Session #87 · 1961–63

Speech #870111187

Meanwhile. as another one of the earlier dividends on our projected massive investment in hemispheric aid. we are privileged to read the boastful comment of the Havana Communist newspaper. "Hoy." as follows: The North American thesis of isolating. excluding and attacking Cuba is not accepted in any of the fields where it is tried. This tendency to reject anything that means Cuban exclusion has been emphasized in the telephone message of President Quadros of Brazil. instructing his delegation to oppose any form of action against Cuba. And. as a final. sorry reflection of the lack of elemental judgment and good sense on the part of our leadership. comes the disclosure that a prospective key figure in the administration of the "Alliance for Progress" funds in Colombia is Lauchlin Currie. a former administrative assistant for foreign affairs under Franklin Roosevelt. an identified supplier of documents to a Soviet spy ring while serving in his high position of trust. and a man who forfeited his naturalized American citizenship by remaining outside the United States for more than 5 years. How much more folly are we prepared to tolerateand underwrite with billions? In a New York Times magazine article of August 6. our chief delegate to the United Nations.
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Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
AUGUST JOHANSEN
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
MI
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
870111187
Paragraph
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