, and economic programs. The letter reviews the regime&#8217;s \u2018calculated\u2019 takeover of all sectors of the society-politics, religion, unions, repression etc. The DRE requests U.S. support in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/01\/24\/1751241961\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 1\/24\/1961<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-2114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1948,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1953\/01\/20\/411201953\/","url_meta":{"origin":2114,"position":0},"title":"1\/20\/1953","author":"AmarkData","date":"January 20, 1953","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Dwight D. Eisenhower (January 20, 1953\u2014January 20, 1961). Republican. Before his service as the 34th U.S. President, Eisenhower was a five-star general in the U.S. Army. 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