Attempts to establish a secret dialogue between the U.S. and Cuba in the 1960s
Journal Title: Eminak - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
This article deals with preconditions for creation and functioning of the back-channel system between Washington and Havana in the 1960s. The general description is given to U.S.-Cuban relations in the late 1950s – 1960s. There were analyzed the factors which influenced on the formation of the U.S. policy towards Cuba and determined the nature of its qualitative changes in the given period. The article is based on archival materials, which had recently opened for research. As a result of the research the author comes to the conclusion, that the process of establishing a secret dialogue between the U.S. and Cuba was difficult and had some special features. Due to the traditional views of Latin American policy, the United States missed the opportunity to normalize U.S.-Cuban relations after the Revolution in Cuba. It led to the severance of diplomatic relations and made it impossible to open dialogue to resolve the Cuban missile crisis in 1962. However, in the nuclear crisis, the leaders of both countries came to an understanding about the need to create a backchannel to reduce the degree of tension between Washington and Havana. In the context of the Cold war U.S.-Cuban dialogue could only be a secret. In 1963 was established the complex exchange system of secret messages between the American President and the Cuban leader. After the assassination of John F. Kennedy had been increased the anti-Cuban sentiment in the U.S. Because of it, the new President Lyndon Johnson refused to conduct secret negotiations with Fidel Castro and had not revised the main aspects of the U.S. Cuban policy.
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Kateryna Kasatkina
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