CIA Document #1035-960: Using politicians and the media to counter criticism of the Warren Report - This document, dated Jan. " Kennedy blocked Northwoods and, in September 1962, replaced Lemnitzer as chairman of the Joint Chiefs. and "to create an incident which will demonstrate convincingly that a Cuban aircraft has attacked and shot down a chartered civil airliner en route from the United States. Proposed actions include a "Remember the Maine" incident, "exploding a few plastic bombs" within the U.S. On March 13, 1962, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lyman Lemnitzer, submitted this secret plan to Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara.Its purpose was to justify an invasion of Cuba by means of terrorist actions against the U.S.-to be carried out by U.S.
Operations Northwoods: Invading Cuba - Declassified in 1997, this lengthy document has been called the most corrupt plan ever created by the U.S. Newly sworn-in President Johnson signed 273 on Nov. 21, 1963, the day before the assassination however, Kennedy had not ordered its creation and did not see it. This, in turn, led to the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which President Johnson used to obtain congressional authorization for a drastic escalation of the war. The memorandum also authorized open-ended covert operations against North Vietnam. NSAM 273 effectively overturned Kennedy's NSAM 263 and ordered the planning of increased activity in Vietnam. 26, 1963, this was the first National Security Action Memorandum on Vietnam under President Lyndon Johnson. NSAM 273: Mysterious timing - Signed on Nov. This ordered a withdrawal of 1,000 troops out of roughly 16,000 Americans stationed in Vietnam by the end of 1963, with the complete withdrawal by the end of 1965. 11, 1963, Kennedy signed National Security Action Memorandum 263. NSAM 263: Getting out of Vietnam - On Oct.
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