{"id":2214,"date":"1963-12-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1963-12-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2214"},"modified":"1963-12-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1963-12-13T00:00:00","slug":"29512131963","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1963\/12\/13\/29512131963\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/13\/1963"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;State Department, \u2018Travel Regulations,\u2019 December 13, 1963. Two State Department officers, legal advisor Abram Chayes and Abba Schwartz summarize [Robert F.] Kennedy&#8217;s arguments that \u2018the ban on travel to Cuba be removed immediately,\u2019 including that \u2018the present travel restrictions are inconsistent with traditional American liberties.\u2019 They note that lifting restrictions to Cuba is likely to be undertaken in the context of lifting most travel restrictions to other nations. They support Kennedy&#8217;s proposal but favor passport validation which would require those who travel to apply for permission from the Secretary of State to go to Cuba.\u201d [Con Embargo]<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cRobert F. Kennedy urged lifting travel ban to Cuba in \u201963: Document 2: State Department, &#8216;Travel Regulations,&#8217; December 13, 1963,\u201d The National Security Archive,\u00a0nsarchive2.gwu.ed,\u00a0April 23, 2009<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;State Department, \u2018Travel Regulations,\u2019 December 13, 1963. Two State Department officers, legal advisor Abram Chayes and Abba Schwartz summarize [Robert F.] Kennedy&#8217;s arguments that \u2018the ban on travel to Cuba be removed immediately,\u2019 including that \u2018the present travel restrictions are inconsistent with traditional American liberties.\u2019 They note that lifting restrictions to Cuba is likely to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1963\/12\/13\/29512131963\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 12\/13\/1963<\/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-2214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2218,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1963\/12\/18\/29812181963\/","url_meta":{"origin":2214,"position":0},"title":"12\/18\/1963","author":"AmarkData","date":"December 18, 1963","format":false,"excerpt":"\"NSC [National Security Council], \u2018Travel Controls-Cuba,\u2019 December 18, 1963. This memo, written by the NSC's Latin American specialist Gordon Chase to national security advisor McGeorge Bundy, reveals that the Attorney General's proposal has been overruled at the State Department. At a meeting on December 13, to which Justice department officials\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2499,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2005\/06\/29\/5896292005\/","url_meta":{"origin":2214,"position":1},"title":"6\/29\/2005","author":"AmarkData","date":"June 29, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"\"June 29 [2005]. The National Security Archive releases a memo written by Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy on December 12 1963 (less than a month after President [John F.] Kennedy's assassination), in which he seeks to lift the travel ban to Cuba. 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He refers to the ban as \u2018inconsistent with traditional American liberties,\u2019 and difficult to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2489,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/2003\/10\/24\/57910242003\/","url_meta":{"origin":2214,"position":3},"title":"10\/24\/2003","author":"AmarkData","date":"October 24, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"\"October 24 [2003]. The U.S. Senate votes (59 to 36) in favor of lifting the ban on travel to Cuba. The result is similar to a vote at the House of Representatives last month. This is a major \u2018rebuff\u2019 of President [George W.] Bush's policy towards Cuba. 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