Kennedy after the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba ... launched in April 1961 as a covert invasion to topple Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Schlesinger's memo was dated June 30, 1961, a little ...

Kennedy after the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 that the agency ... The page of Special Assistant Arthur Schlesinger Jr.’s memo outlining the proposal was among the newly ...