invasion of Cuba others favored warnings to Cuba and the Soviet Union. Some advisers argued for an air strike to take out the missiles and destroy the Cuban air force followed by a U.S. Kennedy called together 18 of his closest advisers to try to resolve the most dangerous U.S.-Soviet confrontation of the cold war. A U-2 flight on October 14 provided the first proof of Soviet medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba. U.S intelligence picked up evidence of a general Soviet arms build-up during routine surveillance flights and on September 4, 1962, Kennedy issued a public warning against the introduction of offensive weapons into Cuba. While the Kennedy administration planned Operation Mongoose, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev secretly introduced medium-range nuclear missiles into Cuba.
In November 1961 Kennedy approved Operation Mongoose, a secret plan aimed at stimulating a rebellion in Cuba that the United States could support. Kennedy took public responsibility for the mistakes made, but remained determined to rid Cuba of Castro. The brigade hit the beach at the Bay of Pigs on April 17, 1961, but the operation collapsed in spectacular failure within 2 days. After much debate in his administration Kennedy authorized a clandestine invasion of Cuba by a brigade of Cuban exiles. Kennedy concluded that Fidel Castro was a Soviet client working to subvert Latin America.
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