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Kid Berwyn

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7. True: JFK approved Operation MONGOOSE.

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 05:15 PM

Jul 8

But when he called it off to help defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis , CIA kept on going and it didn't tell JFK or RFK.

From researcher and DUer John Simkin:

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Robert Kennedy instructed CIA director John McCone, to halt all covert operations aimed at Cuba. A few days later he discovered that William Harvey had ignored this order and had dispatched three commando teams into Cuba to prepare for what he believed would be an inevitable invasion. Kennedy was furious and as soon as the Cuban Missile Crisis was over, Harvey was removed as commander of ZR/RIFLE. On 30th October, 1962, RFK terminated "all sabotage operations" against Cuba. As a result of President Kennedy's promise to Nikita Khrushchev that he would not invade Cuba, Operation Mongoose was disbanded.

SOURCE w/links for details:

https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKzrrifle.htm

MORE: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/cuba/2019-10-03/kennedy-cuba-operation-mongoose

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Lee Harvey Oswald isn't the only subject CIA lied about re: JFK Assassination [View all] Kid Berwyn Jul 8 OP

There's an interesting show on Paramount+ (I think) TxGuitar Jul 8 #1

Thank you for the heads-up! Will viddy. Kid Berwyn Jul 8 #2

Your post title is about JFK; the post itself is about Castro.... Sogo Jul 8 #3

The Warren Commission was not informed CIA had hired Mafia to kill Castro. Kid Berwyn Jul 8 #4

The Warren Commission was also not informed about how both JFK and RFK sought Castro's assassination. DickKessler Jul 8 #6

True: JFK approved Operation MONGOOSE. Kid Berwyn Jul 8 #7

Your second source indicates that Kennedy continued to plot against Cuba up until his assassination. DickKessler Jul 8 #10

Great. President Truman wondered about CIA after JFK assassination. Kid Berwyn Jul 9 #11

Was the CIA also developing a cancer-causing biological weapon... AntiFascist Jul 8 #5

I dunno. But I did ask the Google A.I. Kid Berwyn Jul 8 #8

Here's what I got out of Google AI, based on available public info... AntiFascist Jul 8 #9

Thank you! Plus: Warren Commissioners Ties to NAZI Germany Kid Berwyn Jul 9 #12