An Unfinished Life Part 36

pp. 345-46: "The plan that he inherited": White House Staff OH.

p. 346: "a truly monstrous": Walt W. Rostow OH.

p. 346: Lemnitzer presentation and JFK's tension: White House Staff OH.

p. 346: "And we call ourselves": Quoted in Richard Reeves, 229-30.

p. 346: "not so happy": JFK-Adenauer conversation, April 13, 1961, Noon, Box 79, NSF.

p. 346: "the threshold for": April 12, 1961, Box 79, NSF.

p. 346: "stop Soviet forces": Dean Acheson to JFK and Rusk, April 20, 1961, Box 70, NSF.

p. 346: "these plans might lessen": April 12, 1961, Box 79, NSF.

pp. 346-47: "have left the United States": Nitze OH. Also see Robert Komer to Dean Acheson, Feb. 20, 1961, and Komer to JFK, Mar. 6, 1961, Box 4339, NSF.

p. 347: "'repeat to the point'": Kaplan, 285.

p. 347: "That son of a b.i.t.c.h": White House Staff OH.

p. 347: On a nuclear first strike: Fred Kaplan, "JFK's First Strike Plan," The Atlantic, The Atlantic, Oct. 2001, though Kaplan makes clear that JFK was highly skeptical of any first-strike plan. Oct. 2001, though Kaplan makes clear that JFK was highly skeptical of any first-strike plan.

p. 347: "I never met a man": Quoted in Hersh, 253.

p. 347: Kennedy announced increases: PPP: JFK, 1961, PPP: JFK, 1961, 229-40, 658-59. 229-40, 658-59.

p. 348: "charges that": Ibid., 658-59.

p. 348: "They don't get it": Quoted in Richard Reeves, 245.

p. 348: "would have been profoundly": Parmet, JFK, JFK, 132. JFK's view of Khrushchev's speech: Schlesinger, 132. JFK's view of Khrushchev's speech: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 302; Kalb and Abel, 110. 302; Kalb and Abel, 110.

p. 348: "brutally torn": PPP: JFK, 1961, PPP: JFK, 1961, 23. 23.

p. 349: "I find it difficult": Ibid., 91.

p. 349: "ma.s.sive unilateral intervention": Ibid., 99.

p. 349: "the U.N. could not": Quoted in Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 575. 575.

p. 349: "used to oppress": FRUS: Congo Crisis, FRUS: Congo Crisis, 99-101. 99-101.

pp. 349-50: For LBJ's African trip and "Cadillac diplomacy," see Dallek, Flawed Giant, Flawed Giant, 12-16. 12-16.

p. 350: "counter-guerrilla forces": National Security Action Memorandum No. 2, Feb. 3, 1961; JFK to Mac Bundy, Feb. 6, 1961; Robert McNamara to Bundy, Feb. 23, 1961, Box 328, NSF. Robert Komer to Walt W. Rostow, Feb. 28, 1961, Box 414, NSF. Also see Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 320, 340-42. 320, 340-42.

p. 351: "It is, I think": PPP: JFK, 1961, PPP: JFK, 1961, 213. Also see 16, 23, 34, 71, 74-75, 122, 149, 154, 185, and 1-120 of 213. Also see 16, 23, 34, 71, 74-75, 122, 149, 154, 185, and 1-120 of FRUS: Laos Crisis FRUS: Laos Crisis.

p. 351: "I don't think there are probably": Kenneth P. O'Donnell taped interview with Sander Vanocur, MR 91-27:49, JFKL.

p. 351: "any satisfactory solution": FRUS: Laos Crisis, FRUS: Laos Crisis, 45. 45.

p. 351: "Laos was hopeless": Winthrop G. Brown OH.

p. 351: "These jungle regimes": Galbraith, Letters, Letters, 70. 70.

p. 351: "We must never": Brown OH.

pp. 351-52: "Laos is far away": PPP: JFK, 1961, PPP: JFK, 1961, 214. 214.

p. 352: He "said that": Memo of conversation, April 7, 1961, Chalmers Roberts Papers, JFKL. New York Times, New York Times, Mar. 21, 1961; Richard Reeves, 75; O'Donnell Tapes, MR 91-27:49. Mar. 21, 1961; Richard Reeves, 75; O'Donnell Tapes, MR 91-27:49.

p. 352: "But I need not tell you": Harold Macmillan to DDE, April 9, 1961, Box 29A, POF.

p. 352: "That boy doesn't know": Earl Mazo OH, Columbia University.

p. 352: Amba.s.sador Brown: FRUS: Laos Crisis, FRUS: Laos Crisis, 139-41. 139-41.

p. 353: NSC meeting, April 27, 1961, Box 313, NSF.

p. 353: "You start using": Guthman and Shulman, 248.

p. 353: "if we are given": Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 338. 338.

p. 353: "general agreement among" and congressional leaders: FRUS: Laos Crisis, FRUS: Laos Crisis, 142-43, 146-47. JFK and congressional leaders, April 27, 1961, Box 345, NSF. 142-43, 146-47. JFK and congressional leaders, April 27, 1961, Box 345, NSF.

p. 353: "It would be a mistake": Lincoln Diary, April 28, 1961, Box 9, Evelyn Lincoln Papers, JFKL.

p. 353: Neutrality agreement: Gibbons, 112.

p. 353: "dribbled to a conclusion": O'Donnell Tapes, MR 91-27:49.

pp. 353-54: "critical condition" and "for the first time": FRUS: Vietnam, 1961, FRUS: Vietnam, 1961, 12-19. 12-19.

p. 354: "the worst one": Rostow OH.

p. 354: "the entire western": Quoted in David Kaiser, 73.

p. 354: LBJ trip and troop commitment: PPP: JFK, 1961, PPP: JFK, 1961, 354, 356. 354, 356.

pp. 354-55: LBJ's visit to Saigon: Dallek, Flawed Giant, Flawed Giant, 13-14. 13-14.

p. 355: "a series of joint": FRUS: Vietnam, 1961, FRUS: Vietnam, 1961, 128. 128.

p. 355: "We have not become": Quoted in David Kaiser, 73.

p. 355: "I cannot stress too strongly": Quoted in Dallek, Flawed Giant, Flawed Giant, 17-18. 17-18.

p. 355: "our billions": John K. Galbraith to JFK, Mar. 2, 1961, Box 29, POF.

p. 356: "nearly always": Laura B. Knebel to James Ellison, n.d., in Box 5, "Closed Deposit," NHP. Also see Laura B. Knebel OH.

p. 356: Refusing to comment: FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 5. 5.

p. 356: "a rapprochement": John Sharon OH, Columbia University.

p. 356: The Lens report: AES to JFK, Jan. 13, 1961, Box 33, POF.

p. 356: CIA plan: Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 233. 233.

pp. 356-57: January 22 meeting: FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 46-53. 46-53.

p. 357: During the last week: January 25 and 28 meetings and follow-ups, ibid., 54-58, 61-65; JFK to Bundy, Feb. 6, 1961, Box 35A, POF.

pp. 357-58: The February 8 discussions: FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 89-91. 89-91.

p. 358: "appeaser": O'Donnell Tape 49.

p. 358: "However well disguised": FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 92-93. 92-93.

p. 358: "be landed gradually": Ibid., 90.

p. 359: "the small invasion force": Ibid., 119-20.

p. 359: "will have": Ibid., 135.

p. 359: "The Cuban paramilitary": Ibid., 142.

p. 359: "willing to take": Ibid., 143-44.

p. 359: "small-scale World War II": Ibid., 145-48.

p. 359: "A slight danger": Ibid., 156-57.

p. 360: "[has] done a remarkable job": Ibid., 158.

p. 360: "in order to make this appear" and "reserved the right": Ibid., 159-60.

p. 360: "the plan was dependent on": Ibid., 160.

p. 360: "What do you think": Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 246. 246.

p. 360: "U.S. strike forces": FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 177. 177.

p. 360: "If you fail": Quoted in Johnson, 67.

pp. 360-61: "If the operation": FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 178-81. 178-81.

p. 361: "No one": Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 247. 247.

p. 361: CIA paper: FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 213-16. 213-16.

p. 361: "Are you serious?": Dean Acheson OH. For the Schlesinger, Rusk, and Fulbright dissents, see FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 185-89, 191, 196-203, and Schlesinger, 185-89, 191, 196-203, and Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 250-56. 250-56.

p. 362: "Mr. President": Theodore Sorensen OH; Sorensen, 332.

p. 362: Schlesinger remembered: A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 258. 258.

pp. 362-63: "appear as an internal": FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 185. 185.

p. 363: "everything possible": Ibid., 191-92, 213.

p. 363: Newspaper stories: For examples of the newspaper leaks: "Regime to Fight Castro Being Formed Here," New York Herald Tribune, New York Herald Tribune, Mar. 22, 1961, and Schlesinger to JFK, April 7, 1961, Box 65, POF. Mar. 22, 1961, and Schlesinger to JFK, April 7, 1961, Box 65, POF.

p. 363: Castro "doesn't need": Quoted in Wyden, Bay of Pigs, Bay of Pigs, 155. 155.

p. 363: "in helping": PPP: JFK, 1961, PPP: JFK, 1961, 258. 258.

p. 363: "play down the magnitude": Bissell, 183.

p. 363: "one of those rare events": Quoted in Peter Kornbluh, 2.

p. 363: On the bombing raids and Stevenson's response: FRUS: Cuba, 1961- 1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961- 1962, 226-30; Schlesinger, 226-30; Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 268-72; Richard Reeves, 90-91. 268-72; Richard Reeves, 90-91.

p. 364: "the room in evident concern": Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 272-73. 272-73.

p. 364: "failure to make": FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, FRUS: Cuba, 1961-1962, 235-37. 235-37.

p. 364: "the situation in Cuba": Ibid., 272. For the details of the defeat, see 273 ff.

p. 364: "n.o.body knew": Ibid., 274-75.

pp. 364-65: Meeting in the Cabinet Room: Richard Reeves, 93-95.

p. 365: "were sure": O'Donnell and Powers, 274.

p. 365: "an incident, not a disaster": Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, A Thousand Days, 275-76. 275-76.

pp. 365-66: "Under a parliamentary": Quoted in Powers, 115.

p. 366: "the chief cause" and other quotes: See Kornbluh, 13-14, 45-46, 113-14.

p. 366: "was so upset": Smith, 697-98.

p. 366: "within the privacy": O'Donnell and Powers, 274.

p. 366: The Rose Garden: Ibid., 272, and Salinger, 195.