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Kid Berwyn

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8. I dunno. But I did ask the Google A.I.
Tue Jul 8, 2025, 05:46 PM
Jul 8
"Castro Assassination Attempts by Type"

Fidel Castro faced numerous assassination attempts, with the CIA and Cuban exiles employing a variety of methods. These included poisoned cigars, a fungus-infected diving suit, and even an exploding seashell. The CIA also explored mafia connections in an attempt to eliminate him.

Here's a breakdown by type of attempt:

CIA & Cuban Exile Attempts:

Poisoned cigars:
A plan involved poisoning cigars with botulinum toxin, capitalizing on Castro's love for cigars.

Diving suit and conch shell:
An attempt involved a scuba diving suit infected with a deadly fungus and a booby-trapped seashell.

Exploding cigars:
Another plan involved using exploding cigars.

Mob-style execution:
The CIA also explored the possibility of enlisting the mafia in an assassination attempt.


Poison pills:
There were plans to use poison pills, possibly through a liaison between the CIA and mobsters, according to a film about the attempts.

Explosives at a museum:
A plot to blow up Castro during a visit to the Ernest Hemingway museum was also considered.

Individual assassins:
The CIA also backed various Cuban exile groups and individuals who attempted to assassinate Castro.

Other Notable Attempts:

Early attempts by student groups:
. Militant anti-Batista groups, particularly the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil (DRE), also made attempts on Castro's life.

Multiple attempts by Antonio Veciana:
. A Cuban exile, Antonio Veciana, made several attempts on Castro's life over a period of 17 years.

Attempts by Félix Rodríguez:
. Félix Rodríguez, a CIA operative involved in training Cuban exiles for the Bay of Pigs Invasion, was also involved in some attempts.

Felix Rodriguez wore Che Guevera's Rolex. He also worked for Poppy Bush. I posit he was part of the cabal because his father, the former Senator Prescott Bush, a name now scrubbed from his role in the Wall Street Coup to overthrow FDR in 1933. The big reason though is the paper trail established by Herbert Hoover and the FBI regarding his son, President George Herbert Walker Bush:

History Lesson missing from post-Dallas curricula...

George H. W. Bush was in Dallas on November 22, 1963. I know so because AFTER THE ASSASSINATION he phoned the FBI to report a name he heard threaten JFK:





TO: SAC, HOUSTON DATE: 11-22-63

FROM: SA GRAHAM W. KITCHEL

SUBJECT: UNKNOWN SUBJECT;
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT
JOHN F. KENNEDY

At 1:45 p.m. Mr. GEORGE H. W. BUSH, President of the Zapata Off-Shore Drilling Company, Houston, Texas, residence 5525 Briar, Houston, telephonically furnished the following information to writer by long distance telephone call from Tyler, Texas.

BUSH stated that he wanted to be kept confidential but wanted to furnish hearsay that he recalled hearing in recent weeks, the day and source unknown. He stated that one JAMES PARROTT has been talking of killing the President when he comes to Houston.

BUSH stated that PARROTT is possibly a student at the University of Houston and is active in political matters in this area. He stated that he felt Mrs. FAWLEY, telephone number SU 2-5239, or ARLINE SMITH, telephone number JA 9-9194 of the Harris County Republican Party Headquarters would be able to furnish additional information regarding the identity of PARROTT.

BUSH stated that he was proceeding to Dallas, Texas, would remain in the Sheraton-Dallas Hotel and return to his residence on 11-23-63. His office telephone number is CA 2-0395.

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Of course, we didn’t know any of that until decades later when another FBI memo mentioned Mr. GEORGE Bush of the CIA” popped up when Poppy was running for president in 1988. A reporter from The Nation asked him about it and CIA replied "It was another George Bush of the CIA." Of course, that guy got tracked down without warning he said that he was assigned to the agency for a couple of weeks from the NWS or someplace.





Date: November 29, 1963

To: Director
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Department of State

From: John Edgar Hoover, Director

Subject: ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
NOVEMBER 22, 1963

Our Miami, Florida, Office on November 23, 1963, advised that the Office of Coordinator of Cuban Affairs in Miami advised that the Department of State feels some misguided anti-Castro group might capitalize on the present situation and undertake an unauthorized raid against Cuba, believing that the assassination of President John F. Kennedy might herald a change in U. S. policy, which is not true.

Our sources and informants familiar with Cuban matters in the Miami area advise that the general feeling in the anti-Castro Cuban community is one of stunned disbelief and, even among those who did not entirely agree with the President's policy concerning Cuba, the feeling is that the President's death represents a great loss not only to the U. S. but to all of Latin America. These sources know of no plans for unauthorized action against Cuba.

An informant who has furnished reliable information in the past and who is close to a small pro-Castro group in Miami has advised that these individuals are afraid that the assassination of the President may result in strong repressive measures being taken against them and, although pro-Castro in their feelings, regret the assassination.

The substance of the foregoing information was orally furnished to Mr. George Bush of the Central Intelligence Agency and Captain William Edwards of the Defense Intelligence Agency on November 23, 1963, by Mr. W. T. Forsyth of this Bureau.

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These documents used to be all over the Google. Now they are getting harder to find. And some wonder why the Supreme Court legalizes a demented, depraved and corrupted NAZI kakistocracy comprised of plutocrats, oligarchs, played by Trump and his paymaster, Putin. I don't blame the BFEE. I blame the people making a buck off the BFEE -- and their volunteers, of course.





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