John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “This is no time for retreat and defeat.”

I just say that there's no sense having a program if a man who is innocent of any intelligence mission, which is true in this case, is subjected to arrest without means of defense.

As you know, the American Ambassador--the United States Embassy has made six protests to the Soviet Government in the last 48 hours.

I have great confidence in General Harkins.

I think that is a very good motto for some of the rest of us.