He recalls vividly watching the Ed Sullivan show one Sunday night when Sullivan brought Castro on stage, embraced him and presented him as the George Washington of Cuba, and contrasts that with what followed in Cuba.
Date (happened)
c. January 1959
probable
- c. January 1959
- c. January 1959
Place
No place
Persons
Told / reported
- 23 January 1964
- 23 January 1964
Sources
Source
- No Other Foundation ¶48 (Ed Sullivan still goes on because people have very short memories. But I saw it vividly and recall it, he brought him on and put his arms around him and embraced him as “the George Washington of Cuba.”)
Attested in 1 lecture
| Date | Lecture or book | Telling | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964-01-23 [exact/certain/final] | No Other Foundation | Take a simple little thing like here in Cuba…they all say to the world…don’t you recall Ed Sullivan’s picture? He brought him on the stage on a Sunday night. Ed Sullivan still goes on because people have very short memories. But I saw it vividly and recall it, he brought him on and put his arms around him and embraced him as “the George Washington of Cuba.” He embraced him, and there he hugged him before the whole vast country because Sullivan has a huge rating…and here is the George Washington of the country. He went off to Washington and he rode with Mr. Eisenhower, and he met all of the… | 531019 |