Richard Drain person
also: Drain, Dick, Drane
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Claims (3)
Richard Drain member_of
CIA documented
“sent one of the top men in the Cuba task force to pick him up at the airport, thinking that the CIA director would want to be briefed immediately. Richard Drain, the chief of operations for the Bay of Pig expeditions, rolled onto the runway…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 18 @ 5:05
Richard Drain member_of
Skull and Bones documented
“Some of the sharpest criticism of the Bay of Pigs operation, in fact, came within the CIA itself. Dick Drane was among those who later aimed fire at Dulles. When he spoke with Jack Pfeiffer, the CIA historian who prepared the report on the …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Devil's Chessboard Part 18 @ 9:05
Richard Drain member_of
Congo Task Force documented
“King also noted that unless the top folks could be eliminated in one package, the operation might draw out, in which Castro could be overthrown by force. The plan crafted by Esterling and Richard Drain envisioned an exile force gathered ove…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 17 (19) @ 12:37
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▶ 12:37
King also noted that unless the top folks could be eliminated in one package, the operation might draw out, in which Castro could be overthrown by force. The plan crafted by Esterling and Richard Drain envisioned an exile force gathered ove…
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Dulles had his plan. Esterling and Drain prepared a paper. It was a scheme that was revealed on March 14th after the annual review of the 5412 activities. Based on the discussion, there was a quick revision titled, quote, a program of actio…
▶ 19:08
The agency estimated it could have an organization up and running in two months. Although Esterling and Drain presented their concept in fair detail, the CIA's budget estimate did not provide for the size of the force that it eventually rea…
▶ 36:39
to an agency hangout, Napoleon's. It was a restaurant down the street. Jim Flannery, one of Bissell's secret special assistants, went with them. They began with martinis and went on to brandy before Task Force Operations Chief Richard Drain…
▶ 5:05
sent one of the top men in the Cuba task force to pick him up at the airport, thinking that the CIA director would want to be briefed immediately. Richard Drain, the chief of operations for the Bay of Pig expeditions, rolled onto the runway…
▶ 5:35
Drain, I was sent to brief you, sir. Oh, yes, Dick, how are you? Drain drew Dulles away from the others, and Dulles asked him, how's it going? He says, well, not very well, sir. Oh, is that so? Back at the quarter's eye, the CIA's headquart…
▶ 6:05
On the brink of failure, the Cuban operation lacked the kind of muscular leadership that could rescue the men pinned down by Castro's forces. Drain was hoping that Dulles would save the day, but he found the old man, his unflappability dist…
▶ 6:35
A stunning piece of news since Dulles knew that the operation was damned unless President Kennedy agreed to escalate the action and provide the embattled anti-Castro brigade the air cover. Why did they do that? Dulles asked softly, no anger…
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Drain was so wrung out that he vomited. Like the rest of the CIA planning team, Drain had worked closely with the exile leaders who were trapped on the island. But Dulles didn't seem to mind at all. They rode in silence for a long time unti…
▶ 7:35
Dulles simply nodded and stared ahead. Drain was deeply uncomfortable in his boss's presence and eager to flee back to the CIA command post. But Dulles insisted they come in and have a drink. Drain thought the chief would finally grill him …
▶ 9:05
Some of the sharpest criticism of the Bay of Pigs operation, in fact, came within the CIA itself. Dick Drane was among those who later aimed fire at Dulles. When he spoke with Jack Pfeiffer, the CIA historian who prepared the report on the …
▶ 9:31
But years after he picked up Dulles at the Baltimore airport, Drain vented about the agency's handling of the Cuba enterprise. He was astounded by the poor quality of the staff assigned to the high stakes Bay of Pigs operation. Drain told P…
▶ 9:57
that the very best people were assigned to this project. There is nothing more important than what we are doing. I want people pulled out of tours of overseas if necessary. This thing must be manned, unquote. But in truth, Drain said, the B…
▶ 10:54
The Bay of Pigs is on its last leg and Dulles is unfazed by any of it. And the guy that was sent to brief him and tell him what was going on, thinking he was going to come to the command post and save the day, he just invites him in for a d…
▶ 11:23
Not the leadership that was being ran in Miami, but the people that was working on it at the CIA headquarters were just castoffs from other people. They weren't the best and the brightest. Drain said, I don't mean to be unduly and modest, b…
▶ 11:53
on much Latin America or Latinos and any of that. I had never been on amphibious operations, and if that was characteristic of my qualification, it really characterized the whole damn operation, about which it seemed to me there was a good …