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Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is located on of land and water at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba which the United States leased for use as a coaling station following the Cuban-American Treaty of 1903. The base is located on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the oldest overseas U.S...

Timeline of Events

1903

2.23.1903

Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".

1909

1.28.1909

United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.

1962

3.13.1962

Lyman Lemnitzer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivers a proposal, called Operation Northwoods, regarding performing terrorist attacks upon Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. The proposal is scrapped and President John F. Kennedy removes Lemnitzer from his position.