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detente with Cuba died with the President.
Certainly there could have been diplomatic action here to
improye relations, and calm down world tensions. Castro was
certainly ready for better diplomatic relations. It was reported
in the New York Times, January 2, 1964:
"Premier Fidel Castro said yesterday in a
telephone interview from Havana that he was
'hopeful that good relations with the United
States might be resotred this year. He added
that the next move was up to Washington.
"He said that until President's Kennedy's
'tragic death, he believed that 'an eventual
normalization of relations with the Kennedy
administration was possible.
"The Cuban leader said he was uncertain abont
relations with President Johnson, but emphasized
he was 'hopeful.
There certainly are interests the are chilled at the thought
not of war but peace. There are interests who prefer world tensions
and who would never be satisfied with good relations with Castro.
Castro himself was aware of this, and what is interesting is that
he explicitly denied John F. Kennedy could be identified with
these interests. In a talk with Castro, Jean Daniel was told
the following:
"II believe Kennedy is sincere, Fidel declare:
I also believe that today the expression of
this sincereity could have political signi-
ficance. it (Daniel, Jean, "Unofficial Envoy,
The New Republic, Dec. 14, 1963, p. 17.)
Castro further asserted:
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