{"id":2045,"date":"1960-08-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1960-08-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2045"},"modified":"1960-08-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1960-08-18T00:00:00","slug":"1058181960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/08\/18\/1058181960\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/18\/1960"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;AUG 18, 1960: President [Dwight D.] Eisenhower approves a budget of $13 million for the covert anti-Castro operation, as well as the use of the Department of Defense personnel and equipment. However, it is specified at this time that no United States military personnel are to be used in a combat status.\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;AUG 18, 1960: President [Dwight D.] Eisenhower approves a budget of $13 million for the covert anti-Castro operation, as well as the use of the Department of Defense personnel and equipment. However, it is specified at this time that no United States military personnel are to be used in a combat status.\u201d &#8220;The Bay of [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/08\/18\/1058181960\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 8\/18\/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-2045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2071,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/10\/26\/13110261960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2045,"position":0},"title":"10\/26\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"October 26, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"OCT 26, 1960: The press officer for the Guatemalan president admits that there are military personnel in more than twenty fincas [farm\/estate] in the country but denies they are related to any invasion of Cuba. Their purpose is to \u2018respond to any eventual attack by Fidelista guerrillas.\u2019\u201d \"The Bay of\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":2056,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/10\/07\/1161071960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2045,"position":1},"title":"10\/7\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"October 7, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"OCT 7, 1960: Ra\u00fal Roa, Cuba's Foreign Minister, denounces U.S. plans to invade Cuba, based on intelligence information obtained by Cuba's security services: \u2018In the Finca Helvetia, located in the municipality of El Palmer, adjoining the departments of Retalhuleu and Quetzaltenango, acquired recently by Roberto Alejos, brother of the Guatemalan\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":2008,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/02\/18\/672181960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2045,"position":2},"title":"2\/18\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"February 18, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"FEB 18, 1960: A plane trying to bomb the central Espa\u00f1a, Matanzas province, explodes in mid-air. 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