FREEDOM FIGHTERS RENDEZVOUS NEAR CUBA
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On April 16, 1961, a force of anti-Castro Cubans trained by the Central Intelligence Agency made rendezvous 40 miles from the southern coast of Cuba. The force had set sail on five freighters from Nicaragua.
The Freedom Fighters' destination was the Bay of Pigs. The objective was the overthrow of Fidel Castro. The plan had its beginning in the Eisenhower administration.
President John F. Kennedy, with less than three months experience as Commander-n-chief, gave his approval of the operation.
When Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. asked the President what he thought about the plan, JFK answered...
"I think about it as little as possible."
Bahia de Cochinos, 1961
by PeterWD, 2011
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