“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 ‘permanent’ government, and the US views Castro as ‘temporary.’” [Pro Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com […]
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2/11/1964
“11.02.64 The United States government said that all Cuban nationals who would work at the Guantánamo 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 or if their incomes were […]
12/21/1963
“21.12.63. The Johnson Administration exerted ‘strong diplomatic pressure’ on Spain so that it would comply with the embargo, although Spain continued to have substantial commercial links with Cuba. Pressures included the threat to cut the economic assistance of States, which included loans from the Export-Import Bank of U.S. $100 millions for long-term development projects in […]
12/18/1963
“NSC [National Security Council], ‘Travel Controls-Cuba,’ December 18, 1963. 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 were not invited, State Department […]
12/16/1963
“16.12.63. Press release No. 629 issued by the State Department announced that the U.S. Government approved an amendment to its maritime policy toward Cuba, in order to achieve an important additional reduction of the number of ships calling on Cuban ports.” [Pro Embargo] “Lyndon B.Johnson (D). Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s website, 2007 […]
12/15/1963
“December [1963]. The Foreign Assistance Act is amended to prohibit U.S. aid to countries that continue to trade with Cuba.” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.] [Pro Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com […]
12/13/1963
“State Department, ‘Travel Regulations,’ December 13, 1963. Two State Department officers, legal advisor Abram Chayes and Abba Schwartz summarize [Robert F.] Kennedy’s arguments that ‘the ban on travel to Cuba be removed immediately,’ including that ‘the present travel restrictions are inconsistent with traditional American liberties.’ They note that lifting restrictions to Cuba is likely to […]
12/12/1963
“December 12 [1963]. Less than one month after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy seeks to end the travel ban to Cuba in a memo to Secretary of State Dean Rusk. He refers to the ban as ‘inconsistent with traditional American liberties,’ and difficult to enforce. The memo is not […]
11/22/1963
“Lyndon B. Johnson (November 22, 1963—January 20, 1969). Democratic. President Lyndon Johnson was one in four presidents to have served in all four federal offices of the U.S. government (President, Vice President, Representative, and Senator). He was well known for his domestic policies, including civil rights, Medicaid, Medicare, Public Broadcasting, the ‘War on Poverty,’ educational […]
11/17/1963
“November 17 [1963]. President [John F.] Kennedy asks French journalist Jean Daniel to tell [Fidel] Castro that he is now ready to negotiate normal relations and drop the embargo. According to former Press Secretary Pierre Salinger, ‘If Kennedy had lived I am confident that he would have negotiated that agreement and dropped the embargo because […]