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The CIA's Plans to Assassinate Fidel Castro
42:36 - 50:05 (07:29)
The CIA had several plans to assassinate Fidel Castro without hurting anyone, but there were also plans to use a commercial airliner, a fake Cuban back to salt using fake aircraft, and injure Cuban exiles in Miami and blame it on the Cubans.
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The CIA was planning a series of covert operations to create propaganda in the early 1960s.
42:36 - 45:53 (03:17)
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The CIA was planning a series of covert operations to create propaganda in the early 1960s. Some of these plans included simulated Cuban plane crashes using fake aircraft painted up to look like Cuban aircraft headed to vacation hotspots, which raised concerns about potential harm to American tourists.
ChapterThe CIA's Plans to Assassinate Fidel Castro
EpisodeOperation Northwoods: The False Flag Op That Never Was
PodcastStuff You Should Know
The threat of violence and aggression between the US and Cuban governments persisted even after Operation Mongoose was put down, with continued attempts to provoke Cuba and incite conflict, as detailed in the film JFK that helped lead to the release of classified records on the subject.
45:53 - 50:05 (04:11)
Summary
The threat of violence and aggression between the US and Cuban governments persisted even after Operation Mongoose was put down, with continued attempts to provoke Cuba and incite conflict, as detailed in the film JFK that helped lead to the release of classified records on the subject.