The Pros and Cons of President Johnson

After JFK's death, William Atwood left New York to take up his new station as ambassador to Kenya. Contact with Cuba became less frequent, and it became clear the US was backsliding. On February 1, 1964, Lisa Howard and her crew once again arrived in Havana. After spending two weeks together, Castro agreed to an interview with Howard that was taped on February 13, 1964. In his recorded comments, Fidel reiterated the same desire for peace that he had expressed in his interview with Lisa Howard the year before.