Families for Justice: No safe harbor for Posada

The White House

The White House is the official residence and main place of work of the president of the United States. As the name implies, it is a white building located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, northwest Washington D.C. Designed during George Washington’s first term in office, the building was inaugurated by John Adams in 1800.

Over the last few years a number of important secret documents concerning Cuba have been declassified which, with a certain amount of objectivity and systematization, reveal the policy followed by the various American administrations since January 1958. Most of this material can be found in three volumes, which are listed below, edited by the Department of State and printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office which deals with foreign policy regarding Cuba:

Foreign Relations of the United States, 19581960. Vol. VI, CUBA, Edited in 1991
Foreign Relations of the United States, 19611963. Vol. X, CUBA 19611962, published in 1997
Foreign Relations of the United States, 19611963. Vol. XI, CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS AND AFTERMATH, published in 1996

These documents prove the direct participation of the highest US government authorities in anti-Cuban actions, especially those aimed at paralyzing the economy and at undermining its normal functioning. They confirm, for instance, that the Eisenhower administration was hatching a plot to prevent the triumph of the revolution and to limit it to a change of leader which did not strike at the roots of the neo-colonial system in place at the time.

The documents, however, not only refer to acts of sabotage but also to actions undertaken as part of the US blockade and economic warfare against Cuba. Ways of attacking Cuba politically and economically are taken up in a document dated 21 April 1963, drawn up by Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Bundy for the Standing Group of the National Security Council. The isolation of Cuba is among the actions mentioned, for which they are “prepared to exert considerable diplomatic and economic pressures” against Cuba’s Western allies.

The White House is the official residence and main place of work of the president of the United States. As the name implies, it is a white building located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, northwest Washington D.C. Designed during George Washington’s first term in office, the building was inaugurated by John Adams in 1800.

Over the last few years a number of important secret documents concerning Cuba have been declassified which, with a certain amount of objectivity and systematization, reveal the policy followed by the various American administrations since January 1958. Most of this material can be found in three volumes, which are listed below, edited by the Department of State and printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office which deals with foreign policy regarding Cuba:

Foreign Relations of the United States, 19581960. Vol. VI, CUBA, Edited in 1991
Foreign Relations of the United States, 19611963. Vol. X, CUBA 19611962, published in 1997
Foreign Relations of the United States, 19611963. Vol. XI, CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS AND AFTERMATH, published in 1996

These documents prove the direct participation of the highest US government authorities in anti-Cuban actions, especially those aimed at paralyzing the economy and at undermining its normal functioning. They confirm, for instance, that the Eisenhower administration was hatching a plot to prevent the triumph of the revolution and to limit it to a change of leader which did not strike at the roots of the neo-colonial system in place at the time.

The documents, however, not only refer to acts of sabotage but also to actions undertaken as part of the US blockade and economic warfare against Cuba. Ways of attacking Cuba politically and economically are taken up in a document dated 21 April 1963, drawn up by Special Assistant for National Security Affairs Bundy for the Standing Group of the National Security Council. The isolation of Cuba is among the actions mentioned, for which they are “prepared to exert considerable diplomatic and economic pressures” against Cuba’s Western allies.