John F. Kennedy was the president of the United States of America.
Bay of Pigs Invasion . US President Dwight D. Eisenhower was very concerned at the direction Castro 's government was taking , and in March 1960 , he allocated $ 13.1 million to the CIA to plan Castro 's overthrow ( though the plan to overthrow Castro was put off for Kennedy to decide ) . Eisenhower 's successor John F. Kennedy approved the final invasion plan on 4 April 1961 . John F. Kennedy . In April 1961 , he authorized a failed joint-CIA attempt to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro in the Bay of Pigs Invasion .