NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES CUBA WITH JFK
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On January 28, 1961, President John F. Kennedy met with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, CIA Director Allen Dulles*, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Cabinet Room in the West Wing of the White House.
The focus of the meeting, which took place just 8 days after JFK's inauguration, was the situation in Cuba. Mr. Dulles* reported that Cuba was a communist controlled state and that Fidel Castro was in the process of building up his military.
Dulles also reported that there was increasing opposition to the Castro regime on the island and that the CIA was in the process of giving military training to anti-Castro Cuban exiles.
As the meeting ended, it was agreed that the Agency would continue its activities in regard to Cuba and the Department of Defense would review proposals for the active deployment of anti-Castro Cuban forces in Cuban territory.
*Allen Welsh Dulles (1893-1969) was born in Watertown, NY. His older brother, John Foster Dulles, was Ike's Secretary of State. AWD graduated from Princeton & became a diplomat. He was chief adviser to NY Gov Thomas E. Dewey in his 1948 presidential campaign.
In 1953, Dulles became CIA Director, a position he held until Sept 1961 when JFK forced his resignation after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. LBJ appointed Dulles to serve on the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
SOURCE
White House Document (declassified) issued by McGeorge Bundy, National Security Advisor
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On January 28, 1961, President John F. Kennedy met with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, CIA Director Allen Dulles*, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Cabinet Room in the West Wing of the White House.
The focus of the meeting, which took place just 8 days after JFK's inauguration, was the situation in Cuba. Mr. Dulles* reported that Cuba was a communist controlled state and that Fidel Castro was in the process of building up his military.
Dulles also reported that there was increasing opposition to the Castro regime on the island and that the CIA was in the process of giving military training to anti-Castro Cuban exiles.
As the meeting ended, it was agreed that the Agency would continue its activities in regard to Cuba and the Department of Defense would review proposals for the active deployment of anti-Castro Cuban forces in Cuban territory.
*Allen Welsh Dulles (1893-1969) was born in Watertown, NY. His older brother, John Foster Dulles, was Ike's Secretary of State. AWD graduated from Princeton & became a diplomat. He was chief adviser to NY Gov Thomas E. Dewey in his 1948 presidential campaign.
In 1953, Dulles became CIA Director, a position he held until Sept 1961 when JFK forced his resignation after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. LBJ appointed Dulles to serve on the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
SOURCE
White House Document (declassified) issued by McGeorge Bundy, National Security Advisor
