He told French reporter Jean Daniel, who was on his way to Cuba: "I believe that there is no country in the world including any and all the countries under colonial domination, where economic colonization, humiliation and exploitation were worse than in Cuba, in part owing to my country's policies during the Batista regime. . . .
Kennedy wathi mayelana Cuba and Batista ukuthi "Ngikholelwa ukuthi akukho izwe emhlabeni kubandakanya noma iyiphi futhi wonke amazwe ngaphansi kokubuswa abaphathi bamakoloni, lapho ezomnotho ikoloni, ukululazeka nokuxhashazwa zase mubi kakhulu eCuba, ngokwengxenye ngenxa izinqubomgomo lizwe wami ngesikhathi batista umbuso.