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Lansdale and the Cuban Missile Crisis
23:56 - 28:40 (04:44)
Lansdale was trying to figure out how to trick the Cubans into overthrowing Castro and justify an actual military invasion during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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The CIA's Richard M. Bissell Jr. and Edward G. Lansdale were tasked with devising a plan to overthrow Fidel Castro in the 1960s, ultimately leading to the Bay of Pigs invasion, while simultaneously trying to justify a military invasion and analyzing Cuba’s place in the global power balance.
23:56 - 27:12 (03:16)
CIA
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The CIA's Richard M. Bissell Jr. and Edward G. Lansdale were tasked with devising a plan to overthrow Fidel Castro in the 1960s, ultimately leading to the Bay of Pigs invasion, while simultaneously trying to justify a military invasion and analyzing Cuba’s place in the global power balance.
ChapterLansdale and the Cuban Missile Crisis
EpisodeOperation Northwoods: The False Flag Op That Never Was
PodcastStuff You Should Know
The CIA developed several covert operations to destabilize Castro's regime in Cuba, including producing fake photos and dropping one-way tickets to Mexico City over Havana.
27:12 - 28:40 (01:28)
CIA
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The CIA developed several covert operations to destabilize Castro's regime in Cuba, including producing fake photos and dropping one-way tickets to Mexico City over Havana.