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NOTES
Chapter One: The Terrorist Next Door
1
William B. Breuer,
Vendetta! Fidel Castro and the Kennedy Brothers
(New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998), 1.
3
Herbert Matthews,
New York Times
, February 24, 1957.
4
This quote comes from a letter written by Fidel Castro to Celia Sanchez, quoted in
Fidel Castro on the United States; Selected Statements, 1958–2003
, Hans de Salas-del Valle, ed. This letter is no major secret; to this day it forms a major exhibit in Havana’s very own
Museo de la Revolución
.
5
This quote comes from Juanita Castro’s testimony to the House Committee on Un-American Activities, June 11, 1965.
6
This quote comes from a secret telegram from then U.S. ambassador to Cuba Philip Bonsal to Secretary of State Christian Herter on June 16, 1960. This telegram was declassified only on December 14, 2002. Exact quote from telegram: “Raul Castro stated the following in confidence to Faure Chaumont, Cuban Ambassador to USSR, and to Interior Minister Jose Naranjo, as he was planning a trip to USSR to seek a military assistance pact including nuclear weapons. Chaumont told a confidant that Raul said
‘my dream is to drop three atom bombs on New York. ’” Gringos In the Revolution 1956–62
, Paul Wolf, ed.
8
Andrew Tully,
White Tie and Dagger; How Foreign Embassies Spy On the U.S.
(New York: Pocket, 1968), 76.
11
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
, March 21, 2004.
13
Iranian Press Service, May 10, 2001.
15
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, January 16, 2005.
16
Granma International
, Havana, January 17, 2005.
17
From “The Last Revolutionary,” Dan Rather’s interview of Fidel Castro, CBS News, July 18, 1996.
19
Marc Morano, “Critics Assail Fidel Castro’s ‘Sickening’ Grip on Hollywood Celebs,”
www.cnsnews.com
, December 17, 2002.
20
Arnold Beichman, “Mona Charen Exposes Menace of Senseless Liberals,”
Human Events
, February 17, 2003.
21
“Castro: The Great Survivor,” BBC News, October 19, 2000.
22
“Poster Killer,”
The Spectator
, January 19, 2005.