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NICARAGUA, AN ECHO OF THE BAY OF PIGS
On March 17, 1960, President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved ''A Program of Covert Action Against the Castro Regime'' because [Fidel Castro] was moving toward Communism and a stronger relationship with the Soviet Union. Meanwhile, his Administration had begun to develop a paramilitary force outside of Cuba for ''future guerrilla action.'' On Feb. 3, 1961, the Joint Chiefs of Staff approved a ''Military Evaluation of the C.I.A. Paramilitary Plan - Cuba,'' but with the warning that ''it is obvious that ultimate success will depend upon political factors, i.e., a sizable popular uprising or substantial follow-on forces.'' The C.I.A. misled President John F. Kennedy about the likeli-hood of an uprising after the landing of the Cuban exiles' brigade. Secretary of State Dean Rusk later told a Presidential board of inquiry ''that the uprising was utterly essential to success.''
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