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RRQ Bay of Pigs
Documents 1-13. “Planning and Discussion”
1 How do you think Kennedy’s concerns about the damage to the international image of the
United States threatened by direct U.S. military intervention directed his decision-making
in the planning process for the Bay of Pigs invasion?
2 How much reliance on misinformation and arbitrary guesswork did the Central
Intelligence Agency and the Joint Chiefs of Staff undertake in the planning stages of the
invasion? How do they arrive at the conclusion that no overt U.S. action would be
necessary?
3 What major objections did some U.S. officials express regarding the proposed invasion of
Cuba? On what grounds did they oppose the invasion? Were these objections legitimate?
Why or why not?