{"id":2080,"date":"1960-11-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1960-11-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2080"},"modified":"1960-11-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1960-11-29T00:00:00","slug":"14011291960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/11\/29\/14011291960\/","title":{"rendered":"11\/29\/1960"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;NOV 29, 1960: President [Dwight D.] Eisenhower meets with key aides from the State, Treasury, and Defense departments, CIA, and the White House. He expresses his unhappiness about the general situation: \u2018Are we being sufficiently imaginative and bold, subject to not letting our hand appear; and &#8230;are we doing the things we are doing, effectively?\u2019 State Department Acting Secretary [C. Douglas] Dillon voices the department&#8217;s concern that the operation is no longer secret but is known all over Latin America and has been discussed in U.N. circles. President Eisenhower states he thinks, \u2018we should be prepared to take more chances and be more aggressive\u2019\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 29, 1960: President [Dwight D.] Eisenhower meets with key aides from the State, Treasury, and Defense departments, CIA, and the White House. He expresses his unhappiness about the general situation: \u2018Are we being sufficiently imaginative and bold, subject to not letting our hand appear; and &#8230;are we doing the things we are doing, effectively?\u2019 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/11\/29\/14011291960\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 11\/29\/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-2080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2023,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/05\/13\/835131960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2080,"position":0},"title":"5\/13\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"May 13, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"MAY 13, 1960: President [Dwight D.] Eisenhower meets with his advisers to discuss what to do about General [Rafael] Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. The conversation touches upon dealing with [Fidel] Castro. Eisenhower comments that he would like to see Castro and Trujillo \u2018both sawed off.\u2019\u201d \"The Bay of Pigs\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":2083,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/12\/07\/1431271960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2080,"position":1},"title":"12\/7\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"December 7, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"DEC 7, 1960: President [Dwight D.] \u00a0Eisenhower responds to [Secretary of State] Doug Dillon's December 2, memo. He grants approval for reorganization of the Cuba program, but wants to clarify that; \u2018Mr. [Ambassador Whiting] Willauer should have a position directly subordinate to the Secretary of State for so long as\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":2087,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/12\/16\/14812161960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2080,"position":2},"title":"12\/16\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"December 16, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"16.12.60. Based on the powers bestowed under the Sugar Act of 1948, the President of the United States [Dwight D. Eisenhower] issued Presidential Proclamation 3383 (25 FR 13131) suspending the Cuban sugar quota for the first quarter of 1961.\u201d [Pro Embargo] \u201cDwight D. 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