A deep dive into one aspect of how the 1961 #BayOfPigs invasion was handled or rather mishandled— keeping the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., #AdlaiStevenson , in the dark on all aspects of what was going on— highlights both the dangers and the consequences of extreme
Today in history🔥
Nov 29 1961 After the failure of the #BayofPigs invasion #CIA Director Dulles resigns & is replaced by John #McCone
John McCone was born in #SanFrancisco , CA
He was the director of the CIA under John F Kennedy. Many believe JFK was assassinated by the CIA👀
#BayofPigs में 62 वर्ष पूर्व आज ही के दिन क्यूबा ☭ की फ़ौज ने अमेरिकी ख़ुफ़िया एजेंसी CIA को करारी शिकस्त दी थी। फ़िदेल कास्त्रो को सत्ता से हटाने के इस प्रयास में अमेरिकी सरकार की किरकिरी को दर्शाता यह पोस्टर लजावाब है 👇
Miami journalist #HalHendrix , who had a close, longstanding relationship with the #CIA and always seemed to have the inside track on stories from Latin America (especially #Cuba ), criricized Attorney General #RobertKennedy in early 1963 for his claim that the #BayOfPigs invaders
Some early press on the organization of the #BayOfPigs investigation, highlighting the role of #RobertKennedy in leading the probe that would “establish what went wrong within the Central Intelligence Agency…”
(Newsday, 4/25/1961.)
R.D. Shea’s memo of an interview with #DavidSanchezMorales of the #CIA ’s Miami station, JM/WAVE. Within two months of the #BayOfPigs operation, Morales had started to reorganize and train the Agency-approved anti- #Castro Cuban exiles who survived that operation.
A revalidation of Socialism as a path to defend Cuba’s rights resulted on Tuesday in the commemoration of the proclamation of the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution, led by President Miguel Díaz-Canel.
#anniversary #BayofPigs #ceremony #Cuba #DiazCanel #militia #PlayaGiron
Interesting artifact from the lesser-known but important #Watergate investigation by the #NedziCommittee : the prime instigator of #HowardHunt spying on the Barry Goldwater presidential campaign in 1964 was Hunt’s old colleague in the #Guatemala and #BayOfPigs ops at #CIA , Tracy
