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Democratic anti-Castro - forces.
Thus far these freedom fighters
have had virtually no support from our government. " 7 Although
candidate Kennedy had been briefed by C.I.A. chief Dulles
on the proposed operation against Cuba. There is some
disagreement on what was said but neither party stated that the
actual details of the operation were discussed. If this is
true then Kennedy showed an affinity with Nixon and Eisenhower
about alternatives to Castro.
But below the level of campaign rhetoric, John Kennedy
was not a more youthful version of the general in his attitude
toward the communist threat, especially in what was becoming
known as the "third world": those developing nations which had
been set free from European colonialism. In the late '50's
there was surprising conformity in American politics about
counteracting Marxist infiltration or aggression in free or
neutral areas: it must not happen anywhere, no matter what the
price or circumstances. The attitude was not just simple but
vehement, which explains the intensity of reaction to Cuba. The
communist world was seen as a hulking monolith that was bridled
and coiled, all set to enslave what was left of the free world.
SP.?
Soviet actions right after World War II, the Alger Hiss case,
the activities of the House Un-American Activities Committee-
of which Nixon was a member- the wild accusations of Senator Joe
McCarthy, all these and more seemed to paralyze rational analysis
or learned response to this mysterious new phenomenon. But the
heaviest weight ensuring a rigid, overwrought, knee-jerk
reaction was the juggernaut of the domino theory.
Like most political boilerplate, the theory had a slight
relation to fact. After World War II, Eastern Europe, excepting
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