Which of the following statements accurately describes developments relating to Cuba in the late 1950s and early 1960s?
A. President Johnson authorized the CIA to train Cuban exiles to invade the island.
B. The Bay of Pigs disaster resulted in a Soviet decision to place Soviet missiles in Cuba.
C. Fidel Castro was overthrown by Fulgencio Batista.
D. Ché Guevara successfully established a communist government in Bolivia.
E. Fidel Castro withdrew Cuba from the United Nations.
Answer: B
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