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“JAN 25, 1960: President [Dwight D.] Eisenhower holds a conference to discuss the situation in Cuba. \u2018The President said that [Fidel] Castro begins to look like a madman.\u2019 Ambassador [Philip] Bonsal, also at the conference, adds, \u2018[Castro] is a very conspiratorial individual who tries to create the impression that he and Cuba are beleaguered. He is an extreme Leftist and is strongly anti-American.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

“The Bay of Pigs Invasion\/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,” The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“JAN 25, 1960: President [Dwight D.] Eisenhower holds a conference to discuss the situation in Cuba. \u2018The President said that [Fidel] Castro begins to look like a madman.\u2019 Ambassador [Philip] Bonsal, also at the conference, adds, \u2018[Castro] is a very conspiratorial individual who tries to create the impression that he and Cuba are beleaguered. He […]<\/p>\n

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