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Bay of Pigs Invasion

Telling President-elect John Kennedy about the outline plans

Friday Nov 18, 1960
U.S.

On 18 November 1960, Allen Dulles and Richard Bissell first briefed President-elect John Kennedy on the outline plans. Having experience in actions such as the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état, Dulles was confident that the CIA was capable of overthrowing the Cuban government.


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