{"id":2034,"date":"1960-07-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1960-07-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2034"},"modified":"1960-07-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1960-07-05T00:00:00","slug":"94751960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/07\/05\/94751960\/","title":{"rendered":"7\/5\/1960"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;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, \u2018Mr. Karl,\u2019 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.\u201d [The 5th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.]<\/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;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, \u2018Mr. Karl,\u2019 the CIA official in charge of the training, meets this group of exiles. Three Americans, Bill, Bob and Nick, are in charge of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/07\/05\/94751960\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 7\/5\/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-2034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2032,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/06\/21\/926211960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2034,"position":0},"title":"6\/21\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"June 21, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"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.\u201d \"The Bay of Pigs Invasion\/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,\" The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu","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":2010,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/03\/15\/693151960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2034,"position":1},"title":"3\/15\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"March 15, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"MAR 1960: The CIA begins training 300 guerrillas, initially in the U.S. and the Canal Zone. Following an agreement with President [Miguel] Yd\u00edgoras [Fuentes] in June, training shifts to Guatemala. The CIA begins work to install a powerful radio station on Greater Swan Island, ninety seven miles off the coast\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":2014,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/03\/25\/743251960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2034,"position":2},"title":"3\/25\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"March 25, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"LATE MARCH 1960: David Atlee Phillips, a CIA contract employee who until recently had maintained a public-relations company in Havana, is selected by the CIA as chief of propaganda for the Cuba project. At operation headquarters in Washington, Phillips is told that the Cuba project will go by the Guatemala\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":2016,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/04\/15\/764151960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2034,"position":3},"title":"4\/15\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"April 15, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"MID APRIL 1960: David Phillips [Chief of Propaganda for CIA] meets with the CIA official in charge of the Cuba operation, Deputy Director for Plans Richard Bissell. When Bissell asks how long it will take to create the proper psychological climate, Phillips says it will take about six months. Bissell\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":2051,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/09\/14\/1119141960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2034,"position":4},"title":"9\/14\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"September 14, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"SEP 14, 1960: A Cuban government radio commentary charges that the United States is pirating long-wave frequencies belonging to Cuba and calls Radio Swan's broadcasts a new aggression of imperialistic North America.\u201d \"The Bay of Pigs Invasion\/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,\" The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu","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":2134,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/02\/12\/642121960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2034,"position":5},"title":"2\/12\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"February 12, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"FEB 12, 1961: The Voice of America [radio station] announces it will broadcast a series of anti-Castro radio programs, beginning with a documentary \u2018The Anatomy of a Broken Promise\u2019 which reviews Castro's pledges to hold elections and how these pledges were broken one by one.\u201d \"The Bay of Pigs Invasion\/Playa\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":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}