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The American Military planned terrorist attacks on Americans
as pretext to invade Cuba
After the failed CIA invasion in 1961, a second invasion was planned by the United States in August 1962 prior to the "Cuban Missile Crisis" in October 1962. Unlike the exiled Cubans used in the "Bay of Pigs" invasion, the second invasion would assault the Cuban beach with Marines.
Additionally, the Joint Chiefs "proposed in 1962 a secret plan to commit terrorist acts against Americans and blame Cuba to create a pretext for invasion and the ouster of Communist leader Fidel Castro"!
Excerpts from "JFK Library:
On April 17, 1961, 1,400 Cuban exiles launched what became a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba.
Excerpts from "USA TODAY":
U.S. military planners estimated they would need 261,000 troops and between 10 to 15 days to invade Cuba, oust its dictator, Fidel Castro, and take control of the country, an Aug. 8, 1962, memo for the John F. Kennedy administration shows.
"In order to seize control of key strategic areas in Cuba within 10-15 days with minimum casualties to both sides about 261,000 US military personnel would participate in the operation," said the memo addressed to the "Special Group" developing plans to remove Castro.
Perhaps the most significant plan was a covert plan involving the Kennedy administration called Operation Mongoose, which was detailed in many of the documents included in the latest release. They include:
By August, the administration had a more detailed invasion plan. The Aug. 8, 1962, plan included using 71,000 soldiers and 35,000 Marines on the ground in Cuba and another 29,000 soldiers in support positions. Major units involved would include two Army airborne divisions, an infantry brigade, an armored combat command, a naval amphibious attack force and 17 Air Force tactical fighter squadrons and 53 troop carrier or transport squadrons.
Excerpts from "United States Department of State":
Consequences of US Military Intervention in Cuba
1. On 2 August 1962 the Chief of Operations, Operation Mongoose, requested the DOD/JCS Representative, Operation Mongoose, to prepare a paper for distribution to the Special Group (Augmented) on 8 August 1962. The specific requirement is to set forth “Consequences of (US) Military Intervention (in Cuba) to include cost (personnel, units and equipment), effect on world-wide ability to react, possibility of a requirement for sustained occupation, the level of national mobilization required, and Cuban counteraction.” Pursuant to this request, the requirement has been divided into its separate parts.
2. Requirements (personnel, units and equipment).
a. [3-1/2 lines of source text not declassified]
b. [3-1/2 lines of source text not declassified]
c. Major units involved in the initial assault include: Two Army airborne divisions, an infantry brigade, and an armored combat command; one and one-third Marine division/wing teams; a Navy Striking and Covering force together with an amphibious task force; and 17 USAF tactical fighter squadrons and 53 troop carrier or transport squadrons.
d. Principal equipment includes:
(1) Army—Artillery units and armor (including about 275 tanks)
(2) Marines—[1-1/2 lines of source text not declassified]
(3) Navy—[2 lines of source text not declassified]
(4) Air Force—[2 lines of source text not declassified]
3. Level of National Mobilization Required.
a. Army—None. In lieu of mobilizing Civil Affairs units from the active reserve, tactical forces, though not trained for this mission, will be employed to conduct Civil Affairs/Military Government operations.
b. Navy—For troop and cargo sealift, no rise in mobilization level would be required beyond the present authority held by the Maritime Administration to charter shipping.
c. Air Force—In order to land the maximum number of airborne troops in the minimum time, [2 lines of source text not declassified] however, CINCLANT and USAF have been requested to prepare alternate plans not involving any mobilization prior to D-day.
d. Marines—None.
e. Further mobilization would be required if a concurrent political or military situation exists which would make such a precaution desirable in order to assure US military responsiveness to additional demands.
Excerpts from "The Baltimore Sun":
U.S. military leaders proposed in 1962 a secret plan to commit terrorist acts against Americans and blame Cuba to create a pretext for invasion and the ouster of Communist leader Fidel Castro, according to a new book about the National Security Agency.
"We could develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington," said one document reportedly prepared by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba," the document says. "Casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a helpful wave of indignation."
The plan is laid out in documents signed by the five Joint Chiefs but never carried out, according to writer James Bamford in "Body of Secrets." The new history of the Fort Meade-based eavesdropping agency is being released today by Doubleday.
He [Bamford] said he was most surprised by the anti-Cuba terror plan, code-named Operation Northwoods. It "may be the most corrupt plan ever created by the U.S. government," he writes.
Army Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, presented the Operation Northwoods plan to Kennedy early in 1962, but the president rejected it that March because he wanted no overt U.S. military action against Cuba. Lemnitzer then sought unsuccessfully to destroy all evidence of the plan, according to Bamford.
Thank goodness JFK had the common sense to reject the madness of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Unfortunately, it is probably what got him killed. Nowadays, the President seems devoid of common sense:
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The Biden Admin does not care about the American people. Permanent Washington loots us to serve the interests of the arms-manufacturing global oligarchy while we struggle to pay for rent, gas and groceries and our soldiers go on food stamps.
References:
The Bay of Pigs | JFK Library
https://www.jfklibrary.org/.../jfk-in.../the-bay-of-pigs
U.S. planned a 261,000-troop invasion force of Cuba, newly released documents show
Ray Locker
Published 2:50 p.m. ET Oct. 30, 2017
Politics
USA TODAY
https://www.usatoday.com/.../u-s-planned-261.../813376001/
368. Memorandum From the Department of Defense Operations Officer for Operation Mongoose (Craig) to the Special Group (Augmented)
Washington, August 8, 1962.
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume X, Cuba, January 1961–September 1962
Office of the Historian
United States Department of State
https://history.state.gov/historicald.../frus1961-63v10/d368
New book on NSA sheds light on secrets
By Scott Shane and Tom Bowman
Apr 24, 2001 at 12:00 am
The Baltimore Sun
https://www.baltimoresun.com/.../bs-xpm-2001-04-24...
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