Frank Egan person
also: Egon, Colonel Frank, Army Lieutenant Colonel Frank Egan, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Egan, Egan
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Frank Egan member_of
Task Force 157 book_quoted
“So let's see, Dick Drain also had psychological operations experience, but he didn't know how to speak Spanish. The closest he'd ever been to Latin America was Arizona. The top trainer at Camp Trax was an Army Special Forces Lieutenant Colo…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 19 (20) @ 36:34
Frank Egan trained
Operation Pluto book_quoted
“600 to 750 exiles with U.S. training and equipment. Frank Egan described the Cuban force at Camp Trax and its superior motivation and leadership. Egan felt these exiles would have no trouble extracting a heavy toll on Cuba's larger forces. …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 21 (22) @ 8:21
Frank Egan headed
Camp Tzacal book_quoted
“in the eyes of the expat community because he had been part of the Batista government. When the CIA saw as ensuring a professional cadre, many Cuban exiles viewed against a very principle of democracy for which they wanted to fight. You kno…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 21 (22) @ 30:38
Frank Egan appointed
José Pérez San Román book_quoted
“and several other political leaders visited tracks and extorted them. The FRD people told the men the CIA were there to help, disguising the degree to which, in fact, the brigade existed as a CIA creation. In a political move, Jose San Roma…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 21 (22) @ 33:12
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▶ 36:34
So let's see, Dick Drain also had psychological operations experience, but he didn't know how to speak Spanish. The closest he'd ever been to Latin America was Arizona. The top trainer at Camp Trax was an Army Special Forces Lieutenant Colo…
▶ 46:27
A dispatch had just came in from Lieutenant Colonel Frank Egan, E-G-A-N, at tracks, conveying Fuentes' demand for the CIA Cubans to help him. Bissell spoke to State Department only to learn that the diplomats would not decide until later th…
▶ 46:55
Bissell cabled Egan on his own authority, permitting the use of CIA pilots, but not any of the Cuban exiles, supposedly, and recalls no evidence the troops were ever used. But President Eisenhower was later briefed that the Cubans deployed …
▶ 7:53
On the Cuban coast, preceded by airstrikes to seize and hold a beachhead. Then draw dissident elements to join up, hopefully triggering an uprising. There could be extensive air preparation, up to 100 flights a month for many weeks. Some of…
▶ 30:38
in the eyes of the expat community because he had been part of the Batista government. When the CIA saw as ensuring a professional cadre, many Cuban exiles viewed against a very principle of democracy for which they wanted to fight. You kno…
▶ 31:08
was in Washington, the exiles had it out. San Roman assembled the brigade, told the men they would be going to Cuba under his command, and asked those who did not wish to follow to step right. Almost half of the existing force, 230 men, inc…
▶ 33:12
and several other political leaders visited tracks and extorted them. The FRD people told the men the CIA were there to help, disguising the degree to which, in fact, the brigade existed as a CIA creation. In a political move, Jose San Roma…