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Bay of Pigs Invasion Boat Image

Aboard the invasion flagship Blagar, off the Cuban coast, April 16, 1961. Pepe San Roman (left), and Artime salute the Cuban flag.

President John F. Kennedy is informed of the Cuban Missile Crisis

President John F. Kennedy (at right, in rocking chair) meets with United States Air Force (USAF) officers who took part in aerial photo-reconnaissance…

Prisoners of Brigade 2506 guarded by Cuban Fidelistas

Prisoners of Brigade 2506 guarded by Cuban Fidelistas after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion.

OIR Contribution to NIE 100-6-57: Nuclear Weapons Production by Fourth Countries - Likelihood and Consequences [Brazil Section]

This recently declassified, lengthy report was INR's contribution to the first National Intelligence Estimate on the nuclear proliferation, NIE…

NSC, Telcon, Kissinger Discussion with Nixon on the coup in Chile, September 16, 1973

In their first substantive conversation following the military coup in Chile, Kissinger and Nixon discuss the U.S. role in the overthrow of Allende…

White House Memorandum, “Meeting with President Emílio Garrastazu Médici of Brazil on Thursday, December 9, 1971, at 10:00 a.m., in the President’s Office, the White House,” TOP SECRET

During this Oval Office meeting between President Nixon and President Médici, the two discuss the political and economic situations in several nations…

Attack near Playa Giron

Counter-attack by Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces supported by T-34 tanks near Playa Giron during the Bay of Pigs invasion, 19 April 1961.

Blockade Over Cuba

Installations of Soviet missiles in Cuba and American naval blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis

White House Audio Tape, President Lyndon B. Johnson discussing the impending coup in Brazil with Undersecretary of State George Ball, March 31, 1964

In this 5:08 minute White House tape obtained from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, President Johnson is recorded speaking on the phone from his…

Map of Western Hemisphere showing ranges of 1100 and 2200 nautical miles

Map of North and South America showing potential ranges of Soviet medium-range (MRBM) and intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM) from Cuba.