The Bay of Pigs Invasion, took place in 1961 under the eye of the United States government. It was considered an utter failure and an embarrassment; here it is considered feasible to pull off.
This document lays out how it is possible for the United States to invade the coast of Cuba and win. There is emphasis on the supposed weakness of the Cuban military at the time, but worry that it will gain strength in the coming months. Therefore, it is recommended to do it sooner rather than later. This decision does not work in the United States’ favor. A mixture of anxiety and excitement come through the words, despite the document’s stiff writing. This was one operation the United States government wished would encourage Cubans to band against Castro, as the Office of the General Counsel wrote about in ” Draft of a Study of General Pressures to Create a Contingency”.
“At the present time the regular Cuban military establishment, especially the Navy and Air Force, are of extremely low effectiveness. Within the next few months, however, it is expected that Cuba will begin to take delivery of jet aircraft and will begin to have available trained and well indoctrinated Cuban pilots. During the same period the effectiveness of ground forces will be increasing and their knowledge of newly acquired Soviet weapons will improve. Therefore, after some date, probably no more than six months away it will probably become militarily infeasible to overthrow the Castro regime except through the commitment to combat of a more sizeable organized military force than can be recruited from among the Cuban exiles. “
Office of the Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Annex No. 11 Proposed Operation Against Cuba § (n.d.). https://catalog.archives.gov/id/193253.