September 11, 1962 - Operation Northwoods

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 22:54:25 GMT

We could blow up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay and blame Cuba, they proposed; casualty lists in U.S. newspapers would cause a helpful wave of national indignation. We could develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington, they wrote. The terror campaign could be pointed at Cuban refugees seeking haven in the United States...