President Kennedy and Cuban Cigars

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy decided that the assassin and communist dictator Fidel Castro was a severe danger to the United States and a violator of basic human rights, so he decided to impose a total trade embargo with the country.

But there was one hitch, Kennedy was a big fan of Cuban cigars. Not to be left out in the cold without his beloved Cuban cigars, Kennedy called his press secretary, Pierre Salinger, into his office and told him to find one thousand H. Upmann Petit Coronas immediately. After a frantic search, Salinger returned the next day with almost twelve hundred of the Cuban cigars. Kennedy inspected his Cuban cigars, then reached into his desk and took out a long paper which he immediately signed. It was the decree banning all Cuban products from the United States. Cuban cigars were now illegal in our country. Later, Kennedy was to continue his enjoyment of Cuban cigars despite the embargo.

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