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THURSDAY. APRIL VI. 1961
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Informed Sources
Battle Launched
Over Cuban Fiasco
i-Washington -- (UPI) - When
. President Kennedy announced
v that the "facts on the matter
involving Cuba will come out
. in due time," he dldn t say
they would come out fighting.
' High-ranking U.S. officials
1 have launched a battle of in
formed sources" over what
caused the an tf-Castro in
vasion to sink in the swamps
of Cuba. ' .' '.'.-'
fc-'A'; top official has started
Round Two of the fight He
. denied there were any intel
ligence' miscalculations i n
volvecl In the failure. .: He
wouldn't say what he thought
. did cause it.
"His version was" that there
was no misjudgment of Cas
; tip's military power,, arid no
misjudgment 01 nis comroi
over the Cuban people.'. He
laid.' the United . States knew
how many planes and tanks
Castro had and the ability of
his forces to use them. : ;J
The Other View . "' ''.;.'
' This was exactly the op
posite of what other equally
' high officials have said. They
taid the invasion failed be
cause Castro's forces met the
rebels with more planes and
other fighting equipment than
the United States thought they
had. , , Y,-'. .': .V.
jntfttey also said both Wash
ington and the Cuban rebels
underestimated Castro's iron
grip on the people, which pre
vented a general uprising. .
, Kennedy told his news con
ference last week that there
would be a lot of background
briefings "by interested peo
ple or interested agencies'. .
I think you will be informed.
There has been ' a rash of
back ground briefings, ; but
sorting out the information is
something else again. The dis
pute boils down to whether
the invasion was a fiasco be
cause of intelligence or mill'
tary failure's
Up To President -
The answer probably won't
be known until Kennedy him
self announces :. it, possibly
from the study of intelligence
methods he: has ordered Gen
Maxwell D. Taylor to make
, All the officials taking part
in the briefings .have remain
ed anonymous. .'This is bo.
cause they refuse to deal with
such subjects as Cuba, France
and Laos without some sort
of escape hatch in case their
information boomerangs.-
,. The background briefing,
which has been a popular pas
time in-the capital for some
time, provide the.publtq with
Inside information ana inter
pretation. It is not without
hazards, however.
One official undertook last
week to advise reporters that
Kennedy arid Secretary of
State Dean Rusk were at odds
over . the , attempt ' to topple
Castro.'! :.;- ' .-;.,(".
This was: reported to have
displeased the President. The
White House view, was that al
though Rusk rnayN not have
liked the plan; he was not at
odds with the President over
the baslo policy decision.
M Writer Tells
S. Experiences as
Prisoner in Cuba
( It HENRY HAYMONT
;CorrtihlMl. Ktl, br UPI
New York-flIFB-1 have Just
returned from Cuba where
FrtraWr rtdl Castro's mill
I -y intelligence service Jail
i me for six days on charge
of Ni.rg a VA, agent.
. liiat wr they gave ma a
I .t-hai 1 nortunity of shar-
V t t- n snl anxiety, and
eVecomfort of an aiti"
mated 20,000 Cubans round-
ad up in Havana alone on
suspicion of helping the count
er-revolutionary invasion.
i: Uany have been - released
loot Castro' proud victory
announcement last Thursday.
1 't countless ' others, in-
eluding numerous foreigners,
continue to face the uncertain
fate of the victims of Castro's
I rn, revolutionary Justice.
t '. Ceosered
' I tt foreign correspondents
i i during the invasion
rve also been freed and can
t j, although their dispatches
a a -tming cenaored.-. When I
I ..tv 1 vena. Tuesday , after
noon Robert Berellet of As-
- ated Press was the . only
l,J. correspondent still, be
lieved to be under arrest. ,
Martin Houseman-and
A ' io Marino of United Press
I rational, Harold Milks
-1 George Kaufmann qf AP,
X..chard ; Valerian! of , NBC
were living t foreign- embat
jle. ' I..,.;, ;,';," ;i;;::.:,.:,:;Vv
' Kew Was Cut Off ' - "
i By jailing these correspond
ent,1' Castro 'cut off direct
news from Havana of his
swift victory over the invad
ing 'forces from being made
kriown to the world. ':
- For six days I was locked
Up' with SO persons in a room
1 by 16 feet at military in
telligence headquarters, . the
feared green stucco' building
Parents Reminded
Of SOC Program
Ashland - Response to the
pre-school and school children
Southern Oregon college sum
mef school program offering
announced last - week has
drawn ' numerous: Inquiries,
Dr.: William T.vWard, director
of laboratory experiences, has
announced.' -;i
-. ,Dr,- Ward said pre-school
children would be those enter
ing school for the first time
In the fall, and that children
through the eighth grade
could be enrolled for the ses
sion. ' .'. V ": ; . -'
.He stressed that the offer-
Inas were not confined, ex
clusively to slow learners, but
; were , designed to present a
broad background of enriched
study, and skill-accomplish
ments. : , , - -
- Parents are asked to call
MUrdock 8-6771 as soon as
possible, Dr. Ward said, as
the enrollment is limited and
based wholly upon the order
of registration. .
Daily sessions for the school
which will run from June zo
through Aug. 4, will be con
ducted from 9 a.m. until noon
week days. There are no regu
lar fees charged, although
parents are required to fur
nish transportation.
in suburban Marianao, But we
lived In relative luxury with
the- only bath and shower, in
the building, .
, With me were Cubans of
all 1 walks , of life the dean
of engineering of Vlllanova
University, a doctor, a 72-
year-old farmer, three univer
sity students, a retired boxer,
five high - school', teachers
four bus drivers, six sugar
workers,-several peasants and
a rural barber who sure had
his hands full.
Cubans Keep Humor
- What undoubtedly kept us
front becoming, depressed and
demoralized despite some
pretty frightening ordeals was
the' inevitable Cuban humor
that seems to- proliferate in
the face of adversity..
"Welcome to the national
tourist centre,'! was the greet
ing, I got from a sugar mill
operator, when' I entereq tne
cell the afternoon of April
17. "Here we are all million
airea and: Martians." .
' "Why Martians?", I '. asked.
r ''Because Fidel says there
are no workers or peasants
Jailed, only landowners, so we
must come from, Mars." .
Aimed Police Arrived
I was arrested at 1 a.m.
Monday. .' April ' 17, minutes
after phoning to UPI New
York that reports of an In-
v. Jion were circulating In
Havana. A patrol of 10 mi
litiamen armed with auto
matic rifles and Czech ma
chine guns surrounded the
flat which belonged to Adolfo
Merino, also of UPI.
The commanding . officer
asked to search the' flat for
a "clandestine transmitter,"
claiming thore - had - been a
complaint that I had been
"broadcasting counter-revolutionary
messages" to the Unit
ed states.- , ' . 1 .
A superficial search of the
apartment produced a type
written paper citing uncon
firmed reports of two land
ings by "substantial" counter
revolutionary - forces. That
was enough. Half an hour
later Merino and I were taken
to military intelligence head
quarters. Raiuli of Pressures
When i was suddenly re
leased Saturday night togeth
er with Houseman and Mer
ino I was advised that the
action ' came as a result of
strong pressures from Mexi
can Foreign Minister Manuel
Tello and from at least eight
other governments.
Leaving my fellow Inmates
Saturday was difficult. There
is always a feeling of guilt
in departing from a group of
men you had never met be
fore but who welcomed you
as one of their own in dif
ficult times.: .
. It was now clear that I was
going to be all right. I still
don't know about them.
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