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The Kennedys were afraid they were going to have another U-2-type incident when a couple of unmarked Alabama Air National Guard planes were shot down over Cuba during the Bay of Pigs, but it turned out the Guard pilots had been killed in the crashes.

Before they knew the fate of the pilots though, Bobby told Richard Helms of the CIA, "Those g-d pilots had better be dead." Then afterwards, the administration blocked survivor benefits to the families, until a Texas oilman who had supported JFK in the election told Bobby, "You better pay the families, or I'll blow the lid off this whole thing."

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Correction: “Richard Helms” should be “Richard Bissell.”