On March 17, 1960...
 
1960: Eisenhower Orders CIA Training of Anti-Cuban Death Squad in Guatemala
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Eisenhower orders CIA training of Cuban exiles in Guatemala, for sabotage operations against Cuba ("On March 17, 1960 ... I ordered the CIA to begin to organize the training of Cuban exiles, mainly in Guatemala" -To Make A World Safe For Revolution, p24)

"President Eisenhower and the Special Group of the National Security Council approve an oPeration against Cuba proposed by Allen Dulles, with an eye toward organizing and training Cuban exiles for an invasion of the island. The training is to take place in Guatemala. A copy of the plans for the covert action is distributed within the CIA."

Source: Dominguez (2009), To Make a World Safe for Revolution: Cuba's Foreign Policy. Harvard University Press, p. 24
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