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United States Policy against Castro

Name: United States Policy against Castro – 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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1961Date range

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Chronological records

1961

John Fitzgerald KennedyJanuary 1961

Washington · Warfare / Bay of Pigs Invasion

Kennedy inherits a policy intended to remove Castro and reduce Soviet influence in Cuba.

Names involved

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Provenance

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