{"id":2122,"date":"1961-01-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1961-01-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2122"},"modified":"1961-01-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1961-01-30T00:00:00","slug":"1821301961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/01\/30\/1821301961\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/30\/1961"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;JAN 30, 1961: \u2026Jake Esterline [CIA specialist] attends a briefing given by Colonel Jack Hawkins [US Marine Corps] and members of the [deleted] PM Section to Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, Admiral Wright, General Bull, and General Barnes in preparation for the January 32 briefing of designees of the Chairman of the JCS [Joint Chiefs of Staff]. The briefing, presented in a special CIA Bay of Pigs task force \u2018war room,\u2019 emphasizes that \u2018the proposed strike could be conducted with no overt U.S. military support other than the provision of one LSD (landing ship dock).\u2019 It was also emphasized that the \u2018estimate of the likelihood of success was very high in terms of staying in the initial objective area long enough and in sufficient control to permit introduction of a &#8216;Provisional Government&#8217; and provide a rationale for the subsequent employment of overt military force, if desired.\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;JAN 30, 1961: \u2026Jake Esterline [CIA specialist] attends a briefing given by Colonel Jack Hawkins [US Marine Corps] and members of the [deleted] PM Section to Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, Admiral Wright, General Bull, and General Barnes in preparation for the January 32 briefing of designees of the Chairman of the JCS [Joint Chiefs [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/01\/30\/1821301961\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 1\/30\/1961<\/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-2122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2121,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/01\/28\/1811281961\/","url_meta":{"origin":2122,"position":0},"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. Johnson, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy, CIA Director [Allen W.] Dulles, General [Lyman] Lemnitzer, Chairman\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":2113,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/01\/22\/1741221961\/","url_meta":{"origin":2122,"position":1},"title":"1\/22\/1961","author":"AmarkData","date":"January 22, 1961","format":false,"excerpt":"\"JAN 22, 1961: Several members of the incoming Kennedy Administration including Dean Rusk [U.S. Secretary of State], Robert McNamara [U.S. Secretary of Defense], Chester Bowles [Under Secretary of State], and Robert Kennedy [U.S. Attorney General] receive a briefing on the Cuba operation at the State Department.\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":2141,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/02\/19\/2002191961\/","url_meta":{"origin":2122,"position":2},"title":"2\/19\/1961","author":"AmarkData","date":"February 19, 1961","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Two days later [February 19, 1961] Richard Bissell [CIA Deputy Director for Plans] responds to the [Thomas] Mann [Assistant Secretary for Inter-American affairs] argument with a comprehensive opinion paper arguing for the invasion. 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