{"id":2025,"date":"1960-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1960-05-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2025"},"modified":"1960-05-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1960-05-14T00:00:00","slug":"855141960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/05\/14\/855141960\/","title":{"rendered":"5\/14\/1960"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;MAY 14, 1960: The New York Times reports that a new commercial radio station will begin broadcasting soon from Swan Island. The station, the Times reports, plans to broadcast nothing of greater international import than waltzes, Latin American music, and commercials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The Bay of Pigs Invasion\/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,&#8221; The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;MAY 14, 1960: The New York Times reports that a new commercial radio station will begin broadcasting soon from Swan Island. The station, the Times reports, plans to broadcast nothing of greater international import than waltzes, Latin American music, and commercials.\u201d &#8220;The Bay of Pigs Invasion\/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,&#8221; The National Security Archive, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/05\/14\/855141960\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 5\/14\/1960<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-2025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2015,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/04\/14\/754141960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2025,"position":0},"title":"4\/14\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"April 14, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"APR 14, 1960: At a National Security Council meeting, Eisenhower administration officials weigh options for broadcasting propaganda into Cuba. U.S. Information Agency [USIA] Director George Allen reports that USIA is considering establishing a Cuba-directed station in Florida and buying time on commercial stations there. Also under study is a proposal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2030,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/05\/24\/905241960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2025,"position":1},"title":"5\/24\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"May 24, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"MAY 24, 1960: CIA Director Allen Dulles updates the National Security Council on two semi-covert radio activities related to Cuba. He reports that \u2018several well-known Cuban refugees [are] purchasing time for anti-Castro broadcasts from a short-wave station in Cuba.\u2019 In addition, he announces that Radio Swan is now on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;quotes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2060,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/10\/14\/12010141960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2025,"position":2},"title":"10\/14\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"October 14, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"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: \u2018There is a private commercial broadcasting station on the [Swan] islands, operated by the Gibraltar Steamship Company. 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