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Richard M. Bissell Jr.

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737:, a veteran of CIA counter-espionage activities, was instructed to offer the Mafia $ 150,000 to kill Fidel Castro. The advantage of employing the Mafia for this work is that it provided CIA with a credible cover story. The Mafia were known to be angry with Castro for closing down their profitable brothels and casinos in Cuba. If the assassins were killed or captured the media would accept that the Mafia were working on their own. The Mafia played along in order to get protection from the FBI. 368: 36: 863: 849:): "Some old CIA hands believe that Bissell was setting a trap to force U.S. intervention." Edgar Applewhite, a former deputy inspector general, believed that Bissell and Dulles were "building a tar baby." Jake Esterline was very unhappy with these developments and on 8 April attempted to resign from the CIA. Bissell convinced him to stay. 987:. Bissell told Kennedy that the operation could still be saved if American warplanes were allowed to fly cover. Admiral Burke supported him on this. General Lemnitzer called for the Brigade to join the guerrillas in the Escambray Mountains. Bissell explained this was not an option as their route was being blocked by 20,000 Cuban troops. 624:
Bissell delivered an address at the CIA entitled "The Stimulation of Innovation" in 1957 that called for funding the research and development of groundbreaking new technologies for intelligence gathering and surveillance. He acknowledged that such surveillance may entail "gray activities" by the CIA,
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At 7 a.m. on April 18, Bissell told Kennedy that the invasion force was trapped on the beaches and encircled by Castro’s forces. Then Bissell asked Kennedy to send in American forces to save the men. Bissell expected him to say yes. Instead he replied that he still wanted "minimum visibility." The
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Bissell now resubmitted his plan. As requested, the landing was no longer at Trinidad. Instead he selected Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs). This was 80 miles from the Escambray Mountains. What is more, this journey to the mountains was across an impenetrable swamp. As Bissell explained to Kennedy,
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As Allen W. Dulles recorded at the time: "We felt that when the chips were down, when the crisis arose in reality, any action required for success would be authorized rather than permit the enterprise to fail." In other words, he realized that the initial invasion was likely to fail, but believed
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At a meeting on 11 March 1961, Kennedy rejected Bissell’s proposed scheme. He told him to go away and draft a new plan. He asked for it to be "less spectacular" and with a more remote landing site than Trinidad. It appears that Kennedy had completely misunderstood the report from the JCS.
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aircraft that could reach the other country. However, because of the great shroud of secrecy erected by the CIA around the source of the information, the U-2 spy plane program, the hysteria in some American circles based on the allegations of the bomber gap was not publicly put to rest.
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in 1955 as the site for the test facility for the U-2, and Bissell supervised the test facility and its build up until he resigned from the CIA. The U-2 spy plane was a great success and within two years Bissell was able to say that 90% of all hard intelligence about the
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surveillance that the CIA may not have the legal right to undertake. But he urged that the dubious legal status of such activities should not preclude the CIA from pursuing them. He also advocated that the CIA implement
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As a face-saving exit from the CIA, John F. Kennedy offered Bissell the post as director of a new science and technology department. This would leave him in charge of the development of the
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of the CIA Technical Services Division was asked to come up with proposals that would undermine Castro's popularity with the Cuban people. (Gottlieb also ran the
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veterans from World War Two—the grouping would expand its informal membership around the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. The group would grow to include
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on 18 November 1960. According to Bissell, Kennedy remained impassive throughout the meeting. He expressed surprise only at the scale of the operation.
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was lying about the number of bombers and missiles being built by the Soviet Union. The photographs debunked the allegations of a "
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stayed on as Bissell's deputy. The Directorate for Plans reportedly controlled over half the CIA's budget and was responsible for
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That night Bissell had another meeting with John F. Kennedy. This time it took place in the White House and included General
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that Kennedy would agree to any additional military support required to prevent this outcome. According to Evan Thomas (
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project from 1953–1964.) These schemes were rejected and instead Bissell decided to arrange Castro's assassination.
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to develop a follow-on aircraft. This evolved into Project OXCART, under which the CIA developed and operated the
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Monte Reel, "A Brotherhood of Spies: The U2 and the CIA's Secret War," (New York: Anchor Books, 2019), pp. 132–33
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Monte Reel, "A Brotherhood of Spies: The U2 and the CIA's Secret War," (New York: Anchor Books, 2019), p. 148
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coming into the CIA was "funneled through the lens of the U-2's aerial cameras". This information convinced
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The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954–1974
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became involved in this first plot against Castro. The strategy was managed by Sheffield Edwards;
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As DD/P, Bissell also oversaw the early stages of Project OXCART, the development of the
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to develop radar camouflage for the aircraft. When this was unsuccessful, he initiated
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In 1956, after the Soviet Union protested the first U-2 overflights, Bissell initiated
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Secret Empire: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America’s Space Espionage
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Reflections of a Cold Warrior: From Yalta to the Bay of Pigs Hardcover – May 29, 1996
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this meant that the guerrilla fallback option had been removed from the operation.
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In March 1960, President Eisenhower approved a CIA plan to overthrow Castro. (See
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joined the rebellion and if they were able to join up with the guerrillas in the
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in 1954. In fact, Bissell assembled the same team as the one used in Guatemala:
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suffered a mental breakdown in September 1958, Bissell replaced him as the CIA's
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Memorandum for the Director of Central Intelligence, Subject: Roselli, Johnny
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He also played a key role, as CIA Program Manager, in the development of the
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Richard Mervin Bissell Jr. was the son of Richard Bissell, the president of
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was given a copy of the JMARC proposal by Bissell and Allen W. Dulles in
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Bay of Pigs Declassified: The Secret CIA Report on the Invasion of Cuba
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Bissell, Richard M. Jr., with Jonathan E. Lewis and Frances T. Pudlo.
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Eisenhower and Latin America: The Foreign Policy of Anticommunism
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In 1954 he was placed in charge of developing and operating the
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In March 1960 a top-secret policy paper was drafted entitled: "
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to run a committee to lobby for an economic recovery plan for
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The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington
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JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters
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A Program of Covert Action Against the Castro Regime
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Co-Director of the National Reconnaissance Office
John F. Kennedy
Joseph V. Charyk
Hartford, Connecticut
Farmington, Connecticut
Central Intelligence Agency
Central Intelligence Agency
U-2 spy plane
Bay of Pigs Invasion
spymasters
Hartford Fire Insurance
Mark Twain House
Hartford, Connecticut
Groton School
Groton, Massachusetts
Joseph Alsop
Tracy Barnes

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