The
Bay of Pigs Invasion: Documents
This site contains an outline of the CIA's "A Program
or Covert Action" against the Castro Regime, as well as maps of the
invasion
CIA
- 1998 - Bay of Pigs Report - Ward Warren Essay
Contains some of the documents that the CIA "unclassified"
in 1998.
U.S.
News: What didn't U.S. do to get rid of Castro? (10/26/98)
An article from US News detailing the different attemptsthe
US government took to get rid of Castro
U.S.
News Online: Bay of Pigs Interview
An interview by US News of two of the Chief men involved
in the Bay of Pigs
All
Things Considered - December 17, 1997
Can listen to conversations between President John F.
Kennedy and former President Dwight Eisenhower concerning the Bay of Pigs.
(requires Real Player)
Memorandum
Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency, Washington,
January
19, 1961. (Planning an invasion of Cuba)
Memorandum
of Conference With President Kennedy, January 25, 1961
President Kennedy and a number of his top Military advisors
discuss the invasion plans
Telegram
From the Embassy in the Soviet Union to the Department of State, April
18, 1961
Castro
Speech Databases
A audio collection of speechs made by Castro (requires
Real Player)
President
John F. Kennedy's Speech Announcing the Quarantine Against Cuba, October
22, 1962
RUSSIAN
DOCUMENTS ON THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
A collection of Russian documents concerning the Bay
of Pigs invasion
MORE
ON BOBBY AND THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
Attorney General Robert Kennedy's involvement in the
Bay of Pigs
Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Mann) to Secretary of State Rusk, February 15, 1961. (Arguing against an invasion of Cuba)
Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Bowles) to Secretary of State Rusk, (Arguing Against an invasion of Cuba)
Memorandum
From the Ambassador at Large (Bowles) to President Kennedy, 13 October
1962