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Operation Northwoods — Justification for U.S. Military Intervention in Cuba (DoD/JCS memo, 13 March 1962)
Filed under: Operation Northwoods
Summary
Declassified Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum proposing pretexts for military intervention in Cuba. Released via the National Security Archive (George Washington University). This is the authentic document behind the theory.
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