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S2 Episode 10 - "Infinite Crisis"

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The Secret Relationship Between Fidel Castro and Lisa Howard

Fidel Castro and Lisa Howard discussed ways to restart U.S.-Cuba diplomacy after JFK's assassination in 1964. The pair deliberated on an off-the-record message to the White House, which they kept secret for 35 years. But efforts toward normalizing relations with Cuba were stalling out at the end of that year. A different back channel is set up in Spain and in France but it doesn't last long.

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