Planning

• President Kennedy (President following Eisenhower) did not want an ally of communism so close to American territory.

  • He gave his support to the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) who had previously, along with Eisenhower, set up a 'plan'
• The plan suggested that a group of Cuban exiles could be trained to launch an invasion to overthrow Castro

  • Sending Cuban exiles would make the attack look like a Cuban counter-revolution, so the USA could claim to not be involved.