{"id":2078,"date":"1960-11-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1960-11-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2078"},"modified":"1960-11-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1960-11-18T00:00:00","slug":"13811181960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/11\/18\/13811181960\/","title":{"rendered":"11\/18\/1960"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;NOV 18, 1960: CIA Director [Allen Welsh] Dulles and Deputy Director for Plans [Richard] Bissell visit President-elect [John F] Kennedy in Palm Beach and brief him on the plan to overthrow [Fidel] Castro.\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;NOV 18, 1960: CIA Director [Allen Welsh] Dulles and Deputy Director for Plans [Richard] Bissell visit President-elect [John F] Kennedy in Palm Beach and brief him on the plan to overthrow [Fidel] Castro.\u201d &#8220;The Bay of Pigs Invasion\/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,&#8221; The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/11\/18\/13811181960\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 11\/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-2078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2038,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/07\/23\/987231960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2078,"position":0},"title":"7\/23\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"July 23, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"JUL 23, 1960: CIA Director [Allen] Dulles briefs Senator John F. 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