We have- supported ruthless dictators of the right. such as Trujillo and Batista. who prepared the way for such a reaction against their tyranny and such a revulsion against their corruption that -the field was ripe for a Communist takeover. When Castro finally revealed his true colors and showed himself to be a puppet of the Kremlin. we again blundered greatly in the Bay of Pigs episode. We should either have kept out entirely or given the Cuban refugees the support which they believed had been promised them and which they had every right to expect. We did neither. and Castro was strengthened by our fumbling. Castro has since proved a menace to the peace of the Western World and another such Communist Castroite republic nearby allied with Moscow or Peiping would be intolerable.
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