You mean back when we were the world’s wealthiest country, the unquestioned #1 military power, back when being an American meant that one was protected from abuse by tinpot dictators, back when Cubans had already started drowning in their way to Florida, when the country was alive with the hope and dreams of Camelot?
That 1961?
Dunno. Given a choice between that and Mau-Mau Land?
Hard call...