M-26-7 Movement organization
also: M-26, M26, July 26th movement
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Claims (2)
Manuel Barreto member_of
M-26-7 Movement documented
“and the MRR Underground proved one of the more crucial errors. Another guerrilla band in the Escambray Mountains was led by M26 veteran Captain Manuel Beaton. The M26 being the one that the one guy didn't want to talk to at all. But he's on…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 20 (21) @ 30:26
CIA supplied_arms_to
M-26-7 Movement documented
“With several hundred men beaten, might have accomplished something. Though critics derided his band as little more than a collection of relatives, the exiles bragged of a thousand or more guerrillas in the mountains. The first CIA supply dr…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 20 (21) @ 30:56
Mentions (4)
▶ 31:33
For months, the agency had followed events in Cuba in growing fear of the disintegration of Americans' cozy position with their military dictator, Batista. They had been unable to quell the rebellion that spread rapidly through the island, …
▶ 6:13
So anyway, we start today where we left off with kind of the transition between Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency in JFK and the lead up to the Bay of Pigs. So the third force in the Cuban context meant moderate July 26th movement adherents…
▶ 7:13
It so happened, however, that the CIA's WH-4 unit that was overseeing the preparation for the Bay of Pigs, political action chiefs, held opposing views. For Project AET and Pluto, both simultaneously going on, Howard Hunt wanted no M-26 peo…
▶ 30:26
and the MRR Underground proved one of the more crucial errors. Another guerrilla band in the Escambray Mountains was led by M26 veteran Captain Manuel Beaton. The M26 being the one that the one guy didn't want to talk to at all. But he's on…