On 11 December 1959, following the Cuban Revolution of January 1959, Colonel J.C. King, chief of the CIA's Western Hemisphere Division, sent a confidential memorandum to CIA director Allen W. Dulles. King argued that in Cuba there existed a "far-left dictatorship, which if allowed to remain will encourage similar actions against U.S. holdings in other Latin American countries."[citation needed]
Tracy Barnes functioned as operating office of the Cuban Task Force. He called a meeting on 18 January 1960, in his temporary office near the Lincoln Memorial.[citation needed]
Operation 40 was not only involved in sabotage operations. One associate of the group, although never a member, Frank Sturgis, allegedly told author Mike Canfield: "this assassination group (Operation 40) would upon orders, naturally, assassinate either members of the military or the political parties of the foreign country that you were going to infiltrate, and if necessary some of your own members who were suspected of being foreign agents...We were concentrating strictly in Cuba at that particular time." [citation needed] The group sought to incite civil war in Cuba against the government of prime minister Fidel Castro. When Operation 40 failed in accomplishing this goal, then in October 1960, Brigade 2506 was created, a CIA-sponsored group made up of 1,511 Cuban exiles who fought in the April 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion.
On 17 April 1961, Vicente León León, with other members of Operation 40, landed at the Bay of Pigs via the CIA-chartered freighter Atlántico. He was killed in action.[3]
In popular cultureedit
Operation 40 is a playable faction in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops. Within the game's campaign mode, there is heavy implication that the main protagonist and Operation 40 operative Alex Mason may have been involved in the assassination of President Kennedy as a Soviet sleeper agent.[citation needed]
operation, code, name, central, intelligence, agency, sponsored, counterintelligence, group, composed, cuban, exiles, group, formed, seize, control, cuban, government, after, pigs, invasion, continued, operate, unofficially, until, disbanded, 1970, allegations. Operation 40 was the code name for a Central Intelligence Agency sponsored counterintelligence group composed of Cuban exiles 1 The group was formed to seize control of the Cuban government after the Bay of Pigs Invasion 2 Operation 40 continued to operate unofficially until disbanded in 1970 due to allegations that an aircraft that was carrying cocaine and heroin in support of the group crashed in California 1 Operation 40Active1961 1970CountryUnited States of America CubaBranchCentral Intelligence AgencyTypeParamilitary forceGuerilla warfare organizationRoleBlack operationSabotageTargeted killingCovert operationsGuerilla warfareAsymmetric warfareEspionageCounter intelligenceSize2 7 EngagementsBay of Pigs InvasionCommandersDirector of the Central Intelligence AgencyAllen W DullesVice President of the United StatesRichard M NixonChief of Naval OperationsArleigh BurkeNational Security AdvisorGordon GraySecretary of StateLivingston T Merchant It was approved by President Dwight D Eisenhower in March 1960 after the January 1959 Cuban Revolution and was presided over by Vice President Richard Nixon citation needed Contents 1 Origins 2 Operations 3 In popular culture 4 See also 5 Notes 6 Bibliography 7 External linksOrigins editOn 11 December 1959 following the Cuban Revolution of January 1959 Colonel J C King chief of the CIA s Western Hemisphere Division sent a confidential memorandum to CIA director Allen W Dulles King argued that in Cuba there existed a far left dictatorship which if allowed to remain will encourage similar actions against U S holdings in other Latin American countries citation needed The group was presided over by then Vice President Richard M Nixon and included Admiral Arleigh Burke Livingston Merchant of the State Department National Security Adviser Gordon Gray as well as Dulles himself citation needed Tracy Barnes functioned as operating office of the Cuban Task Force He called a meeting on 18 January 1960 in his temporary office near the Lincoln Memorial citation needed On 17 March 1960 President Eisenhower signed a U S National Security Council directive on the anti Cuban covert action program authorizing the CIA to organize train and equip Cuban refugees as a guerrilla force to overthrow the government of Cuban prime minister Fidel Castro citation needed Operations editOperation 40 was not only involved in sabotage operations One associate of the group although never a member Frank Sturgis allegedly told author Mike Canfield this assassination group Operation 40 would upon orders naturally assassinate either members of the military or the political parties of the foreign country that you were going to infiltrate and if necessary some of your own members who were suspected of being foreign agents We were concentrating strictly in Cuba at that particular time citation needed The group sought to incite civil war in Cuba against the government of prime minister Fidel Castro When Operation 40 failed in accomplishing this goal then in October 1960 Brigade 2506 was created a CIA sponsored group made up of 1 511 Cuban exiles who fought in the April 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion On 17 April 1961 Vicente Leon Leon with other members of Operation 40 landed at the Bay of Pigs via the CIA chartered freighter Atlantico He was killed in action 3 In popular culture editOperation 40 is a playable faction in the video game Call of Duty Black Ops Within the game s campaign mode there is heavy implication that the main protagonist and Operation 40 operative Alex Mason may have been involved in the assassination of President Kennedy as a Soviet sleeper agent citation needed See also edit nbsp Cuba portalBrigade 2506 Assassination attempts on Fidel Castro Richard M Bissell Jr Cuban Power Cuban Project Echo 31 Guillermo Hernandez CartayaNotes edit a b Smith Jr W Thomas 2003 40 Operation Encyclopedia of the Central Intelligence Agency New York Facts on File Inc p 104 ISBN 9781438130187 Retrieved October 5 2015 Bartlett Charles May 11 1961 Cuban Terror Unit Barred The Palm Beach Post Palm Beach Florida p 9 Retrieved May 7 2015 Rodriguez 1999 p 153Bibliography editBohning Don 2005 The Castro Obsession U S Covert Operations Against Cuba 1959 1965 p 303 ISBN 1 57488 676 2 Rodriguez Juan Carlos 1999 Bay of Pigs and the CIA Ocean Press Melbourne ISBN 1 875284 98 2External links editBay of Pigs 40 Years After Chronology at The National Security Archive via George Washington University Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Operation 40 amp oldid 1202035033, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
