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At his press conference President Kennedy said there has been "no influx" of Russian weapons into Cuba since Khrushchev withdrew his offensive missiles. By the "best information we have," said Kennedy, only one Soviet ship that might have carried military cargo has arrived in Cuba since then, and "there is no evidence that this ship carried any offensive weapons." But after a briefing by Secretary of State Dean Rusk and CIA Chief John A. McCone, Mississippi Democrat John Stennis announced that his Senate Preparedness Subcommittee will investigate the "buildup of military might in Cuba."
Despite the impressive cold war victory that Kennedy scored when Khrushchev called back the missiles, Castro's Cuba, both past and present, remains a heavy burden upon the Administration. And instead of lightening that burden, Bobby Kennedy's comments on the Bay of Pigs only revived grim memories and nagging doubts that had begun to fade.