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Kennedy administration, it was discontinued by the Johnson
administration. Here, where work had been done in an effort to
achieve detente, if there really were a desire to continue the
policies of Kennedy action, peace moves, rather than inaction
would have been natural.
Kennedy and Normalization of Relations with Cuba
Thanks to a book by William Attwood, The Reds and Blacks,
1
we know President John F. Kennedy responded favorably to Castro's
overtures for a resumption of diplomatic relations. President
Kennedy approved Attwood's talking to Dr. Carlos Lechunga, the
chief Cuban delegate to the United Nations. The result was the
idea of setting up private talks with Castro in Cuba. Robert
Kennedy actually proposed representatives of the two governments
first meet in Mexico. Bund/told Attwood that the President more
than the State Department, was interested in the pos sible meeting.
On November 19 Bundy told Attwood the President wanted to see him
immediately after he met with Lechunga. The President, Bundy
made clear, would be available , except for" a brief trip to Dallas.'
Soon after the assassination, Attwood met Lechunga who told
him he had been instructed by Castro on November 23 to begin
formal discussion. But, as Attwood makes clear, all efforts for
-63-
Cetrono
1. Attwood, William, The Reds and the Blacks, New York, Harper
& Row, 1967.;
63
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