The CIA's Internal Probe of the Bay of Pigs Affair

Abstract

The Bay of Pigs invasion met its ignominious end on the afternoon of 19 April 1961. Three days after the force of Cuban emigres had hit the beach, the CIA officers who planned the assault gathered around a radio in their Washington war room while the Cuban Brigades commander transmitted his last signal. He had been pleading all day for supplies and air cover, but nothing could be done for him and his men. Now he could see Fidel Castro's tanks approaching. "I have nothing left to fight with," he shouted. "Am taking to the woods. I cant wait for you." Then the radio went dead, leaving the drained and horrified CIA men holding back nausea.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA527320

Entities

People

  • Michael Warner

Organizations

  • Central Intelligence Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Counterair Operations
  • Disasters
  • Governments
  • Guatemala
  • Information Operations
  • Insurgency
  • Judgment
  • Military Operations
  • Operations Security
  • Resistance
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.