{"id":2131,"date":"1961-02-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1961-02-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2131"},"modified":"1961-02-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1961-02-11T00:00:00","slug":"1912111961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/02\/11\/1912111961\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/11\/1961"},"content":{"rendered":"

“FEB 11, 1961: In a memo to the President [John F. Kennedy], Arthur Schlesinger [Special Assistant] argues that the \u2018drastic decision\u2019 to enact the plan being promoted within the government only makes sense \u2018if one excludes everything but Cuba.\u2019 Taken in the context of \u2018the hemisphere and the rest of the world, the arguments against this decision begin to gain force.\u2019 He points out that there is no way to disguise U.S. complicity in the plan and \u2018at one stroke, it would dissipate all the extraordinary good will which has been rising toward the new Administration through the world.'”<\/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 11, 1961: In a memo to the President [John F. Kennedy], Arthur Schlesinger [Special Assistant] argues that the \u2018drastic decision\u2019 to enact the plan being promoted within the government only makes sense \u2018if one excludes everything but Cuba.\u2019 Taken in the context of \u2018the hemisphere and the rest of the world, the arguments against […]<\/p>\n

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