Event
Operation MONGOOSE
U.S. covert program from November 1961 that tried to use Cuban exiles and dissidents inside Cuba to overthrow Castro; it ended in November 1962.
- Dates
- Nov 1961 – Nov 1962
- Also known as
- MONGOOSE
Connections 3
involved
- Fidel Castro The leader it aimed to overthrow Primary record 1
- Cuba Where it operated Primary record 1
followed from
- Bay of Pigs invasion According to Church Committee Primary record 2
Timeline 1 date
- Nov 1961 – Nov 1962 Operation MONGOOSE
Proof 2 sources
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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
the Administration's effort to overthrow the Castro regime-Operation MONGOOSE
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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
In November of that year, the United States Government decided that further such overt paramilitary operations were no longer feasible, and embarked on Operation MONGOOSE.
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