Difference between revisions of "Bay of Pigs Invasion"
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| − | |description=A failed attempt to invade Cuba by the CIA. | + | |description=A probably deliberately failed attempt to invade [[Cuba]] by the CIA. This was very possibly an attempt to entrap JFK into full scale military action against Cuba. |
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When [[Richard Nixon]] refers to the "Bay of Pigs" many historians have conjectured that he was actually referring to the [[JFK Assassination]]. | When [[Richard Nixon]] refers to the "Bay of Pigs" many historians have conjectured that he was actually referring to the [[JFK Assassination]]. | ||
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Revision as of 13:17, 15 April 2019
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| Date | May 20 1961 |
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| Exposed by | Tad Szulc |
| Interest of | Theodore Achilles, Jacob Esterline |
| Description | A probably deliberately failed attempt to invade Cuba by the CIA. This was very possibly an attempt to entrap JFK into full scale military action against Cuba. |
Operational details
Jacob Esterline was a key organiser. He had second thoughts about it and wanted to resign, but was persuaded not to by the CIA Deputy Director for Plans, Richard M. Bissell Jr.[citation needed]
Failure
Fletcher Prouty reports that an investigation into the failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion by John F. Kennedy determined that the key operational error was a failure to destroy all of the Cuban planes, which allowed them to destroy the supply boats for the invaders. This was traced to a miscommunication by McGeorge Bundy.[1]
Euphemistic use
When Richard Nixon refers to the "Bay of Pigs" many historians have conjectured that he was actually referring to the JFK Assassination.
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| File:CrimeSoImmense.pdf | article | 2000 | James K. Galbraith | |
| File:The Secret Team.pdf | book | 1973 | Fletcher Prouty | An unauthorised history of the CIA from its origins to the Kennedy assassination. Prouty suggested that the assassination was a coup d'état to stop the President from taking control of the CIA after the Bay of Pigs disaster. He also points out that the movement of Kennedy after a bullet struck his head was consistent with a shot from the grassy knoll. He also drew attention to the suspicious actions of the "Umbrella Man". |
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