https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/21521-document-07

The document that I selected is the plan the Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A) came up with to settle things in Cuba after the failed invasion of he Bay of Pigs. There were many United States citizens held prisoner in Cuba but the release of the prisoners was not the United States only goal. In this document it is the framework for what the United States planned for James Donovan to do attempt to do while in Cuba. As seen in the document they had 3 other objectives which were ” First we want to get rid of all the Russians and their equipment and weapons Second we want to stop the Communists from using Cuba as a base for subversion throughout Latin America Third we want the Cuban government to change from one that is Communist controlled to one that is acceptable within the framework of the Organization of American States.” The close proximity of Cuba to the United States created a lot of tension so this was a very important opportunity for the United States as they believed they would be able to create a big change to the internal operations of Cuba.

The threat of Communism in the Western hemisphere made the United States very uneasy. As Cuba was now a gateway for the Soviet Union to spread their ideals to other Latin American nations. The United States was afraid that the Latin American countries were susceptible to falling under communism. The Soviet Union had proved themselves as a world power and the United States wished to limit the amount of influence they had in the west. But with Fidel Castro now ruling over Cuba and the people of Cuba regarding him as the savior of Cuba it was difficult for the United States to create any type of revolution as we can see by the failed invasion of The Bay of Pigs in 1961 and the capture of prisoners which led to this plan. The United States now had to come up with a new plan to stop this imminent threat. If Donovan was able to pull this off it would be a major victory for the United states as they successfully secured the west. These possible discussions between Donovan and Castro could prove very fruitful. They wanted to stop it before things escalated to an all out nuclear war and this would be the most peaceful way of handling it. Convincing Castro to break away from communism and all ties to it would be a very difficult task but they felt as it was still necessary to try. Ultimately, these efforts from Donovan proved unfruitful as Castro did not stop his connection to the soviet union and things only continued to escalate with situations such as the Cuban Missile Crisis occurring a couple of months later. Either side did not wish to escalate the situation but some problems were only a matter of time.