{"id":2557,"date":"1961-03-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1961-03-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2557"},"modified":"1961-03-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1961-03-17T00:00:00","slug":"2283171961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/03\/17\/2283171961\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/17\/1961"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;MAR 17, 1961: <em>The New York Times<\/em> reports that in the coming weeks simultaneous invasions will take place at different points in Cuba.\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;MAR 17, 1961: The New York Times reports that in the coming weeks simultaneous invasions will take place at different points in Cuba.\u201d &#8220;The Bay of Pigs Invasion\/Playa Giron: A Chronology of Events,&#8221; The National Security Archive, NSArchive2.gwu.edu [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/03\/17\/2283171961\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from 3\/17\/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-2557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quotes","tag-quotes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2165,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/05\/17\/2375171961\/","url_meta":{"origin":2557,"position":0},"title":"5\/17\/1961","author":"AmarkData","date":"May 17, 1961","format":false,"excerpt":"\"[May 17, 1961] Approval is received for the establishment of a Revolutionary Council with the understanding that there should be no U.S. interference and that the Cubans were to nominate anyone they saw fit as Council President; also the President was to be free to select his own Council members.\u201d\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":2139,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/02\/17\/1982171961\/","url_meta":{"origin":2557,"position":1},"title":"2\/17\/1961","author":"AmarkData","date":"February 17, 1961","format":false,"excerpt":"\"FEB 17, 1961: President [John F.]Kennedy meets with representatives from the State Department, CIA, and Joint Chiefs of Staff, and following a discussion of planning and preparations for the invasion indicates that he would be in favor of a more moderate approach to the problem such as mass infiltration. 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In Santa Ana, Cidra, 17 kilometers from Matanzas, a plane drops live phosphorous over cane fields,\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":2532,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/04\/01\/233411961\/","url_meta":{"origin":2557,"position":3},"title":"4\/1\/1961","author":"AmarkData","date":"April 1, 1961","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201dSo beginning the first of April [1961] they [Cuban revolutionary government] began rounding up thousands of people all over the island who they thought might just show support for the invasion when it did come. 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