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“FEB 18, 1961: McGeorge Bundy [United States National Security Adviser] passes on both the [Richard] Bissell [CIA Director] and the [Thomas] Mann [Assistant Secretary] position papers to the President. \u2018Bissell and Mann are the real antagonists at the staff level,\u2019 Bundy writes in a cover memo. \u2018Since I think you lean toward Mann’s view, I have put Bissell on top.\u2019 Bundy’s own position is that the U.S. should institute a trade embargo first, let internal opposition build for several months and then launch \u2018Bissell’s battalion.\u2019 At that point, he writes, \u2018the color of civil war would be quite a bit stronger.\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":"

“FEB 18, 1961: McGeorge Bundy [United States National Security Adviser] passes on both the [Richard] Bissell [CIA Director] and the [Thomas] Mann [Assistant Secretary] position papers to the President. \u2018Bissell and Mann are the real antagonists at the staff level,\u2019 Bundy writes in a cover memo. \u2018Since I think you lean toward Mann’s view, I […]<\/p>\n

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