{"id":2116,"date":"1961-01-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1961-01-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2116"},"modified":"1961-01-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1961-01-25T00:00:00","slug":"1761251961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/01\/25\/1761251961\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/25\/1961"},"content":{"rendered":"

“JAN 25, 1961: President [John F.] Kennedy meets with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the White House. According to a memorandum on the meeting, Gen. [Lyman] Lemnitzer [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff] tells the President that in light of the \u2018shipment of heavy new military equipment from Czechoslovakia-30,000 tons or more-clandestine forces are not strong enough. [The U.S.] must increase the size of this force and this creates very difficult problems. What is required is a basic expansion of plans.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

“The Bay of Pigs Invasion\/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,” The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“JAN 25, 1961: President [John F.] Kennedy meets with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the White House. According to a memorandum on the meeting, Gen. [Lyman] Lemnitzer [Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff] tells the President that in light of the \u2018shipment of heavy new military equipment from Czechoslovakia-30,000 tons or more-clandestine forces […]<\/p>\n

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