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====Cuba====

====Cuba====

The Eisenhower and Kennedy Administrations approved initiatives for CIA-trained Cuban anti-communist exiles and refugees to land in [[Cuba]] and attempt to overthrow the government of Cuban leader [[Fidel Castro]]. Plans originally formed under Eisenhower were scaled back under Kennedy.  The largest and most complicated coup effort, approved at White House level, was the [[Bay of Pigs]] operation.

The Eisenhower and [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] Administrations approved initiatives for CIA-trained Cuban anti-communist exiles and refugees to land in [[Cuba]] and attempt to overthrow the government of Cuban leader [[Fidel Castro]]. Plans originally formed under Eisenhower were scaled back under Kennedy.  The largest and most complicated coup effort, approved at White House level, was the [[Bay of Pigs]] operation.

The CIA made a number of attempts to assassinate Castro, often with White House approval, as in Operation Mongoose.

The CIA made a number of attempts to assassinate Castro, often with White House approval, as in Operation Mongoose.