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What of New York? Doesn't New York City have more Puerto Ricans then the island itself?

Hell, gubernatorial candidates often campaign in New York, since it's expected for people to fly home to vote.

So, will Puerto Rico be America's Ireland?
 
What of New York? Doesn't New York City have more Puerto Ricans then the island itself?

Hell, gubernatorial candidates often campaign in New York, since it's expected for people to fly home to vote.

So, will Puerto Rico be America's Ireland?

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Excerpt from Voice Tape (November 5, 1950)​

Barkley: What's the status of the 153rd?

Marshall: Lieutenant Colonel Hall says the situation hasn't changed in Arecibo. Local police and National Guard picked up some Nationalist fliers, but no violent activities.

Barkley: Have there been any incidents within the Army?

Marshall: Yes, sir, I've been getting reports of increased indiscipline.

Barkley: Governor Dewey's complained about problems in the Bronx, robberies and assaults in Puerto Rican areas.

Marshall: It's not like we can afford to send more troops back home, Mr President. Governor Dewey is going to have to deal with it with his own resources.

Barkley: The prisoners.

Marshall: Sir?

Barkley: How are the Nationalists treating them?

Marshall: We don't have much information on that. We have to hope that if they don't have some humanity left, then they will at least see the lack of reason in harming them.

Barkley: And what of the counter-offensive?

Marshall: I think we still need to prepare, sir.

Barkley: If I set a date, would you be able to abide by it?

Marshall: I'm not sure, Mr President.

Barkley: Well, you have a day to come up with a date of your own. That's all.

Marshall: Very well, Mr President.
 
Excerpt from Voice Tape (Nov. 6, 1950)​

Barkley: The Eleventh

Bradley: Yes, sir, we'd think that'd be the best time.

Barkley: I think it's safe to say that we outnumber whatever force the Nationalists amassed in San Juan.

Bradley: Yes, sir, but they've well entrenched themselves, and we fear that they may have been plating some of the roads.

Barkley: With explosive devices?

Bradley: That's right.

Marshall: There's also the matter of the prisoners, Mr President.

Barkley: President Truman was assassinated by members of their movement. I have no intention of waiting another four days, when we have already deployed a regiment down from Florida!

Marshall: We may have to.

Barkley: I want no further delays.

Bradley: We will see to it.
 
Excerpt from Mr Conservative: A Biography of Robert A. Taft by James T. Patterson​
"Senator Taft rightfully put aside all politics following Truman's assassination. Speaking to reporters in Columbus, he decried the event as "infamous, shocking, and forever ingrained in the minds of all good Americans.

"However, after the fall of Fort Buchanan to the Nationalists, he began to grow frustrated with the slow response of President Barkley. He said, 'caution is all in order, but when American firepower greatly exceeds those armaments which the so-called Nationalists have so amassed, I think that an immediate strike is not out of question.'

"He was not the most vocal critic of the Administration's inaction, however. Senator McCarthy, naturally, railed the 'obvious' Soviet conspiracy which has perpetrated the rebellion in Puerto Rico, and which has through their 'agent' General Marshall sabotaged the government's response.

"Regardless, the respectable Taft was the speaker for the initiatives of Senate Republicans. He telephoned the White House, wrote letters, talked to the press, so as to engage President Barkley in any way.

"Some members of his staff urged him to use the situation to attack the Korean War, as it has diverted resources away from the hot-bed of Puerto Rico to a 'useless' anti-Communist war abroad. However, he outright refused.

"On some level, at least, the Ohio Senator knew that it would be his actions then which would stand the test of time..."
 
Excerpt from Voice Tape (Nov. 10, 1950)​

Barkley: Hello?

Marshall (Over Phone): Mr President, there's a problem.

Barkley: What's happened now?

Marshall (Over Phone): Some rebels have launched an attack on Arecibo.

Barkley: And?

Marshall (Over Phone): They've been taken care of, mostly. We may need to start the offensive a bit early.

Barkley: You have my authorization.

Marshall (Over Phone): Yes, Mr President.
 
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