“The president had asked his speechwriter, Theodore Sorensen, for language that would open a door to the Cuban leader, although, as Sorensen later observed, the audience was a very tough anti-Castro group.'”
via When J.F.K. Secretly Reached Out to Castro – NYTimes.com.
It appears JFK reached out to Castro as early as October 1962, following the Missle Crisis.
RFK Papers Unveil Original Draft Cable Showing Kennedy’s Secret Approach to Castro: https://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/rfk-papers-unveil-original-draft-cable-showing-kennedys-secret-approach-to-castro/?relatedposts_hit=1&relatedposts_origin=8181&relatedposts_position=1
I just discovered a great video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW5-GbaBYK8
[just ignore the initial UFO crap]
You can see:
– James Jesús Angleton
– David Atlee Phillips/Maurice Bishop
– Gaeton Fonzi
There is a section, produced by CBS, narrated by Bill O’Reilly in which they assure us that “it was the KGB”. Spoiler: Ruby worked for the Dirección General de Inteligencia! The mob (poor little angels) had nothing to do with it!
Why should we believe it?
Hey, CBS (the “Fair & Balanced” channel of its day) was founded and owned by the Bush family and the revelation comes from none other than Frank Sturgis himself: You can’t get any more credible than that!!
I would like to invite the fellow JFKFacts participants to attempt to submit any conspiracy related comment in the New York Times article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/upshot/when-jfk-secretly-reached-out-to-castro.html?_r=0&abt=0002&abg=0
and share your experiences here.
I tried a very sober post about Mr. Helms culpability in coverups, determined by courts. The comment was promptly dismissed.
Tip: Avoid the term “The Big Event”.
My apologies to the NYT staff. It seems that, after all, they decided to green light my post.