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Covert Action Programme Approved

Name: Covert Action Programme Approved – United States factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

United States · Warfare / Bay of Pigs Invasion. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1960Date range

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Chronological records

1960

Dwight David Eisenhower17 March 1960

Washington · Warfare / Bay of Pigs Invasion

Eisenhower approves a covert programme supporting Cuban opposition to Castro.

Names involved

Dwight David Eisenhower

Provenance

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