“OCT 26, 1960: The press officer for the Guatemalan president admits that there are military personnel in more than twenty fincas [farm/estate] in the country but denies they are related to any invasion of Cuba. Their purpose is to ‘respond to any eventual attack by Fidelista guerrillas.’” “The Bay of Pigs Invasion/Playa Giron: A Chronology […]
10/25/1960
“OCT 25, 1960: in its Havana headquarters, the FRD [Frente Revolucionario Democratico-Cuban Revolutionary Democratic Front] drafts an operational blueprint for overthrowing [Fidel] Castro. The document suggests that some arms have arrived and others are expected. It lists the first resistance goal as liberating Pinar del Río; ‘commando actions’ in Havana are also planned ‘producing unrest […]
10/24/1960
“OCT 24, 1960: The Cuban Council of Ministers decrees the nationalization of another 166 U.S. businesses as a response to the aggressive measures of the U.S. against Cuba.” [Con Embargo] “The Bay of Pigs Invasion/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,” The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu […]
10/20/1960
“20.10.60 The Department of Commerce amended its Export Regulations and put in place stricter and tighter controls banning exports to Cuba, except for certain unsubsidized food items, and specified medicines and medical supplies.” [Pro Embargo] “Dwight D. Eisenhower (R), Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s Website, 2007 […]
10/19/1960
“1960; October 19. U.S. imposes a partial economic embargo on Cuba that excludes food and medicine.” [Pro Embargo] Jerry A. Sierra, “Economic Embargo Timeline,” HistoryofCuba.com […]
10/17/1960
“OCT 17, 1960: A Honduran deputy denounces the fact that 30 transport planes coming from the U.S. and bringing equipment to counterrevolutionary Cubans landed at various Guatemalan bases to be used in an attack against Cuba.” “The Bay of Pigs Invasion/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,” The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu […]
10/16/1960
“OCT 16 and 21, 1960: [John F.] Kennedy again attacks Eisenhower’s Cuba policy: ‘If you can’t stand up to [Fidel] Castro, how can you be expected to stand up to [Soviet Union’s First Secretary Nikita] Khrushchev?’ And five days later: ‘We must attempt to strengthen the non-Batista democratic anti-Castro forces in exile, and in Cuba […]
10/14/1960
“OCT 14, 1960: The United States issues a false fact sheet at the United Nations in response to Castro’s accusations before the General Assembly. The paper addresses the issue of Radio Swan: ‘There is a private commercial broadcasting station on the [Swan] islands, operated by the Gibraltar Steamship Company. The United States Government understands that […]
10/12/1960
“OCT 12, 1960: Five convicted internal resistance force members captured in Escambray are executed by firing squad. Eight others, including an American, Anthony Salvard, who landed in Bahía de Navas are also executed.” “The Bay of Pigs Invasion/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,” The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu […]
10/7/1960
“OCT 7, 1960: Raúl Roa, Cuba’s Foreign Minister, denounces U.S. plans to invade Cuba, based on intelligence information obtained by Cuba’s security services: ‘In the Finca Helvetia, located in the municipality of El Palmer, adjoining the departments of Retalhuleu and Quetzaltenango, acquired recently by Roberto Alejos, brother of the Guatemalan ambassador in the U.S. . […]