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Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, president of the Republic of Cuba in rebellion against Spain, asks the United States to support Colombia’s plan. The U.S. government does nothing and continues to refuse cooperation when the plan is revitalized the following year.

A plane from the United States is captured as it tries to secretly pick up Dimaso Montesinos, a former colonel in the Batista regime.

CIA commits to ensuring eternal war between Iraqi Kurds and Iraqi government: A CIA memo of March 22, 1974 states Iran’s and the United States’ position clearly: “We would think that Iran would not look with favor on the establishment of a formalized autonomous government. Iran, like ourselves, has seen benefit in a stalemate situation … in which Iraq is intrinsically weakened by the Kurds’ refusal to relinquish [their] semi-autonomy. Neither Iran nor ourselves wish to see the matter resolved one way or the other.”