{"id":2081,"date":"1960-12-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1960-12-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2081"},"modified":"1960-12-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1960-12-02T00:00:00","slug":"1411221960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/12\/02\/1411221960\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/2\/1960"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;DEC 2, 1960: Acting Secretary of State [C Douglas] Dillon informs President [Dwight D.] Eisenhower that the 5412 Group has decided that a senior official in the State Department and a senior officer in CIA should work full time to better organize the government&#8217;s \u2018total program with respect to Cuba.\u2019 Whiting Whitauer and Tracy Barnes are suggested to fill the roles and the 5412 Group (\u2026 [Chairmain of the CIA, Allen Welsh] Dulles, [National Security Advisor, Gordon] Gray, [Acting Secretary of Defense, James] Douglas, and [Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Livingston T.] Merchant) recommends that it \u2018intensify its general supervision of the covert operation.\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;DEC 2, 1960: Acting Secretary of State [C Douglas] Dillon informs President [Dwight D.] Eisenhower that the 5412 Group has decided that a senior official in the State Department and a senior officer in CIA should work full time to better organize the government&#8217;s \u2018total program with respect to Cuba.\u2019 Whiting Whitauer and Tracy Barnes [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/12\/02\/1411221960\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 12\/2\/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-2081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2080,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/11\/29\/14011291960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2081,"position":0},"title":"11\/29\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"November 29, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"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 ...are we doing 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":2083,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/12\/07\/1431271960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2081,"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":2073,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/10\/31\/13310311960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2081,"position":2},"title":"10\/31\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"October 31, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"OCT 31, 1960: Cable from CIA Headquarters to senior agency officer in Guatemala outlines plan for amphibious invasion of Cuba by assault force of at least 1,500 men who will receive conventional military training.\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":2121,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/01\/28\/1811281961\/","url_meta":{"origin":2081,"position":3},"title":"1\/28\/1961","author":"AmarkData","date":"January 28, 1961","format":false,"excerpt":"\"JAN 28, 1961: [President John F.] Kennedy receives his first briefing as President on the Cuban operation in a meeting attended by Vice President Lyndon B. 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