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“APR 21-22, 1960: [Ambassador] Pedro Martinez Fraga sends a letter to Ricardo Lorie and Manuel Art\u00edme, regarding contacts with the CIA-referred to as \u2018Group B,\u2019 and \u2018Mr. B\u2019 on political, economic and military support preparing a political memorandum for MRR [Movimiento de Recuperaci\u00f3n Revolucionaria<\/em>-Revolutionary Recovery Movement] to present. The letter states that the CIA has requested a meeting in New York the following week; Martinez Fraga recommends preparing a political manifesto to present to the Agency.\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":"

“APR 21-22, 1960: [Ambassador] Pedro Martinez Fraga sends a letter to Ricardo Lorie and Manuel Art\u00edme, regarding contacts with the CIA-referred to as \u2018Group B,\u2019 and \u2018Mr. B\u2019 on political, economic and military support preparing a political memorandum for MRR [Movimiento de Recuperaci\u00f3n Revolucionaria-Revolutionary Recovery Movement] to present. The letter states that the CIA has […]<\/p>\n

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