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Cold War: JFK and the Trouble With Castro 1960-1963

Cold War: JFK and the Trouble With Castro 1960-1963. FIDEL CASTRO. ON JANUARY 1, 1959 REVOLUTION IN CUBA SUCCESSFULLY OVERTHREW THE GOVERNMENT. ON JANUARY 6 TH FIDEL CASTRO BECAME PREMIER AND LATER COMMUNIST DICTATOR OF CUBA. MANY CUBANS FLEE TO THE US.

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Cold War: JFK and the Trouble With Castro 1960-1963

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  1. Cold War: JFK and the Trouble With Castro1960-1963

  2. FIDEL CASTRO ON JANUARY 1, 1959 REVOLUTION IN CUBA SUCCESSFULLY OVERTHREW THE GOVERNMENT. ON JANUARY 6TH FIDEL CASTRO BECAME PREMIER AND LATER COMMUNIST DICTATOR OF CUBA. MANY CUBANS FLEE TO THE US.

  3. CASTRO DECLARED HIMSELF A COMMUNIST AND ALLIED CUBA WITH THE SOVIET UNION CASTRO AND KHRUSHCHEV

  4. Khruschev Embraces Castro,1961

  5. 1960's • U2 INCIDENT • BAY OF PIGS INVASION • BERLIN WALL CONSTRUCTED • CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS • ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS AND THE THIRD WORLD, THE PEACE CORPS • U.S. INCREASES INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM • NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY • 1960s TIMELINES

  6. The U-2 Spy Incident (1960) Col. Francis Gary Powers’ plane was shot down over Soviet airspace.

  7. IN NOVEMBER OF 1960, AMERICANS WERE FACED WITH THE CHOICE BETWEEN JOHN F. KENNEDY (DEM) AND RICHARD M. NIXON (REP)-BOTH OF THE MEN WERE WW2 VETERENS AND BOTH WERE STRONGLY ANTI-COMMUNIST. JFK WON BY ONLY 100,000 VOTES

  8. Text of Inaugural Address

  9. JFK’s New Frontier • Increase aid to education • Provide health insurance to the elderly • Create Dept. of Urban Affairs • Help Latin American Migrant Workers • Civil Rights for African Americans • Abroad-a renewed commitment to Cold War victory over Communism

  10. JFK’s New Frontier • To help counter the appeal of Communism in the 3rd world-”nation building”: 1. Est. Peace Corps (idealistic) 2. Alliance for Progress-a massive economic aid program for Latin America But more often than not KFK preferred to use special ops like the Green Beret to beat back Communism

  11. ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS “THEREFORE I HAVE CALLED ON ALL PEOPLE OF THE HEMISPHERE TO JOIN IN A NEW ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS -- ALIANZA PARA PROGRESO -- A VAST COOPERATIVE EFFORT, UNPARALLELED IN MAGNITUDE AND NOBILITY OF PURPOSE TO SATISFY THE BASIC NEEDS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FOR HOMES, WORK AND LAND, HEALTH AND SCHOOLS - TECHO, TRABAJO Y TIERRA, SALUD Y ESCUELA.” JOHN F. KENNEDY, MARCH 13, 1961 PRESIDENT AND MRS. KENNEDY CONGRATULATE THE SON OF A NEW HOME OWNER AT LA MORITA RESETTLEMENT PROJECT NEAR CARACAS, VENEZUELA.

  12. IN HIS INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF JANUARY 20, 1961, PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY CHALLENGES A NEW GENERATION OF AMERICANS TO JOIN "...A GRAND AND GLOBAL ALLIANCE...TO FIGHT TYRANNY, POVERTY, DISEASE, AND WAR..." KENNEDY CONTINUES IN HIS SPEECH, "TO THOSE PEOPLE IN THE HUTS AND VILLAGES ACROSS THE GLOBE STRUGGLING TO BREAK THE BONDS OF MASS MISERY, WE PLEDGE OUR BEST EFFORTS TO HELP THEM HELP THEMSELVES."

  13. JFK’s New Frontier • JFK’s inner circle of advisors were Camelot and JFK was viewed as “Lancelot” • Endeared by the public, Hollywood and the media • But Conservatives road-blocked JFK’s New Frontier domestic proposals • He did get tariff barriers and taxes lowered and along w/ space race and military spending –it stimulated the economy

  14. JOHN F. KENNEDY INHERITED A PLANNED INVASION OF CUBA FROM THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION many referred to JFK as a sort of “Lancelot” because of his heroic qualities Break for video

  15. Bay of Pigs Debacle (1961)

  16. CUBAN EXILES INVADING CUBA TRAINED WHO WERE TRAINED BY US CIA, APRIL 1961

  17. THE BAY OF PIGS INVASION WAS A FAILURE AND ALL THE CUBAN EXILE INVASION FORCE WAS EITHER KILLED OR CAPTURED BY CASTRO’S ARMY. THE SUCCESS OF THE INVASION DEPENDED ON AN ANTI-CASTRO UPRISING AMONGST THE CUBAN POPULATION-IT NEVER HAPPENED CASTRO’S FORCES ON THE MARCH CASTRO’S AIR FORCE DESTROYED THE INVADING SHIPS

  18. Vienna, June 1961 Khrushchev & JFK meet to discuss Berlin and nuclear proliferation. Khrushchev thinks that JFK is young, inexperienced, and can be taken advantage of, but JFK held his own.

  19. TENSIONS ROSE DURING THE REMAINDER OF1961. ON AUGUST 13th EAST GERMANY BEGAN PREPARING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BERLIN WALL AND ON SEPTEMBER 1 THE USSR RESUMED ATMOSPHERIC TESTING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

  20. The Berlin Wall Goes Up (1961) CheckpointCharlie

  21. Ich bin ein Berliner! I AM A BERLINER(1963) President Kennedy tells Berliners that the USA is determined to keep Berlin free!

  22. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM U.S. SPY PLANES LEFT NO DOUBT THAT THE RUSSIANS WERE INSTALLING NUCLEAR MISSILES IN CUBA AIMED AT THE U.S.

  23. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) • DECLASSIFIED 1962 MAP SHOWING THE DISTANCES NUCLEAR ARMED MISSILES WOULD GO IF FIRED FROM CUBA. • ALMOST ALL MAJOR US POPULATION CENTERS WERE WITHIN RANGE. • MAPS LIKE THIS CONVINCED JFK THAT THE SOVIET MISSILES MUST BE REMOVED FROM CUBA.

  24. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) JFK HAD TWO CHOICES OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION IN CUBA: FIRST: HE COULD ORDER AIRSTRIKES ON THE MISSILE SITES IN CUBA AND RISK AN ALL OUT NUCLEAR WAR WITH THE USSR SECOND: HE COULD ORDER A NAVAL BLOCKADE QUARANTINE AND STOP SOVIET SHIPS FROM BRINGING IN MISSILES AND OTHER EQUIPMENT. NO ONE KNEW HOW THE RUSSIANS WOULD REACT TO THIS. HE CHOSE THE NAVAL BLOCKADE QUARANTINE

  25. OCTOBER 27, 1962: THE SOVIET SHIP GROZNY CROSSES THE QUARANTINE LINE, BUT STOPS AFTER U.S. NAVY SHIPS FIRE STAR SHELLS ACROSS HER BOW. PHOTOS OF US SHIPS ENFORCNG THE QUARANTINE AND (LEFT) SHADOWING A SOVIET SUBMARINE

  26. The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

  27. Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) We went eyeball-to-eyeball with the Russians, and the other man blinked!

  28.   KHRUSHCHEV GAVE IN TO US PRESSURE AND REMOVED SOVIET MISSILES FROM CUBA FOR A US PROMISE NOT TO INVADE CUBA. MISSILES BEING LOADED ON SOVIET SHIPS FOR RETURN TO THE SOVIET UNION SOVIET CARGO SHIP LEAVING CUBA WITH MISSILES VISIBLE ABOVE THE DESK

  29. But We have newer information lately • The USA promised to remove its Nuclear missiles in Turkey if the Russians removed the Cuban Missiles • Did the Missile Crisis as well as the numerous assassination attempts on Castro by the CIA influence Castro to order Kennedy assassinated? • Break for Video: Poisoned Dreams

  30. JFK Assassination theories • Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone • The Russians hired Oswald • Castro’s agents met w/ Oswald in Mexico City before the assassination and hired him to kill JFK • The CIA killed him • J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI had him killed • Cuban exiles had him killed after he failed to help at the Bay of Pigs

  31. JFK Assassination theories • The mafia killed him b/c his brother Bobby or RFK was cracking down on them • A mafia boss who was dating Marilyn Monroe had JFK killed b/c he was jealous • LBJ had him killed b/c he wanted to be president • The craziest one of them all is that JFK was killed b/c he was going to reveal to the world that the Bilderburger Group was really ruling the world

  32. Vietnam War: 1965-1973

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