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Two individuals ran
this operation together. The military detailed a Marine
Colonel named Jack Hawkins, and Jacob Esterline
was a veteran CIA covert operations official. He was picked by
Richard Bissell. When Kennedy was told
that the CIA planned to land in broad daylight
and have the exile force kind of clamor ashore
in front of 100,000 people in the city of Trinidad,
he said, how are we going to
disassociate ourselves from this
if everybody sees it? If the United States was
seen around the world to be boldly invading
a smaller country, the Soviets would claim
the right to invade Berlin. Then you'd have
the circumstances for World War III
this operation together. The military detailed a Marine
Colonel named Jack Hawkins, and Jacob Esterline
was a veteran CIA covert operations official. He was picked by
Richard Bissell. When Kennedy was told
that the CIA planned to land in broad daylight
and have the exile force kind of clamor ashore
in front of 100,000 people in the city of Trinidad,
he said, how are we going to
disassociate ourselves from this
if everybody sees it? If the United States was
seen around the world to be boldly invading
a smaller country, the Soviets would claim
the right to invade Berlin. Then you'd have
the circumstances for World War III
Full Transcript
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Two individuals ran
this operation together.
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The military detailed a Marine
Colonel named Jack Hawkins,
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and Jacob Esterline
was a veteran CIA
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covert operations official.
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He was picked by
Richard Bissell.
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When Kennedy was told
that the CIA planned
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to land in broad daylight
and have the exile force
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kind of clamor ashore
in front of 100,000 people
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in the city of Trinidad,
he said,
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how are we going to
disassociate ourselves
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from this
if everybody sees it?
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If the United States was
seen around the world
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to be boldly invading
a smaller country,
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the Soviets would claim
the right to invade Berlin.
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Then you'd have
the circumstances
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for World War III.
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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.