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CIA assassination attempts on Fidel Castro

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158:: Prior to August 1960, from August 1960 to April 1961, from April 1961 to late 1961, from late 1961 to late 1962, and from late 1962 to late 1963. Fidel Castro survived over 600 assassination attempts, as well as attempts to end his political career in other ways. One of these attempts involved a chemical with comparable effects to the drug LSD sprayed in the air of the room where Castro would broadcast from his radio station, with the goal of making him lose composure and speak erratically while on air. While this example may not be as dangerous as an assassination, if successful, this attempt could have been damaging to Castro's career. Another early attempt relied on the knowledge that he loved diving. The CIA decided to create an infected diving suit that would kill Castro slowly, over a long period of time, by lining the suit with tuberculosis. The infected diving suit did not succeed. The plan was betrayed and Castro learned of the attempt. 331: 33: 315: 461:
foreign Communists operating in Cuba, up to $ 1 million for members of the Cuban government, and only $ 0.02 for Castro himself, which was meant "to denigrate" him in the eyes of the Cuban people. The top secret document which revealed the plan, which was never put into practice, was one of 2,800 related to the federal investigation of the Kennedy assassination, which were released as scheduled in October 2017.
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himself as Maheu's associate but who actually was the chief of the CIA's operational support division, was present during the meeting. The declassified documents did not reveal if Roselli, Giancana or Trafficante accepted a down payment for the job. According to the CIA files, it was Giancana who suggested poison pills as a means to doctor Castro's food or drinks. Such pills, manufactured by the
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The CIA in 1962 considered a plan called "Operation Bounty", which would have involved dropping leaflets over Cuba offering financial rewards to the Cuban population for the assassination of various individuals, including $ 5,000 to $ 20,000 for informants, $ 57,000 for department heads, $ 97,000 for
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When Castro travelled abroad, the CIA cooperated with Cuban exiles for some of the more serious assassination attempts. The last documented attempt on Castro's life was in 2000, and involved placing 90 kg of explosives under a podium in Panama where he would give a talk. Castro’s personal
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organization, who introduced himself as a representative of several international businesses in Cuba that were expropriated by Castro. On September 14, 1960, Maheu met with Roselli in a New York City hotel and offered him US$ 150,000 for the "removal" of Castro. James O'Connell, who identified
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The Church Committee rejected political assassination as a foreign policy tool and declared that it was "incompatible with American principle, international order, and morality." It recommended Congress to consider developing a statute to eradicate such or similar practices, which was never
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during decision-making related to assassinations, with CIA subordinates shielding higher-ranking officials from responsibility by withholding information. Government employees were obtaining tacit approval by using euphemisms in communications. Fidel Castro died in 2016 at the age of 90.
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Allegedly, after several unsuccessful attempts to introduce the poison into Castro's food, Orta abruptly demanded to be let out of the mission, handing over the job to another unnamed participant. Later, a second attempt was mounted through Giancana, Roselli, and Trafficante using
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issued an Executive Order banning political assassinations. In 2006, Fabián Escalante, former chief of Cuba's intelligence, stated that there had been 634 assassination schemes or attempts. The last known plot to assassinate Castro was by Cuban exiles in 2000.
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security team discovered the explosives before he arrived. Castro once said, in regards to the numerous attempts on his life he believed had been made, "If surviving assassination attempts were an Olympic event, I would win the gold medal."
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leader Santo Trafficante, who were both on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list at that time, were indirectly contacted by the CIA about the possibility of Fidel Castro's assassination. Johnny Roselli, a member of the
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containing poison pills into his room. When Castro learned about her intentions, he reportedly gave her a gun and told her to kill him but her nerves failed. Some plots aimed not at murder but at
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officials exerted a heavy pressure on the CIA to "get rid of Castro." It explains a staggering number of assassination plots, aiming at creating a favorable impression on President
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operation, but five more CIA teams were sent, the last apprehended on a rooftop within rifle range of Castro, at the end of February or beginning of March 1963. Attorney
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hearing told senators that the CIA had also contemplated using botulinum toxin to lace cigars to be delivered to Castro, but this plan never went forward.
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declared that "no such activity or operations be undertaken, assisted, or suggested by any of our personnel." In 1975, the
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The Church Committee stated that it substantiated eight attempts by the CIA to assassinate Fidel Castro in 1960–1965.
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aimed at toppling the Cuban government. The assassination attempts reportedly included cigars poisoned with
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CIA Targets Fidel: Secret 1967 CIA Inspector General's Report on Plots to Assassinate Fidel Castro
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Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities
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claimed eight proven CIA assassination attempts between 1960 and 1965. In 1976, President
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boarding school; he began his political career while attending the School of Law of the
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that were declassified in 2007, one assassination attempt on Fidel Castro prior to the
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and James O'Connell, to accompany Roselli to Miami to recruit the actual teams.
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178-10004-10213 Testimony of William Colby and Scott Breckinridge, Jr., 5/23/75
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to cause him disorientation during the broadcast and damage his public image.
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Fidel Castro survived over 600 assassination attempts, Cuban spy chief said
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salts to destroy Castro's famous beard, or lacing his radio studio with
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Fidel Castro: Dodging exploding seashells, poison pens and ex-lovers
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and Cuban underworlds. The CIA assigned two operations officers,
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international political assassination attempts on foreign leaders
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In 2006, some of the plots were depicted in a documentary film.
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Aston, Martin (November 23, 2006). "The Man Who Wouldn't Die".
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in Russia, he replied, "You think our country’s so innocent?"
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at the time, was identified as the team leader, who recruited
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Memorandum for the Executive Director, Subject: John Roselli
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poison pills, and was cancelled due to the launching of the
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Close but no cigar: how America failed to kill Fidel Castro
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In September 1960, Momo Salvatore Giancana, a successor of
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found that the CIA and other agencies employed a tactic of
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Some of them were a part of the covert CIA program dubbed
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According to Top Secret transcripts declassified in 2021,
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The Old Man and the CIA: A Kennedy Plot to Kill Castro?
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archives.gov May 30, 1975. Retrieved December 3, 2022
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Assassination attempts on Cuban Leader Fidel Castro
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Index

CIA Assassination attempts on Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro
Washington, D.C.
Cuban Revolution
Central Intelligence Agency
Fidel Castro
Cuban exiles
Church Committee
Gerald Ford
Fidel Castro
Roman Catholic
University of Havana
international political assassination attempts on foreign leaders
United Nations Charter
Director of Central Intelligence
Richard Helms
U.S. Senate
Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities
Frank Church
Church Committee
plausible deniability
CIA
Richard Helms
Kennedy administration
John F. Kennedy
Department of Defense
State Department
Jack Anderson
Bay of Pigs Invasion

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