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Two individuals ran this operation together

Two individuals ranthis operation together. The military detailed a MarineColonel named...

Mafia Spies • S01E03 • 2024

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

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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.

Duration

50 seconds

Views

47

Timestamp in Movie

00:12:10

Uploaded

Apr 08, 2025

Season

1

Episode

3

Genres

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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.