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Bay of Pigs invasion

Landing at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba on 17 April 1961 by Cuban exiles backed by the CIA, thwarted by Cuban troops.

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Dates
17 Apr 1961
Place
Bay of Pigs
Also known as
Bay of Pigs
Wikidata
Q191721

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  • Central Intelligence Agency Backed the exile force Primary record 1
  • Fidel Castro Cuba’s leader; the Church Committee says U.S. attempts to depose him began almost from the day he took power Primary record 1
  • Allen Dulles Director of Central Intelligence; left the post in November 1961 Primary record 2
  • John F. Kennedy President; said at a news conference that he was “the responsible officer of the government” Primary record 3

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  1. 17 Apr 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion
Proof 4 sources
  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.
    Almost from the day Castro took power in Cuba, the United States became the center of attempts to depose him.
    In November of that year, the United States Government decided that further such overt paramilitary operations were no longer feasible, and embarked on Operation MONGOOSE.
    April 15-17-Bay of Pigs invasion fails.
  2. “Our First Line of Defense”: Presidential Reflections on US Intelligence, John F. Kennedy 1961-63, Central Intelligence Agency, Center for the Study of Intelligence. Primary record
    the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 and the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. DCI Allen Dulles lost his job after the former
  3. The President’s News Conference of April 21, 1961, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, 21 Apr 1961. Primary record Archived copy
    I am the responsible officer of the government, and that is quite obvious
  4. 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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