“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
“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
“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 training exile members in radio communications. The diary of an unidentified brigadista [brigade person] on a radio team describes a daily routine that beings at 6:45am with calisthenics and running. At 8:45, classes in radio and telegram communications are conducted; at noon lunch is held; classes resume at 2pm and end at 6pm; dinner at 7pm and then a free evening to listen to the Voice of America or WRUL [radio] in New York, and to sneak a drink since alcohol is prohibited at the camp.” [The 5th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
“The Bay of Pigs Invasion/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,” The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu
“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 Proclamation 3355 (25 FR 6414) meant a 700,000-ton deduction from the original quota of 3,119,655 tons; a figure that accounted for 95% of the remainder of tons to be exported to the United States that year, practically reducing such imports to naught.”
“Dwight D. Eisenhower (R), Timeline,” Cuba versus Blockade: Cuban People’s Website, 2007
“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 Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu
“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 $10,000 after successful completion. After the agent agrees to carry out the task, the CIA cancels the assignment.”
“The Bay of Pigs Invasion/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,” The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu
“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 Giron: A Chronology of Events,” The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu
“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
“[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
“AUG 1960: [CIA officer] Richard Bissell meets with Colonel Sheffield Edwards, director of the CIA’s Office of Security, and discusses with him ways to eliminate or assassinate Fidel Castro. Edwards proposes that the job be done by assassins hand-picked by the American underworld, specifically syndicate interests who have been driven out of their Havana gambling casinos by the Castro regime. Bissell gives Edwards the go-ahead to proceed. Between August 1960, and April 1961, the CIA with the help of the Mafia pursues a series of plots to poison or shot Castro. The CIA’s own internal report on these efforts states that these plots ‘were viewed by at least some of the participants as being merely one aspect of the over-all active effort to overthrow the regime that culminated in the Bay of Pigs.’” [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]
“The Bay of Pigs Invasion/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,” The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu