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Bay of Pigs Invasion

The mock diversionary Landing

Monday Apr 17, 1961
Bahía Honda, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba

During the night of 16/17 April, a mock diversionary landing was organized by CIA operatives near Bahía Honda, Pinar del Río Province. A flotilla containing equipment that broadcast sounds and other effects of a shipborne invasion landing provided the source of Cuban reports that briefly lured Fidel Castro away from the Bay of Pigs battlefront area.


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