🔎 In 1962, as part of a proposed plan called #operationnorthwoods the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (led by Chairman Lyman Lemnitzer) drafted and signed a memorandum outlining false-flag operations to justify military intervention in Cuba. This included staging a “Communist Cuban terror campaign” in the Miami area, other Florida cities, and even Washington, D.C. The proposals explicitly mentioned committing or simulating acts of terrorism—such as bombings—against U.S. civilian and military targets, then blaming them on Fidel Castro’s government to drum up public support for invading Cuba and overthrowing his regime.

Key details from the declassified documents (released in the 1990s and 2000s via the National Security Archive and JFK Assassination Records Review Board):

• “We could develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington.”

• Ideas included exploding bombs in carefully chosen spots, sinking boats of Cuban refugees (real or simulated), hijacking planes, and other violent acts, all with planted evidence pointing to Cuba.

The plan was presented to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in March 1962 but was rejected by President John F. Kennedy (and never implemented). It originated under the broader anti-Castro “Operation Mongoose” efforts during the Cold War tensions following the Bay of Pigs failure.