JFK MEETS WITH IKE AFTER BAY OF PIGS FAILURE
Camp David, Maryland (JFK+50) On April 22, 1961, President John F. Kennedy conferred with former president Dwight D. Eisenhower here at Camp David. The meeting took place just days after the ill-fated invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs.
According to Jim Rasenberger, Ike "peppered Kennedy with questions."
Were all opposing views aired in pre-invasion meetings?
Were changes made to the initial plans and if so, why?
Did the Joint Chiefs approve of the changes?
When President Kennedy expressed the necessity of keeping the role of the United States in the invasion secret, Mr. Eisenhower responded...
"How could you expect the world to believe that we had nothing to do with it?"
SOURCE
"Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba," by Jim Rasenberger, Scribner, New York, 2011.
