{"id":2125,"date":"1961-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1961-02-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2125"},"modified":"1961-02-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1961-02-04T00:00:00","slug":"185241961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/02\/04\/185241961\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/4\/1961"},"content":{"rendered":"

“FEB 4 and 6, 1961: President [John F.] Kennedy writes to Security Adviser [McGeorge] Bundy inquiring whether the sharp differences of opinion on the Cuban operation have been settled, and two days later asks again whether the differences between the departments of State and Defense and the CIA have been resolved. The President asks if it has been determined what is to be done about Cuba and stresses that, if there are differences of opinion between the agencies, he would like them brought to his attention\u2026\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":"

“FEB 4 and 6, 1961: President [John F.] Kennedy writes to Security Adviser [McGeorge] Bundy inquiring whether the sharp differences of opinion on the Cuban operation have been settled, and two days later asks again whether the differences between the departments of State and Defense and the CIA have been resolved. The President asks if […]<\/p>\n

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