Listen to part of a March 6, 1963, conversation between President John F. Kennedy and Lawrence F. O'Brien, special assistant to the president, regarding Gov. Orval Faubus and the Bay of Pigs invasion. (Source: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library)

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Listen as, on March 6, 1963, Richard M. Helms, deputy director of the CIA, tells Kennedy 124 National Guard personnel helped train the Cuban refugees for the Bay of Pigs invasion. That number included 24 National Guard personnel from Arkansas who helped with training in Guatemala. (Source: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library)

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