“[AUG 5, 1960] The Cuban government passes a law to nationalize U.S. businesses: the Cuban Electricity Company, the telephone company, petrol refineries, and 36 sugar refineries with an approximate value of 800 million pesos.” “The Bay of Pigs Invasion/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,” The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu […]
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8/1/1960
“AUG 1, 1960: The Cuban representative at the OAS [Organization of American States] presents a memorandum detailing U.S. acts of aggression against the people and government of Cuba…” “The Bay of Pigs Invasion/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,” The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu […]
7/23/1960
“JUL 23, 1960: CIA Director [Allen] Dulles briefs Senator John F. Kennedy, who is running for president, at Hyannis Port on Cape Cod. The meeting on intelligence matters lasts two and a half hours and includes a description of the training of Cuban exiles for operations against the Castro government.” “The Bay of Pigs Invasion/Playa […]
7/21/1960
“JUL 21, 1960: CIA headquarters sends a cable to Havana regarding an upcoming meeting between a Cuban volunteer agent and Raul Castro. The cable states that ‘Possible removal top three leaders is receiving serious consideration at HQS,’ enquiring whether the Cuban agent is sufficiently motivated to risk arranging an accident for Raul Castro, and offering […]
7/12/1960
“JUL 12, 1960: The National Office of the MRR [Movimiento de Recuperacion Revolutionaria-Revolutionary Recovery Movement] in Havana decides to send [national coordinator Francisco] Gutierrez to the U.S. to address internal divisions in the U.S.-based section of the organization at plenary meeting in Miami.” “The Bay of Pigs Invasion/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,” The National […]
7/6/1960
“06.07.60…Based on the powers bestowed by the Sugar Act of 1948, as amended, President [Dwight D.] Eisenhower set the Cuban sugar quota for 1960 at 39,752 tons, plus the sugar certified for entry before 3 July 1960, which had not entered the U.S. market yet or was warehoused for consumption. Such measure contained in Presidential […]
7/5/1960
“EARLY JULY 1960: Exile forces being trained on Ussepa Island [Florida] are transferred to bases in Guatemala. They are taken to the Finca Helevetia owned by the Alejos brothers. There, ‘Mr. Karl,’ the CIA official in charge of the training, meets this group of exiles. Three Americans, Bill, Bob and Nick, are in charge of […]
6/29/1960
“29.06.60 American companies Texaco, Esso and Shell, Cuba’s longstanding oil suppliers, cut their oil supply and refused to refine the crude oil imported from the USSR, as a result of the pressures exerted by the U.S. government.” “Dwight D. Eisenhower (R), Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s Website, 2007 […]
6/21/1960
“JUN 21, 1960: Over Radio Mambi, a Cuban government station, Castro government officials charge that a counterrevolutionary radio station, supported by U.S. dollars, is now broadcasting on Swan island.” “The Bay of Pigs Invasion/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,” The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu […]
5/26/1960
“26.05.60 The U.S. Embassy in Havana issued a note advising that the Mutual Security Act of 1960 provides that no assistance will be given to Cuba unless the President determines that it is a matter of U.S. national and hemispheric interest.” “Dwight D. Eisenhower (R), Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s Website, 2007 […]