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''We were exhausted and depressed. All our hopes of freeing Cuba were by the wayside. We didn't understand why the U.S. air power had not shown up,'' Muir said.
They were sold out by the Administration in power at the time.
Months later, the $62M in food, medicine and other aid that an embarrased and chagrined Administration sent to win the release of these men, was shipped directly from Cuba to the USSR. Nary a penny of this humanitarian aid was seen by the Cuban people.
JD thanks for posting the article. It brought back many memories. I was a young lad in Havana, when these events, including the televised monkey trials, took place.
Even though the article brings back painful memories, it is important to remember what happened back in 1962.
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