Speech #870288929

Uncle Sam. in your attempts to restrict the activities of Mr. Castro. to put the halter on him. to quiet him down a bit." Instead. we had to adopt their sort of weak. nambypamby resolution which only slightly and lightly slapped Castro on the wrist. Then other things were permitted. too. and I want to remind the gentleman. if I may. that while there were failures by another administration to meet all of the responsibilities which the passage of time shows should have been met. but it was this present administration that was in power and had authority at the time of the tragic episode down at the Bay of Pigs. when. although after someone in the executive branch of our Government had agreed. and had helped furnish and equip Cuban refugees for the invasion of Cuba to attempt to overthrow this tyrant Castro in that socalled island republic. somehow or other someone else later issued orders at the last minute that the air cover and the sea protection which had been promised to these few Cuban refugees who were making that attack and who attempted the invasion at the Bay of Pigsshould be withdrawn at the last minute. Many of them were slaughtered there on the beaches. and otherssome 1.400 of them. if I recall correctlywere captured. and over 1.100 of them are still rotting in the dungeons of Havana and nearby prisons under Castros fanatical control. Mr.