{"id":2558,"date":"1961-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1961-03-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2558"},"modified":"1961-03-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1961-03-18T00:00:00","slug":"2293181961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1961\/03\/18\/2293181961\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/18\/1961"},"content":{"rendered":"

“MAR 18, 1961: Richard Bissell [CIA Deputy Director of Plans] sends \u2018Jim Noble,\u2019 the last CIA station chief in Havana, to Miami to pull together the Cuban exile leadership into a unified body. The Cubans are summoned to the Skyways Motel where Noble’s Spanish speaking assistant Jim Can tells them: \u2018if you don’t come out of this meeting with a committee, you just forget the whole fuckin business, because we\u2019re through.\u2019 Three days later, the exile groups announce the creation of the Consejo Revolucionano Cubano<\/em> [Revolutionary Cuban Council], replacing the FDR [Frente Revolucionario Democratico<\/em>-Revolutionary Democratic Front]. Dr. Jos\u00e9 Mir\u00f3 Cardona is appointed coordinator.\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":"

“MAR 18, 1961: Richard Bissell [CIA Deputy Director of Plans] sends \u2018Jim Noble,\u2019 the last CIA station chief in Havana, to Miami to pull together the Cuban exile leadership into a unified body. The Cubans are summoned to the Skyways Motel where Noble’s Spanish speaking assistant Jim Can tells them: \u2018if you don’t come out […]<\/p>\n

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