Operation Mongoose: CIA-organized maritime sabotage missions. (may 15, 1961 – oct 14, 1962)
Description:
JFK admin ramps up covert ops in Cuba, post-invasion. Operations are suspended when events overtake the plan, as the Cuban missile crisis puts the US and the USSR close to nuclear war. Confrontation between RFK and CIA operation heads over the stand-down order. CIA denies ability to control Alpha 66 exile missions.Added to timeline:
Date:
may 15, 1961
oct 14, 1962
~ 1 years and 4 months