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Anthony Trafficante met_with Fidel Castro reported document

“The money and pills were delivered at a meeting between Maheu Rosselli Trafficante and the Cuban at the Fountainebleau Hotel in Miami…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.95

Operation Mongoose targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“Lansdale's concept for Operation MONGOOSE envisioned a first step involving the development of leadership elements and 'a very necessary political basis among the Cubans opposed to Castro'…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.155

Robert McNamara relationship_with Fidel Castro documented document

“McNamara stated that 'we were hysterical about Castro at the time of the Bay of Pigs and thereafter'…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.155

Operation Bounty ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“A reward of '20 was listed for Castro…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.158

Dwight D. Eisenhower believed Fidel Castro documented document

“He told the Committee that President Eisenhower believed that no leader was indispensable and thus assassination was not an alternative in the conduct of foreign policy…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.128

Drew Pearson alleged Fidel Castro reported document

“On March 3 1967 Drew Pearson stated in his newspaper column that there was a United States 'plot to assassinate Castro and that 'one version claims that underworld figures actually were recruited to carry out the plot.…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.128

Arleigh Burke proposed Fidel Castro documented document

“The record of the NSC meeting of March 10 1960 (at which President Eisenhower was present) states that Admiral Arleigh Burke in commenting on Allen Dulles statement that the Cuba covert action plan was in preparation 'suggested that any pla…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.128

Robert Keith Gray stated Fidel Castro documented document

“As Gray testified this plan covered four areas sabotage economic sanctions propaganda and training of a Cuban exile force for a possible invasion Gray stated that this plan had nothing to do with assassination…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.127

Anthony Trafficante funded Fidel Castro reported document

“The Report suggests that this Cuban may have been receiving funds from Trafficante and other racketeers interested in securing 'gambling prostitution and dope monopolies in Cuba after the overthrow of Castro'…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.95

Richard M. Bissell Jr. funded Fidel Castro reported document

“The Support Chief recalled that Colonel J C King head of the Western Hemisphere Division gave him $50,000 in Bissell's office to pay the Cuban if he successfully assassinated Castro…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.95

Richard M. Bissell Jr. ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“We were trying to use elements of the underworld against Castro and the Cuban leadership…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.137

Sam Giancana met_with Fidel Castro reported document

“the statement made by Giancana that in October 1960 he met with an individual who was to assassinate Castro in November 1960…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.142

CIA ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“the authority to promise leniency to Mafia leaders if they would help to assassinate Castro…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.62

Sam Giancana ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“Giancana stated that Fidel Castro was to be doneaway with very shortly…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.93

Leonard Boudin did_business_with Fidel Castro documented document

“bOUDIN'S NEW YORK CITYLAW FIRNREPRESENT?FIDEL CASTHO ANJTnECUoAIJ GOVERNMENT INALLLITIGATION ANDLEGAL PRODLEAS INSIDE 7. UNITED STATES…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.497

Richard M. Bissell Jr. supplied_arms_to Fidel Castro reported document

“The Support Chief stated that Bissell also authorized him to give the Cuban the requested electronics equipment…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.95

CIA carried_out_attack Fidel Castro documented document

“I reminded Watson that the Director had sent over to the White House some weeks back all of the information in our possession in connection with the CIA's attempts to use former agent Robert Maheu and his private detective outfit in contact…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.192

Fidel Castro operated_in Cuba documented document

“when Castro took over Cuba…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.65

David Atlee Phillips met_with Fidel Castro reported document

“The money and pills were delivered at a meeting between Maheu Rosselli Trafficante and the Cuban at the Fountainebleau Hotel in Miami…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.95

Sam Giancana had_affair_with Fidel Castro reported document

“The Support Chief testified that during the early stages of negotiations with the gambling syndicate Maheu informed him that a girl friend of Giancana was having an affair with the target of the tap…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.92

David Atlee Phillips ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“The Support Chief testified that Maheu was told to offer money probably $150,000 for Castro's assassination.…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.89

J. Edgar Hoover met_with Fidel Castro reported document

“This memo reminds me vividly of those I received when Castro took over Cuba You contended then that Castro and his cohorts were not Communists…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.65

Samuel Rosselli met_with Fidel Castro reported document

“The money and pills were delivered at a meeting between Maheu Rosselli Trafficante and the Cuban at the Fountainebleau Hotel in Miami…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.95

John F. Kennedy ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“Szulc testified that after this general discussion the President asked 'what would you think if I ordered Castro to be assassinated'…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.152

Special Group (Augmented) ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“In response to this proposal the SGA decided that 'considerably more sabotage should be undertaken and that 'all efforts should be made to develop new and imaginative approaches with the possibility of getting rid of the Castro regime.…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.161

Richard Helms targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“Helms immediately reiterated that his perception of authority for Castro's assassination derived from the pressure exerted by the Administration against Castro…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.166

William Harvey carried_out_attack Fidel Castro documented document

“Taylor testified that he had never heard of Harvey's delivering pills to poison Castro or of any assassination attempts…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.168

Special Group (Augmented) targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“We have much testimony establishing the chain of command where covert action was concerned and all of it has been to the effect that the Special Group or the SpecialGroup (Augmented) had full charge of covert operations and that in that cha…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.172

Edward Lansdale ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“On August 13 1962 Lansdale directed Harvey to include in a proposed plan for Phase II of MONGOOSE an option for the "liquidation of leaders."…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.175

Richard M. Bissell Jr. targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“Harvey gave Rosselli the poison pills for use against Castro…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.175

Hugo Chávez met_with Fidel Castro documented document

“Chavez has built an alliance among leaders whose countries have struggled in the past several years and many of which are just now embracing indigenous peoples into their political systems, including Argentina’s former president Néstor Kirc…”

source: book — Superclass: The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making · p.214

Robert McNamara ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“It was Harvey's recollection that the question of assassination was raised by Secretary McNamara as one of 'shouldn't we consider the elimination or assassination of Castro…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.178

CIA Technical Services Division attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“During this period TSD impregnated a box of cigars with a chemical which produced temporary disorientation hoping to induce Castro to smoke one of the cigars before delivering a speech…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.86

Robert F. Kennedy ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“Retired Maj Gen Edward G Lansdale has named Robert F Kennedy as the administration official who ordered him in 1962 to launch a CIA project to work out all feasible plans for 'getting rid of Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro'…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.183

Raul Castro family_of Fidel Castro documented document

“The paper concluded that "the odds are that upon Castro's death his brother Raul or some other figure in the regime would with Soviet backing and help take over control…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.185

CIA supplied_arms_to Fidel Castro reported document

“Another plot involved furnishing weapons and other assassination devices to a Cuban dissident…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.85

David Atlee Phillips supplied_arms_to Fidel Castro reported document

“Maheu recalled delivering an automobile which he had been told contained communications equipment to an empty lot…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.95

Fidel Castro relationship_with Che Guevara reported document

“He testified that he was informed by the Support Chief sometime after the operation that the Cubans had an opportunity to administer the pills to Fidel Castro and either Che Guevarra or Raul Castro but that the 'go signal' never came…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.96

Fidel Castro relationship_with Raúl Castro reported document

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.96

Rolando Cubela targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“AMLASH becomes more insistent that the assassination of Cuban leadership is a necessity…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.111

Richard Helms ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“In early April 1962 Harvey who testified that he was acting on 'explicit orders' from Helms requested Edwards to put him in touch with Rosselli…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.97

William Attwood met_with Fidel Castro documented document

“Atwood testified that from September until November 1963 he held a series of talks with the Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations to discuss opening negotiations on an accommodation between Castro and the United States…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.187

Jean Daniel met_with Fidel Castro documented document

“Jean Daniel the French journalist met with Castro four days later on November 22 1963…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.188

William Attwood met_with Fidel Castro reported document

“Rusk testified that 'I Just can't conceive President Kennedy would have authorized the passage of an assassination device for use against Castro while Atwood was exploring the possibility of normalizing relations with Castro'…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.190

Lyndon B. Johnson ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“A McCone memorandum indicated that in reaching that decision President Johnson had abandoned the objective of Castro's overthrow…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.191

CIA carried_out_attack Fidel Castro documented document

“Bissell confirmed his original testimony that he had not briefed Bundy on the actual assassination plots against Castro already undertaken by the CIA…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.199

Lyndon B. Johnson ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro alleged document

“Although the Select Committee has not been able to establish through direct evidence that President Johnson asked CIA officials about the lawyer's allegations…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.91

Fidel Castro operated_in United States alleged document

“Castro thereafter employed teams of individuals who were dispatched to the United States for the purpose of assassinating President Kennedy…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.90

Fidel Castro ordered_assassination_of John F. Kennedy alleged document

“Castro thereafter employed teams of individuals who were dispatched to the United States for the purpose of assassinating President Kennedy…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.90

Project ZR/RIFLE targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“Bissell acknowledged that the purpose of the Rosselli contact had been to assassinate Castro…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.202

Anthony Salerno ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“Rosselli testified that he told Harvey that the Cubans intended to use the pills to assassinate Che Guevara as well as Fidel and Raul Castro…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.98

CIA targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro reported document

“Both agents testified that they were 'surprised during the interview when the lawyer recounted United States assassination efforts targeted at Fidel Castro.'…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.89

United States attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro alleged document

“Pearson told the Chief Justice that a Washington lawyer had told him that one of his clients said the United States had attempted to assassinate Fidel Castro in the early 1960's…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.86

Fidel Castro met_with George McGovern documented document

“In August 1975 Fidel Castro gave Senator George McGovern a list of twenty-four alleged attempts to assassinate him in which Castro claimed the CIA had been involved…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.85

CIA ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“However he never informed them that the offer of $150,000 for Castro's assassination had been withdrawn…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.99

Operation Mongoose ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“Two plans to assassinate Castro were explored by Task Force W the CIA section then concerned with covert Cuban operations in early 1963…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.99

Fidel Castro linked_to Cuban Missile Crisis documented document

“Among the cases studied Castro alone posed a physical threat to the United States but then only during the period of the Cuban missile crisis…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.272

Robert F. Kennedy targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“Attorney General Kennedy emphasized that "a solution to the Cuba problem today carries top priority."…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.279

Richard Nixon targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“Helms testified that the pressure to "get rid of Castro and the Castro regime was intense…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.279

Rolando Cubela proposed Fidel Castro reported document

“I believe this was related to the assassination an assassination plot against Castro…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.81

John McCone targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“McCone in a memorandum dated April 14 1967 reflected as follows Through the years the Cuban problem was discussed in terms such as "dispose of Castro, "remove Castro, "knock off Castro, etc. and this meant the overthrow of the Communistgove…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.280

CIA targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro reported document

“Discussions at the Special Group and NSC meetings might well have contributed to the perception of some CIA officials that assassination was a permissible tool in the effort to overthrow the Castro Regime…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.289

Fidel Castro alleged John F. Kennedy reported document

“Castro in his speech... accused CIA and President Kennedy of planning attempt against Castro…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.47

CIA attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“Documents indicate that in May 1962 Attorney General Kennedy was told that the CIA had sought to assassinate Castro prior to the Bay of Pigs…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.289

Fidel Castro alleged CIA reported document

“Castro in his speech... accused CIA and President Kennedy of planning attempt against Castro…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.47

Socialist Workers Party did_business_with Fidel Castro documented document

“its direction and/or support of 'such causes as Castro's Cuba…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.24

J. Edgar Hoover spied_on Fidel Castro documented document

“This memo reminds me vividly of those I received when Castro took over Cuba You contended then that Castro and his cohorts were not communists…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.112

Fidel Castro operated_in Cuba documented document

“when Castro took over Cuba…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.112

Edward Lansdale ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“General Lansdale issued an action memorandum assigning the CIA the task of preparing contingency plans for the assassination of Cuban leaders…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.290

Richard Helms attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“One justification advanced by Richard Helms and William Harvey for not informing John McCone about the use of underworld figures to attempt to assassinate Fidel Castro was their assertion that the project had already been approved by McCone…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.292

Fidel Castro operated_in Havana documented document

“Fidel Castro in his speech made at the Brazilian Embassy in Havana on September 7 1963...…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.47

William Harvey attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.292

CIA attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“We have found concrete evidence of at least eight plots involving the CIA to assassinate Fidel Castro from 1960 to 1965.…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.85

John Foster Dulles ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“Dulles approves "thorough consideration be given to the elimination of Fidel Castro.…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.305

5412 Group targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“Special Group meeting considers Castro's overthrow…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.305

John F. Kennedy ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“President tells Tad Szulcthat he is under pressure from advisors to order Castro's assassination but doesnot nameadvisors…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.307

Daniel Harker met_with Fidel Castro documented document

“Prime Minister Fidel Castro turned up today at a reception at the Brazilian Embassy in Havana and submitted to an impromptu interview by Associated Press Correspondent Daniel Harker.…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.43

CIA targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“Special Group (Augmented) adopts a stepped-up plan designed to inspire internal revolt in Cuba…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.307

Richard Nixon ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“In the plot to assassinate Castro using underworld figures CIA officials decided not to inform the Special Group of their activities…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.24

CIA ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“This reconstructionof agencyinvolvementin plans to assassinate Fidel Castro is at best an imperfect history…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.317

Sam Giancana linked_to Fidel Castro reported document

“Did the Investigation of Giancana and RosselliRevealTheir Involve ment in the AssassinationPlots to the FBI Department of Justice Attorney General or the President…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.319

Anthony Salerno linked_to Fidel Castro reported document

“Did the Investigation of Giancana and RosselliRevealTheir Involve ment in the AssassinationPlots to the FBI Department of Justice Attorney General or the President…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.319

Operation Mongoose linked_to Fidel Castro documented document

“The MONGOOSEProgram.The Environment in Which the Assas sination Plots Arose…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.319

Kennedy Administration ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“It was however made abundantly clear to him by the Kennedy Administration that the CIA's mission was to "get rid of Castro"…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.327

CIA carried_out_attack Fidel Castro documented document

“The desire (of the Administration) was "can't you fellows [CIA] find some way to get rid of Castro and the Castro regime"…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.327

White House ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“I think to go up to a Cabinet officer and say am I right in assuming that you want me to assassinate Castro or to try to assassinate Castro is a question it wouldn't have occurred to me to ask…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.331

Fidel Castro lived_in Havana documented document

“Prime Minister Fidel Castro turned up today at a reception at the Brazilian Embassy in Havana…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.43

Robert McNamara proposed Fidel Castro reported document

“Harvey testified that Robert McNamara raised the subject of assassination by stating at the August 10 meeting "shouldn't we consider the elimination or assassination of Fidel"…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.335

Edward Lansdale ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“Lansdale could not explain why he ordered the CIA to draw up an assassination plan…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.336

Sam Giancana met_with Fidel Castro reported document

“Giancana stated that Fidel Castro was to be done away with very shortly…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.342

Sam Giancana ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“Giancana stated that Fidel Castro was to be done away with very shortly…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.342

CIA targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“The memorandum while not directly mentioning the word 'assassination' reported that the CIA had relied on Giancana because of his contacts with gambling figures who might have sources for use 'in connection with CIA's clandestine efforts ag…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.343

Operation Mongoose targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“Lansdale noted that the President's November 30 memorandum would be implemented and that MONGOOSE would accomplish an overthrow of Castro by means of a popular movement of Cubans from within Cuba…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.349

CIA attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“testified that he was never informed of any CIA assassination attempts against Fidel Castro.…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.43

Jean Daniel met_with Fidel Castro documented document

“Castro contacted Daniel and spent six hours talking to him about U.S. Cuban relations…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.27

Operation Bounty ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“The proposal involved a system of financial rewards commensurate with position and stature for killing or delivering alive known Communists…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.350

Fidel Castro headed Cuba documented document

“The fear of Communist expansion was particularly acute in the United States when Fidel Castro emerged as Cuba's leader in the late 1950's…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.13

Richard M. Bissell Jr. ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“Richard Bissell Deputy Director for Plans asked SheffieldEdwards Director of Security if Edwards couldestablish contact with the U.S gamblingsyndicate that was active in Cuba The objective clearly was the assassination of Castro…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.352

Fidel Castro family_of Raul Castro documented document

“...some Cuban who said the way to create a revolution is to shoot Fidel and Raul...…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.20

Allen Dulles ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“this possibleproject was approvedby AllenW Dulles Director of CIA and by General Cabell the Deputy Director…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.352

Fidel Castro met_with Daniel Harker documented document

“Late in the evening of September 7 Premier Castro held an impromptu three-hour interview with Associated Press reporter Daniel Harker...…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.20

Charles Cabell ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“this possibleproject was approvedby AllenW Dulles Director of CIA and by General Cabell the Deputy Director…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.352

James Donovan met_with Fidel Castro documented document

“A second plan involved having James Donovan (who was negotiating with Castro for the release of prisoners taken during the Bay of Pigs operation) present Castro with a contaminated diving suit…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.99

CIA ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“from 1960 until 1962 the Central Intelligence Agency met regularly with underworld figures plotting the assassination of Fidel Castro…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.17

Federal Bureau of Investigation met_with Fidel Castro reported document

“Indeed during the missilecrisis an FBI informant reported that 'he believes he could arrange to have Fidel Castro assassinated ..'…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.16

Fidel Castro operated_in Cuba documented document

“On New Year's Day Fidel Castro's forces overthrew the Batista regime and assumed control of the government of Cuba…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.15

Felix Rodriguez spied_on Fidel Castro documented document

“As a high-ranking leader who enjoyed the confidence of Fidel Castro AM/LASH could keep the CIA informed of the internal workings of the regime…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.100

Fidel Castro overthrew Batista regime documented document

“On New Year's Day Fidel Castro's forces overthrew the Batista regime and assumed control of the government of Cuba after a long revolutionary struggle which had received support from many within the United States…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.15

Felix Rodriguez proposed Fidel Castro documented document

“At a meeting in the fall of 1963 AM/LASH stated that he would remain in Cuba if he 'could do something really significant for the creation of a new Cuba' and expressed a desire to plan the 'execution of Fidel Castro'…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.100

Sheffield Edwards attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“plots to use the underworld to attempt to assassinate Castro are events which should stick in one's memory…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.353

United States attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“The attempts upon the life of Fidel Castro fall into a different category…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.356

Fidel Castro operated_in Cuba documented document

“During the early 1960's the United States was in a state of near war with Cuba Fidel Castro and Che Guevara were promoting and abetting the export of revolution…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.356

CIA attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“At the outset of its investigation the Select Committee had evidence that the Warren Commission was not given information about CIA attempts to assassinate foreign leaders…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.15

CIA targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“They did not know the full extent of U.S operations against 'Cuba including the CIA efforts to assassinate Castro…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.13

Felix Rodriguez targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro reported document

“Each case officer testified that he did not ask AM/LASH to assassinate Castro…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.101

CIA ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“The Inspector General's Report noted that 'it is likely that at the very moment President Kennedy was shot a CIA officer was meeting with a Cuban agent * * * and giving him an assassination device for use against Castro.'…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.103

Felix Rodriguez ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“A report of a meeting between a case officer and B.1 states that B.1 in his initial contacts with AM/LASH discussed plans for assassinating Castro…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.104

Fidel Castro headed Cuba documented document

“the establishment of a communist Cuba by Fidel Castro was seen as presaging a major incursion of revolutionary communism to the Western Hemisphere…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.33

Rolando Cubela ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“the CIA had endorsed AMLASH's proposal for a coup the first step to him being Castro's assassination…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.11

CIA attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“This was accompanied by an intense paramilitary campaign of harassment sabotage propaganda against Cuba and attempted assassination against Castro…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.33

Special Group (Augmented) targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“Its purpose was to oversee Operation MON GOOSE a major new CIA covert action program designed to overthrow Fidel Castro…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.60

Richard M. Bissell Jr. ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“Richard Bissell clearly authorized the two attempts to assassinate Cuban leaders that occurred during his tenure as Deputy Director of Plans.…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.105

Fidel Castro ordered_assassination_of United States reported document

“He threatened that Cuba would answer in kind…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.9

United States government ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“Officials of the United States Government Initiated Plots to Assassinate Fidel Castro and Patrice Lumumba…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.10

Rolando Cubela proposed Fidel Castro documented document

“AMLASH proposed Castro's overthrow through an "inside job, with U.S support…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.9

Allen Dulles ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“Dulles..Bissell and Edwards testified that they were certain that both Dulles and his Deputy General Cabell were aware of and authorized the initial phase of the assassination ploy involving underworld figures…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.105

Charles Cabell ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.105

J.C. King proposed Fidel Castro documented document

“One of King's four "Recommended Actions" was Thorough consideration be given to the elimination of Fidel Castro…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.106

CIA ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“Throughout this period the CIA had been plotting the assassination of Castro as another method of achieving a change in the Cuban government…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.9

Livingston Merchant proposed Fidel Castro reported document

“Finally Mr [Livingston] Merchant [Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs] asked whether any real planninghad been donefor taking direct positive action against Fidel Raul and Che Guevara…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.113

William Harvey supplied_arms_to Fidel Castro documented document

“Harvey supplied poison pills and weapons to Rosselli and his Cuban associates (luring a trip to Miami in late April 1962.…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.118

CIA carried_out_attack Fidel Castro documented document

“Following the Bay of Pigs attempts to undermine the government of Cuban Premier Fidel Castro continued with Operation MONGOOSE…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.128

CIA ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“Plots to assassinate Castro could not be understood unless seen in the context of Operation MONGOOSE a massive covert action program designed to "get rid of Castro.…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.151

Operation Mongoose targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“Plots to assassinate Castro could not be understood unless seen in the context of Operation MONGOOSE a massive covert action program designed to "get rid of Castro.…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.151

William Harvey attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“Q Did you report on the passage of the pills to Rosselli HARVEY NO I did not Q Which you had just accomplished in Miami * * * for the purpose of assassinating Fidel Castro HARVEY NO…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.118

Robert McNamara proposed Fidel Castro reported document

“Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara suggested at that meeting that the Special Group "consider the elimination or assassination of Fidel."…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.119

Salvador Allende relationship_with Fidel Castro documented document

“The NIE stated that despite Allende's long-standing personal relationship with Castro he had refrained from excessive overtures to him…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.197

Fidel Castro operated_in Angola reported document

“we read in the newspapers that he has perhaps 3,000 soldiers in Angola…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.80

CIA targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“the aim of the project had been to assassinate Castro…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.122

Operation Mongoose targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“This operation attempted to use Cuban exiles and dissidents inside Cuba to overthrow Castro…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.9

Kennedy Administration targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“This part closely examines the Administration's effort to overthrow the Castro regime.…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.123

Fidel Castro operated_in Latin America documented document

“During that period Fidel Castro attempted to export violent revolution to most not some but to most of the countries of Latin America…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.79

United States targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“Almost from the day Castro took power in Cuba. the United States became the center of attempts to depose him…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy · p.8

Kennedy Administration ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“The third part of this section examines evidence relating to whether officials of the Kennedy Administration authorized or knew about the second attempt to assassinate Castro involving John Rosselli which began in April 1962…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.123

Operation Mongoose targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented document

“The program consisted of collection paramilitary sabotage and political propaganda activities aimed at discrediting and ultimately toppling the Castro government…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book IV: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence · p.73

Clinton White House targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro reported document

“The final parts examine evidence relating to whether the assassination activity during the last year of the Kennedy Administration and in the Johnson Administration... was authorized or known about by top Administration officials outside th…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.123

Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro alleged document

“Gray testified that from July 1958 to January 20 1961 the Special Group never approved an action to assassinate Castro…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.126

CIA attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented document

“Intelligence community analysts were not told of the plans to assassinate Castro…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.63

Frank Rosselli attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro reported document

“Rosselli was certain however that only one attempt to assassinate Castro had been made prior to the Bay of Pigs…”

source: government document — Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders (Church Committee Interim Report) · p.94

Fidel Castro studied_at Havana book_quoted

“at $500,000. Fidel was the fourth of seven children, two by the first wife, and he was born in 1926. He studied at Jesuit schools and later went to a law university in Havana, where he began politics as a student leader. Fidel acquired his …”

▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 10 @ 13:15

Tracy Barnes proposed Fidel Castro documented

“On June 3rd, Tracy Barnes attended a meeting at CIA that considered retaliation in kind. Again, retaliation for United Fruit? You don't work for United Fruit. Supposedly, you work for the United States government. Why are we getting involve…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 18 @ 35:09

J.C. King ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“equivalent to communism. Now, you know why communism was under every rock they picked up? Just a week later, J.C. King sent Dulles a memorandum insisting that Castro's quote-unquote far-left dictatorship not be permitted to stand. The White…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 18 @ 7:11

Fulgencio Batista pardoned Fidel Castro book_quoted

“of his first revolution. Castro was freed from prison on the Isle of Pines in May 1955 in an amnesty granted by Batista, but within a year had formed his guerrilla units. Once in power, Castro was opposed to Marxism and soon styled himself …”

▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 10 @ 13:45

Fidel Castro visited United States book_quoted

“Those were his words. Fidel visited Washington in April to give a speech. He did not meet Eisenhower, but he spoke with State Department officials and had a three-hour discussion with Nixon, which you know is bad news because that's the exa…”

▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 10 @ 16:42

Fidel Castro headed 26th of July Movement documented

“But Batista's corruption and oppression increasingly lost their support. Cubans flocked to Castro's July 26th movement by the droves. It had taken this name from the date of an unsuccessful revolt that Castro had once led. The M26 guerrilla…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 @ 41:05

Fidel Castro nationalized Otis Elevator book_quoted

“This was an element of irony in this since Castro's father had once worked for United Fruit. That's irony of all ironies. In any case, a decree allowing nationalization was sent forward in the fall of 1959. In December, the First American C…”

▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 10 @ 19:37

Fidel Castro nationalized Cuba book_quoted

“was intervened as the Cubans called expropriation. So basically they took it back. During 1960, the sugar plantations and the Havana hotels followed. The Cubans added to the injury by not offering compensation to any of the company owners. …”

▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 10 @ 20:07

Fidel Castro founded 26th of July Movement book_quoted

“and had lost most of its support among the Cubans to include the military. They had flocked to Castro's 26th of July movement, which was nicknamed M26, which took its name from the date of an unsuccessful revolt Castro had previously led. B…”

▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 10 @ 3:57

CIA targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented

“The official record notes the conclusion, quote, no course of action currently authorized by the United States government will be effective in reaching the agreed national goal of overthrowing the Castro regime, unquote. It was very interes…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 22 (23) @ 8:34

AMLAsh targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented

“Let me go on down here. There was the reporter that's interviewing him showed Jenkins a file of declassified cables, which is State Department messages, about the AMLASH, A-M-L-A-S-H affair, a notorious CIA plot to kill Castro in the early …”

▶ Operation Gladio - Honduras Part 2 @ 38:16

Fidel Castro born_in Cuba book_quoted

▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 10 @ 13:15

Fidel Castro did_business_with Richard Nixon book_quoted

▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 10 @ 16:42

Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“They were just going to blame the failure on it if they couldn't get him baited in to send the military. The whole thing was planned. Nor did Dulles or Bissell share with Kennedy their other magic bullet for success in Cuba. The ongoing plo…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 18 @ 17:29

Richard M. Bissell Jr. ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“Much more concrete was what occurred following Eisenhower's decision on August 18th. Deputy Director Richard Bissell called up Colonel Sheffield Edwards and asked him to drop by. Edwards, another of the ex-FBI folks at the agency, headed th…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (19) @ 47:56

Fidel Castro removed_from_power Brigade 2506 documented

“closed in toward the shore with orders to take the survivors out. 22 more survived a sailboat odyssey to land in Mexico. The remnants of the Brigade 2506, including San Roman political advisor Roman Artine and Anito Oliva, who had been the …”

▶ The Colonel’s corner president’s secret war chapter 11 @ 57:34

Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista documented

“hospitable reception during his 11-day visit to the U.S. Fresh from his revolutionary victory on New Year's Eve, Fidel was still something of a political mystery to the Eisenhower administration. And the media embraced him as a silver-tongu…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 16 @ 2:33

Fidel Castro overthrew Cuba book_quoted

“memorandum in late January could not have been reassuring to the secret warriors. The analysts judged that time, that time was not on Washington's side, that Castro had successfully consolidated his control over the entire island. Barely a …”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 22 (23) @ 5:41

John F. Kennedy ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro book_quoted

“On March 15th, both options were outlined at the White House. JFK, to Schlesinger's mind, listened carefully, again rejecting Trinidad as a World War II assault operation. He ordered the Bay of Pigs plan to be reoriented for a night as oppo…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 22 (23) @ 27:20

Arleigh Burke proposed Fidel Castro documented

“Admiral Arleigh Burke, attending as chief of naval operations, wanted someone to unite anti-Castro factions. Many of those around Fidel were worse than Fidel himself. Burke felt and therefore said, quote, any plan for removal of Cuban leade…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 18 @ 18:25

Marita Lorenz attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro book_quoted

“Lorenz. Lorenz was Fidel Castro's former girlfriend who had been recruited by the CIA in another assassination attempt, this time to poison him, but she had failed and subsequently fled and was working full-time for the CIA. In the depositi…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Kill Plot Part 5 @ 14:30

Fidel Castro overthrew Cuba host_asserted

“throughout Central and South America that was set up after Castro took over Cuba and stopped the drug trafficking from Cuba because that was their big port prior to that, has a CIA handler, or excuse me, an Israeli handler just like our Con…”

▶ Assassination_Operation Gladio W_Brady, GofBPH, Alpha, CannCon&Brian @ 59:23

George H.W. Bush alleged Fidel Castro book_quoted

“They blamed Castro for harboring airplanes used for drug smuggling and alleged that there was a drug connection behind the 1985 assault on Columbia's Palace of Justice by M-19 guerrillas, in which 100 people were killed, including 12 Suprem…”

▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 7 @ 21:57

Fidel Castro removed_from_power Freeport-McMoRan host_asserted

“In the 60s, you have Fidel Castro, who implemented a 25% ore tax, effectively nationalizing and seizing Freeport's nickel mining in Cuba. And let's see. Then it talked about them getting into the Indonesia mining. And it talks about…”

▶ Operation Gladio - Indonesia Part 2 @ 1:42:33

Fidel Castro removed_from_power Freeport Sulphur book_quoted

“Freeport Sulphur began searching for new nickel deposits because they got kicked out of Cuba. And ironically enough, when Cuba nationalized the nickel refinery, they put Shea Cavera in charge of it. I got a chuckle out of that. Freeport lin…”

▶ Operation Gladio - Indonesia Part 4 @ 14:22

Movimiento C40 targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro caller_asserted

“Inside Cuba, there's a bunch of Cubans, more than 2 million Cubans, starting to defend the Constitution, starting to take some actions. So I'm not going to discuss right here, right now, but they are doing it. And I know they're going to ge…”

▶ Operation Gladio - Italy Part 2 @ 2:39:06

James Schlesinger ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro book_quoted

“At last, William Colby proceeded with his briefing, then handed Kissinger a copy of the report. It contained allegations of CIA assassination efforts against such foreign political leaders as Castro, Diem in Vietnam, the Dominican dictator …”

▶ The Colonel’s Corner president’s secret wars chapter 16 @ 25:58

John F. Kennedy ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“This is what it read. My observations have increased my confidence in the ability of this force to accomplish not only initial combat missions, but also the ultimate objective, the overthrow of Castro. The brigade and battalion commanders n…”

▶ The Colonel’s corner president’s secret war chapter 11 @ 36:51

John F. Kennedy removed_from_power Fidel Castro documented

“barely tried to tell Cabell that everything was fine. But Cabell wanted to check with Secretary of State Dean Rust. Within a few minutes, McGeorge Bundy, alerted by Rust, called in to report that the president had decided no further airstri…”

▶ The Colonel’s corner president’s secret war chapter 11 @ 45:41

Fidel Castro carried_out_attack Brigade 2506 documented

“was still in place off the beaches. That was when Castro's Air Force made its contribution. Two strikes at 6.30 and 9 a.m. Sea Flurry aircraft sank the ships Houston and the Rio Escondido. The former…”

▶ The Colonel’s corner president’s secret war chapter 11 @ 49:32

Sam Giancana ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro host_asserted

“And he ended up in Miami. And there was the recorded telephone call or the recorded meeting in the Miami hotels with the CIA and Ruby. But Giancano was actually the one that was put in charge of supposedly put in charge of finding the assas…”

▶ Operation Gladio - Turkistan @ 1:13:14

John F. Kennedy ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“in the 18 months that separated the Bay of Pigs from the Cuban Missile Crisis. There were numerous attempts to infiltrate agents into Cuba. Most of them failed. There were several schemes aimed at assassinating Fidel Castro, and obviously t…”

▶ The Colonel’s Corner – Presidents’ Secret Wars Chapter 11 cont’d @ 29:35

James Jesus Angleton ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro book_quoted

“in the hands of government. Years later, when James Jesus Angleton and William Harvey, two legends of the counterintelligence, were searching for assassins to kill Cuban leader Fidel Castro, they sought the advice of Peter Wright, another B…”

▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 2 @ 25:50

William Harvey ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro book_quoted

▶ The Colonel’s Corner The Devil’s Chessboard Part 2 @ 25:50

Alexander Haig involved_in_effort_to_remove Fidel Castro book_quoted

“Casey learned that Haig had played a key role in the early 1960s in the Kennedy administration's effort to remove Castro. While many in the Reagan administration were sympathetic with Haig's view on Castro, the idea of an invasion was off t…”

▶ The Colonel’s Corner Prelude to Terror Chap 24 @ 30:36

Ted Shackley ran_programs_against Fidel Castro book_quoted

“You know, lead them on, play them. It was in this area that Casey turned to Bush's off-the-books intelligence apparatus. After all, Shackley had run all of the anti-Castro programs for the Kennedys, and he still maintained a close relations…”

▶ The Colonel’s Corner Prelude to Terror Chap 24 @ 31:05

CIA planned_assassination_method_for Fidel Castro documented

“One plot envisioned radioactive chemicals sprinkled in Castro's shoes, presumably during a scheduled visit to Chile, which could cause his hair to fall out, robbing the image of his vitality. The CIA had agents on staff of a radio station o…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 18 @ 51:33

John McCone ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro host_asserted

“Far East was the largest because, you know, we're running a war in Vietnam and a drug empire. They had about 1,500. Africa was the smallest with 300. Apart from the CIA director's contingency fund, the director for operations spent almost 6…”

▶ The Colonel’s Corner Safe for Democracy Part 25 (26) @ 57:33

CIA ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro host_asserted

“had employed Traficani in its assassination attempt against Fidel Castro. And because Traficani's Operation 40 associates were performing similar functions for the CIA around the world. In other words, what I have been telling you the entir…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Grayston Lynch connecting Gladio to Cuban Exiles @ 50:10

CIA plotted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“committee meeting called the Select Committee on Assassinations in 1979. Both the internal and independent investigations found CIA plots against Castro beginning around the time of this dinner party and found early ones factored in discred…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 18 @ 51:02

Operation Northwoods targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro host_asserted

“So that they could blame the Cuban government, Castro, and then justify a full-scale army-led invasion into Cuba to kill Castro. Now, Castro didn't do a damn thing, okay? Castro had nothing to do with it. It would be 100% done by our govern…”

▶ Operation Gladio- Vietnam Part 5 Phoenix Program @ 1:24:18

CIA attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro book_quoted

“You mean like Grayston? From his stable of underworld contacts, Saragusa again claimed to have refused, but drug traffickers, including some prominently Santo Trafficani Jr., were soon participating in the CIA attempted assassination of Fid…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Grayston Lynch connecting Gladio to Cuban Exiles @ 18:55

Fidel Castro targeted_for_regime_change Fulgencio Batista host_asserted

“I started here because this, I could, I could have read some very similar story to what I just read that happened in Cuba when the OSS slash CIA went in to train Castro and Shea Cavera in the mountains of Cuba when they were preparing to ta…”

▶ Operation Gladio - Vietnam history 1940’s and prior @ 1:01:44

CIA ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro book_quoted

“Later observed, it is likely that at the very moment President Kennedy was shot, a CIA officer was meeting with a Cuban agent and was giving him an assassination device for Castro. When critics of the CIA suggest the agency acts like a bunc…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Twilght of the Shadow Government Part 6 @ 49:15

CIA supplied_arms_to Fidel Castro host_asserted

“clandestinely probably be like the Koreans, like the North Koreans, Vietnam. The Soviet Union didn't do that. Okay. Maybe Cuba? Again, let's look at Cuba. That's a great example. What happened with Castro is exactly what happened in the Con…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Interview with Ron Partain Part 2 @ 25:22

CIA ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“against such foreign political leaders as Castro, Diem in Vietnam, the Dominican dictator, Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican Republic. Kissinger flipped quickly through the various allegations, but slowed down when he came to the part about as…”

▶ OPERATION GLADIO Exposed by COLONEL TOWNER in Presidents' Secret Wars Chapter 16 @ 24:56

Manuel Noriega spied_on Fidel Castro documented

“had performed valuable work for the U.S. government in Central America during the 80s and should give him a break. Though federal prosecutors called him an international drug trafficker and money launderer of unequaled proportions, Winters …”

▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 25 (Final) @ 14:25

Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista caller_asserted

“Fulgencio Batista was overthrown by Fidel Castro in the beginning of the revolution. But we have records. We have, how can I put it? We have so much information that we have shared to leaders like Marco Rubio, Bob Menendez, Crook, Bob Menen…”

▶ Operation Gladio - Zaire-Congo 1975-1978 @ 1:05:56

Richard Nixon spied_on Fidel Castro book_quoted

“and afterwards wrote a confidential memorandum to the CIA, the State Department, and the White House, stating flatly that Castro was either a communist dupe or a disciple and should be treated accordingly. So that began the campaign against…”

▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 2 @ 7:13

Fidel Castro supplied_arms_to Panama book_quoted

“Until 1959, Engel's outline had called for combating communism and subversion. But then the king of Iran was assassinated by an armored unit said to owe its fidelity to Nasser of Egypt. And more alarming was 200 men sent by Fidel Castro to …”

▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 2 @ 35:24

Robert Maheu attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro host_asserted

“Who's Robert Mayhew? We've talked about him a lot. He's the guy that was the right hand of Howard Hughes and was basically the CIA handler for Howard Hughes. He worked as the go-between between CIA, Mafia, and also attempted to use Costa No…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 8 @ 51:16

Sam Giancana attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro host_asserted

“Roselli agreed to help for a fee of $150,000 and contacted Chicago Mafia boss, Sam Giacana, who made arrangements to have a poison pill to be able to kill Castro. That Richard Bissell was involved in a lot of the different outrageous things…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Medusa File by Craig Roberts Part 10 @ 38:35

Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista host_asserted

“And they had the elite landowners that had worked alongside the mafia and the CIA during the Batista regime. And when Castro overthrew it, they just exfiltrate them to the United States and they set them up primarily in New York and Miami i…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Medusa File by Craig Roberts Part 3 @ 58:02

Fidel Castro ousted CIA host_asserted

“Concerns about the suppression of drug trade took second place to the Cold War. The rules of this intelligence game were the same in America's backyard, but only more so. One of the CIA's worst setbacks occurred in Cuba in the 1950s when Fi…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner LIVE RESEARCH INTO OPERATION GLADIO @ 8:27

Fidel Castro targeted_for_regime_change United States documented

“that they would need to put up a $20,000 security deposit, which outraged Fidel Castro, insisting that his government did not have ready access to cash, announced that they would leave the hotel and pitch tents if necessary. Castro's 1960 t…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 16 @ 2:02

Allen Dulles spied_on Fidel Castro documented

“from a vassal state of the U.S. into a sovereign nation. By early 1960, Dulles had resolved the debate within the intelligence agency over Castro's true identity. He declared he was a communist. That designation then meant he was a national…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 16 @ 4:30

William Pawley ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“Pauly began lobbying the Eisenhower administration to take aggressive action against Castro when he was still fighting Batista soldiers in the mountains. After Fidel rode into Havana on a tank in January of 1959, Pauly, who was gripped by w…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 16 @ 5:30

Fidel Castro targeted_for_regime_change United States documented

“He ended his speech with a declaration that became a ringing slogan of the Cuban Revolution. Motherland or death, we shall win. Determined that Cuba would not become another Guatemala, Castro turned to the Soviet Union for economic and mili…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 16 @ 8:35

Robert Maheu ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“like it was a tortured process, but it actually sounded like a relative no-brainer for the security contractor. The CIA had made Robert Mayhew. He owed everything he had to the agency, even the stereo system. He wasn't about to give it all …”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 16 @ 27:15

John F. Kennedy targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented

“by Nixon's soft-on-global communists, carved out a position on Cuba that was even more militant than the Republican candidate, declaring that Castro had betrayed the ideals of the Cuban Revolution and called his regime a communist menace th…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 16 @ 31:05

Robert Taber spied_on Fidel Castro documented

“the first African-American reporter for CBS News, who had scored an exclusive interview with Castro when he was still fighting in the mountains, stirred liberal circles by purchasing a full-page ad in the New York Times that passionately en…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 16 @ 19:51

John F. Kennedy supported Fidel Castro host_asserted

“where Kennedy was joined on the platform by a formidable supporting cast of Democrat dignitaries, including Eleanor Roosevelt and Congressman Powell. The presidential contender sounded more like a supporter of the bearded revolutionary in w…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 16 @ 32:55

Fidel Castro ordered_assassination_of Angola book_quoted

“established that Fidel Castro decided to commit combat troops to Angola on November 4th, the same day Havana had sent hundreds of heavy weapon experts to Angola. Kissinger both greatly exaggerated the pace and timing of the Cuban commitment…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 38 (40) @ 1:06:27

Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista host_asserted

“rose up and overthrew Batista. And you have yet again, and believe me, I am not a Castro apologist, but the United States actually aided and trained and set up Gladio training camps to teach people, to include Che Guevara, how to fight in t…”

▶ Operation Gladio and Iran, New Caledonia and other hot spots @ 55:48

Felix Rodriguez attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro host_asserted

“That was a death squad. They killed people in multiple places. If you look up his history, Felix Rodriguez, he was in Vietnam. He was in Honduras. He did multiple runs on Cuba trying to assassinate Castro for the CIA.…”

▶ Operation Gladio and Iran, New Caledonia and other hot spots @ 1:26:53

James Jesus Angleton ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“the organized crime chief financial officer who had been forced to flee Havana ahead of Castro's revolutionaries, leaving behind the mafia's highly lucrative casino empire. Lansky was part of the Jewish mob, but had close business ties to t…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 15 @ 56:45

Cosa Nostra attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro book_quoted

“and the mafia in the spy agency's attempt to use Costa Nostra members to assassinate Fidel Castro. So there you've got the narcos, the mafia, and the CIA all tied together. And the Murchison's factor really huge in Texas politics.…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 15 @ 1:07:35

Richard Helms ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro book_quoted

“Asked by Senator Charles McMatthias from Maryland whether an explicit presidential order to assassinate Castro was necessary. Helms was quoted as responding, I think any of us would have found it very difficult to discuss assassinations wit…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 18 @ 1:23:51

Richard Nixon spied_on Fidel Castro documented

“To the American Society of Newspaper Editors, he did not meet Eisenhower, but spoke to State Department officials and with Vice President Richard Nixon, who thought Fidel sincere. But he reported, quote, he is either incredibly naive about …”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18) @ 48:07

Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista documented

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18) @ 40:35

Fidel Castro founded 26th of July Movement documented

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18) @ 40:35

Allen Dulles targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented

“Now, six months later, Eisenhower approved measures that began a secret war. So again, Castro hasn't even been there very long at all, six months, and they've already declared war on him. The CIA already had an answer. In August of 59, disc…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18) @ 1:01:45

Allen Dulles supplied_arms_to Fidel Castro documented

“On November 24th, Alan Dulles saw the British ambassador and asked Great Britain to resist Cuban attempts to buy weapons, in particular, Hawker Hunter jets, then that was already under negotiations from the previous administration in Cuba. …”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18) @ 1:02:47

Christian Herter proposed Fidel Castro documented

“Even though they're officially recognizing Castro's not a communist. As Cabell spoke on Capitol Hill, Secretary of State Christian Harder put finishing touches on a paper he sent to Eisenhower. The memo proposed four measures on Cuba. These…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18) @ 59:48

Fidel Castro exposed United States documented

“Flames quickly spread. All of the firefighters in Havana barely contained the blaze before it reached the nearby electric plant. More than 100 people were killed or injured. Castro immediately blamed this on Americans. Of course, Washington…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (18) @ 1:07:06

J.C. King ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“dictatorship not be permitted to stand. The White House division chief advocated a range of actions, among them that, quote, thorough consideration be given to the elimination of Fidel Castro, which would greatly accelerate the fall of the …”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (19) @ 3:24

Allen Dulles attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“not yet willing to go that far, crossed out King's word elimination, substituting it for removal from Cuba. I'm not sure what the difference is. I mean, I know what it is, but he doesn't want to actually come out and say, because they have …”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (19) @ 3:54

Juan Orta attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“1961. Oh, that's right. JFK is now president. By then, the plot had already failed. The mafia men in Havana, Juan Orta, director general of Castro's personal office, had been slated as the hitman to poison Castro. Orta had apparently gotten…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (19) @ 57:57

Tony Verona attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“But Fidel fired him on January 26th after the CIA had no way to deliver the poison. Castro always seems to be one step ahead of these guys. Weird. Traficani briefly favored using a prominent exile identified as Tony Verona as the assassin. …”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (19) @ 58:28

Desmond Fitzgerald targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro book_quoted

“The lawyers decided that if the project had been authorized by the president and attorney general, it would be legal. Now, Houston is the same guy that says no covert operations is legal. So just keep that in mind. The seashell plot never m…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 28 (29) @ 8:36

Fidel Castro member_of Castaño family host_asserted

“the leaders of the AUC. The Castanos were from an upper-middle-class land-owning family, the narco-elite. Offered their services, particularly in the area of intelligence, to the military battalion, Bombona, that operated in Segovia. Anothe…”

▶ The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads and War on Terror Part 4 @ 34:45

Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro book_quoted

“Don't you love those memorialized memos? Kind of reminds you of the Obama administration. We did everything by the book. The next morning at the last Eisenhower-Kennedy meeting of the transition, Eisenhower turned Cuba. According to Clark C…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 21 (22) @ 17:26

Frank Church exposed Fidel Castro host_asserted

“uh senator church was um how he basically exposed everything from watergate to um guatemala yep uh to number of issues surrounding the bay of pigs the assassination attempts on castro to um i i i think he he helped expose um the chilean cou…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 23 (24) @ 1:10:09

John F. Kennedy ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro book_quoted

“to make it impossible for the agency to construct another operation like the Bay of Pigs. He said something about setting up a special group on Cuba. Kennedy leaned forward in his chair, quote, what would you think if I ordered Castro to be…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 26 (27) @ 13:14

John F. Kennedy ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro book_quoted

“Kennedy said he had only been testing him. He felt the same way, but he had been under terrible pressure to go ahead and do just that. The US, the president said, morally must not be a party to assassinations. The reporter made no use of th…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 26 (27) @ 13:46

Johnny Roselli attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro host_asserted

“It also says that he worked with mob boss Johnny Roselli. There you go. Yeah. Yeah. Roselli would later get implicated in trying to assassinate Castro in the late 60s. And then he would get assassinated right before he was going to testify …”

▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 11 @ 1:19:18

Maxwell D. Taylor ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro book_quoted

“Acting on specific instructions from Maxwell Taylor, the executive secretary of the special group asked Taylor's assistant to develop a contingency plan. What was wanted was a plan against the contingency that Castro would in some way or an…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 26 (27) @ 36:46

Edward Lansdale ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“rears its ugly head again, the paper General Lansdale sent to his agency managers after the August 10th meeting assigned Bill Harvey to write a paper on the CIA's role, listing under the rubric of political, the aspect of splitting the regi…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 27 (28) @ 13:55

Fidel Castro traded_network_to United States documented

“as there had been on October 4th of mining Cuban harbors. McCone soon packed Bill Harvey off to the Rome station, getting him out of the line of fire. And we all know what he did there. All this time, the exiled prisoners from the Bay of Pi…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 27 (28) @ 26:50

CIA ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“Pilot Francis Gary Powers negotiated the exchange. Final agreement on the prisoner trade was made on December 22, 1962. Altogether, 1,179 veterans of Brigade 2506 returned to the U.S. In a covert twist, CIA assassination plotters bought a s…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 27 (28) @ 27:51

CIA Technical Services Division supplied_arms_to Fidel Castro documented

“The Langley Technical Service Division scientists impregnated the suit with a fungus to trigger a skin disease, and the breathing apparatus had tuberculosis in it. The suit was carried to Donovan by an unwitting lawyer, John Nolan, who lear…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 27 (28) @ 28:21

John Nolan covered_up Fidel Castro book_quoted

“a germ bag. Fortunately, the American lawyer, witting or not, took the precaution of replacing the diving suit with one he bought himself. Castro returned the prisoners, including 20 non-brigade CIA agents. So, if you think that these basta…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 27 (28) @ 29:14

Robert F. Kennedy ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“This was the moment to act if they were going to. The agency had completed more proposals for covert sabotage. Bobby Kennedy proposed the U.S. aim at ousting Castro, causing as much trouble as possible. The director of central intelligence …”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 27 (28) @ 43:23

John McCone targeted_for_regime_change Fidel Castro documented

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 27 (28) @ 43:23

Desmond Fitzgerald ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“On August 18 and 19, gunboats struck one of Cuba's oil facilities. Desmond Fitzgerald has specifically made Castilla one of the targets, which showed that they had the set of targets from the CIA that they were using for this supposed group…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 27 (28) @ 51:30

CIA ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro host_asserted

“after which Tom Clines became Quintero's case officer. Shackley and Clines boss and headed up the CIA's Miami station after the Bay of Pigs disaster. He was also involved in the CIA's use of mafia to try to assassinate Castro. Jenkins also …”

▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA & George Bush Part 11 @ 1:09:38

CIA carried_out_attack Fidel Castro documented

“And this was a quote out of Encyclopedia Britannica. Early on the June 17th, 1972, police apprehended five burglars at the office of the D.C. Watergate complex. It was later claimed that they were looking for evidence of a Democratic ring o…”

▶ The Colonel’s Corner Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 1 @ 28:52

CIA attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (19) @ 47:25

CIA attempted_assassination_of Fidel Castro documented

“except they made it. Edwards next turned to the technical services brands for poison caplets, bacteria in liquid form. What he got would be solid white pills, but the support chief tested one. It lay inert at the bottom of the glass. That w…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (19) @ 56:55

CIA ordered_assassination_of Fidel Castro book_quoted

“Desmond Fitzgerald's interpreter. Fitzgerald's field report and San Halpern agreed that they avoided any mention of the actual operation. Nevertheless, Rolando Cubala demanded equipment support and the CIA provided it. Scientists at Langley…”

▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 28 (29) @ 13:30

CIA blamed Fidel Castro host_asserted

“fake Cuban army people when they were actually CIA trained paramilitary Cuban exiles living in Miami and blame Castro for killing Americans so they could justify a full scale invasion into Cuba. That was presented to John F. Kennedy and he …”

▶ Coyote of Wallstreet - 'THE FALSE FLAG DEFINITION' w Colonel Towner on the DC Shooting 2025-05-25 @ 8:10

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Assassination_Operation Gladio W_Brady, GofBPH, Alpha, CannCon&Brian

▶ 59:23 throughout Central and South America that was set up after Castro took over Cuba and stopped the drug trafficking from Cuba because that was their big port prior to that, has a CIA handler, or excuse me, an Israeli handler just like our Con…

Bank of Credit and Commerce Finale with War Hamster

▶ 1:06:00 There were remnants of that affiliation when he's down in Miami, which was the case in Felix Rodriguez and all of them. Felix Rodriguez's family was very well off because they were part of the Batista Mafia Association in Cuba. He went to a…

Bank of Credit and Commerce Finale with War Hamster

▶ 1:07:20 were paid to be basically the plantation overseers or the director of transportation or the director of this school versus that school. And those people were their minions on the ground for all of the oligarchs in the United States that bas…

ColonelTowner-Watkins - Guest_ Solving JFK Podcast

▶ 26:00 The way to us in America, the way they really are on the ground, wherever they're at. And there's no better illustration of that than the Cuban exiles. For us, we have always been told that the Cuban exiles were people, poor people that wer…

ColonelTowner-Watkins - Guest_ Solving JFK Podcast

▶ 26:29 For the majority of the Cuban exiles, that is absolutely a fable. The CIA installed Batista in Cuba and they also went into the mountains. Literally CIA agents went into the mountains and trained the Castro brothers along with Che Cabrera a…

ColonelTowner-Watkins - Guest_ Solving JFK Podcast

▶ 28:22 In Cuba or Chile or wherever they install these dictators. And so in light of that, the Cuban exiles are primarily those elite that got displaced when Castro came to power. They were not the poor peasants. They're all still there. Nobody he…

ColonelTowner-Watkins - Guest_ Solving JFK Podcast

▶ 45:22 pro castro guys handing out fair play for cuba materials um and then but privately when when we look at witness statements of who he was hanging out with he's he's hanging out with these pro castro people right and uh the counterpoint from …

ColonelTowner-Watkins - Guest_ Solving JFK Podcast

▶ 46:09 I forget the exact organization, but they were basically a group that that funded they got funds from the CIA to to, you know, support fighting against Castro. And the main thing Oswald's doing in the summer of 1963 is he's handed he's work…

ColonelTowner-Watkins - Guest_ Solving JFK Podcast

▶ 48:12 one of the leading theories let's say about about what happened and i don't want to speak out of turn and i'm not just to be clear like i don't have the receipts for this yet i will next season but i don't i don't have the receipts for this…

ColonelTowner-Watkins - Guest_ Solving JFK Podcast

▶ 58:52 to recognize Sukarno in a partnership. Well, if that happens, they can't overthrow Sukarno. They will not have the support internal to Indonesia. And the CIA is dead set on making sure that trip never happens. So you have Indonesia. Then yo…

ColonelTowner-Watkins - Guest_ Solving JFK Podcast

▶ 59:22 business with Cuba, okay? That pissed off everybody. As much as they think that they want, they did not want it under Castro because they didn't control Castro. So that was not going to be allowed to happen. He used a couple of people. He u…

ColonelTowner-Watkins - Guest_ Solving JFK Podcast

▶ 59:47 He's a skull and bones. He's toes so deep state. It's not even funny. And these are the guys that would have been working with Alan Dulles behind the scenes to out JFK fact that he's trying to undermine their rifle operation to overthrow Ca…

Coyote of Wallstreet - 'THE FALSE FLAG DEFINITION' w Colonel Towner on the DC Shooting 2025-05-25

▶ 8:10 fake Cuban army people when they were actually CIA trained paramilitary Cuban exiles living in Miami and blame Castro for killing Americans so they could justify a full scale invasion into Cuba. That was presented to John F. Kennedy and he …

Coyote of Wallstreet - 'THE SPOTLIGHT' False Flags w Colonel Towner • The Finale

▶ 56:01 ground invasion into Cuba. Because for those of you who don't know, Cuba was being used as a processing place for the CIA drug trafficking out of the Golden Triangle through either the Corsican Mafia in France or the Sicilian Mafia in Sicil…

MLK’s Conspiracy Trial thru Gladio Glasses

▶ 1:22:30 Jose Rayol Verona Gonzalez, a Cuban exile and intelligence officer for Brigade 2506. You know, Felix Rodriguez's hangout. He was part of the ultra-secretive Operation 40, a CIA counterintelligence unit of exiles tasked with assassinations.…

MLK’s Conspiracy Trial thru Gladio Glasses

▶ 1:23:28 informed by his CIA handler that he was given the assignment to fly Raul Castro back from Prague. CIA headquarters approved a plot offering Martinez money to sabotage the flight and cause a fatal accident. He later got cold feet and withdre…

Operation Gladio and Iran, New Caledonia and other hot spots

▶ 55:48 rose up and overthrew Batista. And you have yet again, and believe me, I am not a Castro apologist, but the United States actually aided and trained and set up Gladio training camps to teach people, to include Che Guevara, how to fight in t…

Operation Gladio and Iran, New Caledonia and other hot spots

▶ 56:15 And because they wanted to play both sides, they were helping Batista and they were helping Castro so they could control the aftermath. As a result of that, Castro was not going to be dictated to. And he did the same thing that they did in …

Operation Gladio and Iran, New Caledonia and other hot spots

▶ 56:44 come to America, they all said that they supported him during the revolution because there was so much corruption going on down there. And in the aftermath of that, he instituted land reform because the same company that had bought up all t…

Operation Gladio and Iran, New Caledonia and other hot spots

▶ 57:14 giving the land back to the people and limiting the size of what can be foreign owned, you know, kind of like what we're doing here. We all want China not to own our farmland. Well, guess what? That's all Castro did. Castro said he didn't w…

Operation Gladio and Iran, New Caledonia and other hot spots

▶ 57:44 At some point, the United States cuts Cuba off because he's cutting off U.S. companies. And then they're isolated. They naturally go to the Soviet Union because it was the only other major weapons producer or trading partner because they ha…

Operation Gladio and Iran, New Caledonia and other hot spots

▶ 1:26:53 That was a death squad. They killed people in multiple places. If you look up his history, Felix Rodriguez, he was in Vietnam. He was in Honduras. He did multiple runs on Cuba trying to assassinate Castro for the CIA.…

Operation Gladio - Belgium Part 2

▶ 1:24:32 And so what happens is most of the people, at least in the Cuban exile community, were from that elite group. They came specifically to Miami for a reason. They were going to work with the CIA because the CIA actually funded and equipped an…

Operation Gladio - Bolivia 1964-1975

▶ 44:27 using Gladio operations throughout Central and South America. Those are just facts. And both things can be true at the same time. Word also had it that he had gone mad and was confined to an insane asylum or that he was imprisoned or execut…

Operation Gladio - Bolivia 1964-1975

▶ 53:19 What is clear is it was a huge case of overkill based on, but not for them. Because keep in mind, you would have thought that, I don't know, 70 some missions to try to kill Castro was overkill too for a little island in the middle of the Ca…

Operation Gladio - Bolivia 1964-1975

▶ 1:02:56 Whatever label, there was indeed a fresh political conflict in Bolivia. Two weeks later, it erupted into a military revolt. General Ovando was out and General Torres was in. Ovando had lasted one year. Juan Jose Torres, 10 months in office,…