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This became Allen Dulles's
responsibility to carry out. He asked his Covert
Operations Director Bissell to take on the project. Bissell proposed
in a written memo to Dulles "the elimination
of Fidel Castro." Well, Dulles, perhaps a little
more politically savvy, suggested "elimination"
had more than a tinge of murder in it and edited that to say,
"the removal of Castro from power." And that's when
the ball started rolling
responsibility to carry out. He asked his Covert
Operations Director Bissell to take on the project. Bissell proposed
in a written memo to Dulles "the elimination
of Fidel Castro." Well, Dulles, perhaps a little
more politically savvy, suggested "elimination"
had more than a tinge of murder in it and edited that to say,
"the removal of Castro from power." And that's when
the ball started rolling
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This became Allen Dulles's
responsibility to carry out.
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He asked his Covert
Operations Director Bissell
00:00:08.486 --> 00:00:11.062
to take on the project.
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Bissell proposed
in a written memo
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to Dulles "the elimination
of Fidel Castro."
00:00:18.714 --> 00:00:21.934
Well, Dulles, perhaps a little
more politically savvy,
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suggested "elimination"
had more
00:00:23.849 --> 00:00:26.243
than a tinge of murder in it
00:00:26.033 --> 00:00:29.055
and edited that to say,
"the removal
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of Castro from power."
00:00:32.728 --> 00:00:34.425
And that's when
the ball started rolling.
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Movie Summary
Reveals the startling tale of the CIA's, the mob's, and Sinatra's Rat Pack's connections from Vegas to Miami to Havana, exploring America's most amazing espionage operations ever.