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The Pedro Pan Operation (in Spanish, Operación Pedro Pan) is a campaign conducted between 1960 and 1962 and regarded as one of the largest child evacuation operations of the Cold War era. Under this operation, more than 14,000 Cuban children were sent to the United States via a secret air bridge without their parents.【1】 The operation was named after the famous child character Peter Pan by Scottish author J.M. Barrie.【2】 Definition and Scope The Pedro Pan Operation began in December 1960 and end