TSP-SEG-R-ET March 4 i9 63 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT Mr Donovan's Trip to Cuba At Mr Bundy's requelt I passed to Bob Hurwitch the following Presidential reactions to the attached memorandum l The President does not agree that we should make the breaking of Sine Soviet tiee a non-negotiable point We don't want to present Castro with a condition that he obviously cannot fulfill We should start thinking along more flexible lines 2 Donovan should resist taking his week-iong walk along the beach with Castro until we have had a chance to give Donovan a very good briefing We may want to give Donovan some flies to dangle in front of Castro 3 The above must be kept close to the vest The President himself is very interested in this one Gordon Chase LY