The Cuban Invasion Crisis

The day after the 1960 presidential election, JFK rang up Allen Dulles and told him he wanted him to stay on board as the director of the CIA. On November 18, Dulles and deputy director Richard Bissell paid the incoming president a formal visit for the first time giving him an official scoop on what was going on with the Cuban invasion plans. At 43 years of age, he is the youngest man ever voted in at the White House.