{"id":2224,"date":"1964-05-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1964-05-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2224"},"modified":"1964-05-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1964-05-21T00:00:00","slug":"3045211964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1964\/05\/21\/3045211964\/","title":{"rendered":"5\/21\/1964"},"content":{"rendered":"

“A principal argument, as national security advisor\u2026 McGeorge Bundy informed President [Lyndon B.] Johnson in a subsequent memorandum [on May 21, 1964] on \u2018Student Travel to Cuba\u2019 was that \u2018a relaxation of U.S. restrictions would make it very difficult for us to urge Latin American governments to prevent their nationals from going to Cuba-where many would receive subversive training.\u2019\u201d [Pro Embargo]<\/p>\n

\u201cRobert F. Kennedy urged lifting travel ban to Cuba in \u201963,\u201d The National Security Archive,\u00a0nsarchive2.gwu,\u00a0April 23, 2009<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“A principal argument, as national security advisor\u2026 McGeorge Bundy informed President [Lyndon B.] Johnson in a subsequent memorandum [on May 21, 1964] on \u2018Student Travel to Cuba\u2019 was that \u2018a relaxation of U.S. restrictions would make it very difficult for us to urge Latin American governments to prevent their nationals from going to Cuba-where many […]<\/p>\n

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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 "quotes"","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2220,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1964\/02\/11\/3002111964\/","url_meta":{"origin":2224,"position":1},"title":"2\/11\/1964","author":"AmarkData","date":"February 11, 1964","format":false,"excerpt":"\"11.02.64 The United States government said that all Cuban nationals who would work at the Guant\u00e1namo Naval Base (around 2500) would be fired unless they agreed to become permanent residents of the Base or would spend all their income in U.S. dollars there. Likewise, if their work would be over\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "quotes"","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2223,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1964\/05\/14\/3035141964\/","url_meta":{"origin":2224,"position":2},"title":"5\/14\/1964","author":"AmarkData","date":"May 14, 1964","format":false,"excerpt":"\"14.05.64. The Commerce Department amended the Export Regulations by repealing the issuance of general licenses for shipments of food and medicines to Cuba, and subjecting them to the issuance of approved specific licenses.\u201d [Pro Embargo] \u201cLyndon B.Johnson (D). Timeline,\u201d Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People\u2019s website,\u00a02007","rel":"","context":"In "quotes"","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2214,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1963\/12\/13\/29512131963\/","url_meta":{"origin":2224,"position":3},"title":"12\/13\/1963","author":"AmarkData","date":"December 13, 1963","format":false,"excerpt":"\"State Department, \u2018Travel Regulations,\u2019 December 13, 1963. Two State Department officers, legal advisor Abram Chayes and Abba Schwartz summarize [Robert F.] Kennedy'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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "quotes"","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2222,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1964\/05\/05\/302551964\/","url_meta":{"origin":2224,"position":4},"title":"5\/5\/1964","author":"AmarkData","date":"May 5, 1964","format":false,"excerpt":"\"05.05.64. A State Department press officer announced the new U.S. protest to a European nation for trading with Cuba. This time, the protest was addressed to France, for selling 20 locomotives to the Cuban government.\u201d [Pro Embargo] \u201cLyndon B.Johnson (D). Timeline,\u201d Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People\u2019s website,\u00a02007","rel":"","context":"In "quotes"","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2221,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1964\/02\/25\/3012251964\/","url_meta":{"origin":2224,"position":5},"title":"2\/25\/1964","author":"AmarkData","date":"February 25, 1964","format":false,"excerpt":"\"February 25 [1964]. Asked why the US trades with the Soviet Union but not with Cuba, Secretary of State Dean Rusk answers that the Soviet government is a \u2018permanent\u2019 government, and the US views Castro as \u2018temporary.\u2019\u201d [Pro Embargo] Jerry A. 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