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VERIFIED 13 March 1962
Operation NORTHWOODS memo
A TOP SECRET Joint Chiefs memo to the Secretary of Defense, tied to the Cuba Project, proposed pretexts for military intervention in Cuba; it calls itself preliminary and for planning purposes. Not a CIA plan; no claim that it was carried out.
Sources (opened in a new tab):
National Security Archive (GWU): Joint Chiefs pretexts to invade Cuba, 1962 ↗ https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/CMC-60/joint-chiefs-pretexts-to-invade-Cuba-1962
Memo (PDF) ↗ https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-10/Joint-Chiefs-pretexts-to-invade-Cuba-March-1962_0.pdf