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The Special Group authorizes use of Special Forces to train the Strike Force, the use of an airstrip at Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, and supply missions&#8230;A seven-week training program begins in Guatemala with approximately 575 to 600 troops\u2026\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 8, 1960: The CIA Task Force presents the new paramilitary concept to the Special Group. The Special Group authorizes use of Special Forces to train the Strike Force, the use of an airstrip at Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, and supply missions&#8230;A seven-week training program begins in Guatemala with approximately 575 to 600 troops\u2026\u201d &#8220;The Bay [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/12\/08\/1441281960\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 12\/8\/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-2084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2012,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1960\/03\/17\/733171960\/","url_meta":{"origin":2084,"position":0},"title":"3\/17\/1960","author":"AmarkData","date":"March 17, 1960","format":false,"excerpt":"\"On approving a document titled \u2018A Program of Covert Action Against the Castro Regime\u2019, March 17, 1960, US President Dwight David Eisenhower established a strategy aimed at overthrowing the young Cuban Revolution as his administration\u2019s official policy. 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