Event

CIA plots to kill Fidel Castro

Plans by the CIA between 1960 and 1965 to assassinate Fidel Castro, as found by the Church Committee in 1975.

4 links, 4 backed by primary records

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Central Intelligence Agency Planned the plots, in the Church Committee’s finding According to Church Committee Primary record 1
Fidel Castro Target Primary record 1
John F. Kennedy Raised assassination in conversations in 1961 and, in the accounts of Szulc and Smathers, opposed it According to Church Committee Primary record 1 2

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Proof 2 sources

Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders: Interim Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (Senate Report 94-465), U.S. Senate, 1975. Primary record Archived copy
We have found concrete evidence of at least eight plots involving the CIA to assassinate Fidel Castro from 1960 to 1965.
Szulc said that the President responded, "I agree with you completely."
The Committee investigated alleged United States involvement in assassination plots in five foreign countries
Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: Performance of the Intelligence Agencies, U.S. Senate, 1976. Primary record Archived copy
March-President Kennedy raises subject of assassination with Senator Smathers, indicating his disapproval.

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