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Bay of Pigs: 40 Years AfterBAY
OF PIGS CONFERENCE POINTS TO MISSED
OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIALOGUE AFTER INVASION FAILED
SECRET RAPPROACHMENT EFFORTS BEGAN IN
NEGOTIATIONS FOR PRISONER RELEASE;
ENDED WITH JFK'S ASSASSINATIONFor full coverage of the 2001 Conference
go here:http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/bayofpigs/
Cuba
Releases Bay of Pigs DocumentsAlso studied was the first known CIA (news - web sites)
document calling for
Castro's assassination. The Dec. 11, 1959, memorandum by J.C.
King, then Chief of the CIA's Western Hemisphere Division, suggested
that ``thorough consideration be given to the elimination of
Fidel Castro.'' Blacked out on the memorandum were the names
of two recipients - including that of conference participant
Robert Reynolds, former CIA station chief in Miami.
Bay
of Pigs Foes Walk Battlefield Beaches Together``It was very sad because lives were lost, but I think
we can lay it to rest now and build on new friendships in the
interest of peace and reconciliation,'' Jean Kennedy Smith, the
younger sister of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, said
as she walked along Playa Larga, the beach where most of the
fighting took place.
JFK
Warned of 'Chain Reaction'
March 24
CIA
Boasts of Manipulating News
Cuba Will Declassify Bay of Pigs PapersVia NY Transfer News * All the
News That Doesn't FitThursday January 25 9:07 PM ET (via yahoo)Cuba To
Declassify Secret PapersHAVANA (AP) - Cuba will declassify a series of
secret documents about the
Bay of Pigs invasion this year for the 40th anniversary of the
disastrous
invasion attempt by a group of CIA-trained exiles, a senior Cuban
official said.`This will be the first time that an important group of
documents related to
the Bay of Pigs is declassified in Cuba,'' said Jose Ramon Fernandez,
who
headed the Cuban troops who battled more than 1,000 invaders
for two days
beginning on April 17, 1961.Fernandez, now a vice president in Cuba's
governing Council of State, said
the documents would cover events leading up to the invasion,
as well as its
consequences. He gave no further details.Most invaders were taken prisoner
and condemned to 30 years in prison. They
were later released in exchange for food from the United States.Fernandez
is organizing an academic conference about the invasion to be held
here March 22-24. Among those invited are Cuban and U.S. citizens,
including members of 2506 Brigade - the exile group that launched
the
invasion, Fernandez said. |
