Editing JM/WAVE (section)

==Establishment==
JM/WAVE was established in early 1961, following Fidel Castro’s consolidation of power after the 1959 Cuban Revolution and the U.S. government’s decision to counter his regime. Authorized by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and expanded under John F. Kennedy, the station was created to centralize anti-Castro operations in response to Cuba’s alignment with the Soviet Union.

	•	Location and Cover: JM/WAVE operated from a former naval air station at the University of Miami’s South Campus, leased by the CIA under the cover of Zenith Technical Enterprises, a fictitious company. The 1,571-acre site, surrounded by palmetto scrub, provided secrecy and space for training, communications, and logistics.

	•	Purpose: The station aimed to destabilize Castro’s government through covert means, including paramilitary actions, sabotage, propaganda, and intelligence-gathering, as part of a broader U.S. strategy to prevent communist expansion in the Western Hemisphere.