"The U.S. National Security Council meets in a secret session to
discuss how to install a new government in Cuba"


Seven members of a CIA-trained Cuban terrorist group are captured at the Rancho Boyeros Airport as they try to hijack a Havana-Santiago Passenger plane to fly it to Miami, Florida. Two pistols are taken from them.


Target State: Italy
Dates: 1972-73
Tactics: Covert - Elections
Type of Operation: Preventive
Regime Replaced: Yes
Primary Source Documents:
• Department of State (March 10, 1971) “Minutes of the Meeting of the 40 Committee, 10
March 1971,” link.
• Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the
President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) (October 14, 1971) “Subject:
Italian Politics,” link.
• 40 Committee (March 7, 1972) “Subject: Minutes of the Meeting of the 40 Committee, 7
March 1972,” link.


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