Bay of Pigs Invasion

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Event.png Bay of Pigs Invasion  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
DateMay 20 1961 00:00:00 - Present
Exposed byTad Szulc
Interest ofTheodore Achilles, Jacob Esterline
DescriptionA failed attempt to invade Cuba by the CIA.

Operational details

Jacob Esterline was a key organiser. He has second thoughts about it and wanted to resign, but was persuaded not to by the CIA Deputy Director for Plans, Richard M. Bissell Jr.

Euphemistic use

When Richard Nixon refers to the "Bay of Pigs" many historians have conjectured that he was actually referring to the JFK Assassination.


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