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Bay of Pigs

Bay on the south coast of Cuba where an invasion force of Cuban exiles landed in April 1961.

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Bahía de Cochinos
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  1. Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: Performance of the Intelligence Agencies, U.S. Senate, 1976. Primary record Archived copy
    In April 1961, a force of Cuban exiles and soldiers of fortune backed by the CIA, attempted an invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs.
    April 15-17-Bay of Pigs invasion fails.
  2. Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations, U.S. House of Representatives: Part I, Section C (findings and the investigation of possible conspirators), U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, 1979. Primary record
    It was launched on April 17, 1961, but it was thwarted by Cuban troops, said to have been commanded by Castro himself.
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