“17.04.63 Secretary of State Dean Rusk told President [John F.] Kennedy that American efforts to reduce allies’ vessel traffic to Cuba have been successful: the governments of Liberia, Turkey, Honduras and Panama had officially forbidden their vessels to do trade with Cuba; Western Germany had issued a decree prohibiting freighters in their registry to participate […]
2/8/1963
“1963; February 8. The Kennedy administration prohibits travel to Cuba and makes financial and commercial transactions with Cuba illegal for U.S. citizens.” [Pro Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com […]
12/15/1962
“I believe it was December, 1962, when [President John F.] Kennedy finally got their [people involved in the bay of pigs invasion] freedom by sending a shipment worth $52 million in medicine and food over to Cuba. The Cubans then released these people. Many of those Bay of Pigs veterans went on to bigger and […]
10/23/1962
“23.10.62 As a result of the Joint Resolution passed by the Congress on 3 October 1962 (Public Law 87-33), Presidential Proclamation 3504 was issued, ordering a ban on offensive weapons and related materials deliveries to Cuba, and gaving powers to the Secretary of Defense [Robert McNamara] to enforce that order. This provision expired on 21 […]
10/22/1962
“22.10.62 President [John F.] Kennedy announced that the installation of offensive capability missiles have been discovered in Cuba and that the United States was imposing a strict quarantine on shipments to Cuba of all offensive military equipment. The quarantine was in effect until 20 November 1962.” [Pro Embargo] “John F. Kennedy (D). Timeline,” Cuba versus […]
10/18/1962
“18.10.62 Secretary of Commerce [Luther H.] Hodges issued the following communiqué: ‘All American ports are closed to vessels carrying goods to Cuba, when, as part of the same continuous trip, they attempt to dock or get cargo in the United States.’” [Pro Embargo] “John F. Kennedy (D). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]
10/16/1962
“16.10.62 The U.S. Institute of Merchant Marine requested an emergency meeting to the International Chamber of Shipping in London to consider an official trade embargo on Cuba.” “John F. Kennedy (D). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]
10/15/1962
“When Fidel Castro defeated [Former President Fulgencio] Batista and formally assumed power in Cuba in 1959, the exodus escalated, peaking at approximately 78,000 in 1962. In October of that year [1962], Castro stopped regularly scheduled travel between the two countries, and the risky practice of asylum seekers setting sail from Cuba to Florida began.” [The […]
10/2/1962
“The U.S. government cables all Latin American government and NATO [North Atlantic Treaty Organization] countries new measures to tighten the economic embargo against Cuba. As of today [October 2, 1962], the transport of U.S. goods is banned on ships owned by companies that do business with Cuba.” [Pro Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” […]
10/1/1962
“01.10.62 The U.S. Embassy in London sent a cable to the State Department communicating that the announcement made by Mr. [William] Fielding, the British minister of Transport, advising British freighters not to carry military arms and equipment to Cuba did not contain the exclusive lists established by Washington, but an explanatory note containing examples of […]