U.S. CUBAN BASE
Eisenhower’s Policy WASHINGTON, November 1. President Eisenhower said in a statement today that the United States would “take whatever steps were appropriate” to defend its naval base at Guantanamo in south-east Cuba. The President said it was essential that the United States position in Guantanamo should be clearly understood.
He emphasised the importance of the base to the defence of the Western hemisphere, “particularly in the light of the intimate relations which now exist between the present Government of Cuba and the Sino-Soviet bloc.” The President also said that the United States had no intention of agreeing to the modification or abrogation of the arrangements under which it leased the Guantanamo naval base from Cuba.
The White House press secretary (Mr James Hagerty) told reporters that the President’s statement was a restatement of remarks made earlier by the Secretary of Defence (Mr Thomas Gates) and the Chief of Naval Operations (Admiral Arliegh Burke), about the determination of the United States to defend Guantanamo in the case of a bid by Cuba or others to seize it.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29352, 3 November 1960, Page 17
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