1960 Cia facts
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In a secret 1960 operation, the CIA stole the Russian satellite Lunik overnight completely disassembling, examining, and reassembling it within 12 hours, and returned it in the morning without the Russians knowing - possibly changing the outcome of the space race.
US Government agencies (CIA, FBI, Naval Intelligence) have recruited the American Mafia multiple times in order to reach their goals. A couple examples are defending the New York harbor during WWII and attempts at assassinating Fidel Castro in the 1960's.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 17 of the best facts about 1960 Cia I managed to collect.
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After he was shot down and captured by the USSR in 1960, CIA pilot Gary Powers tried not to share intelligence with the KGB, but he was hampered by western press. A KGB major stated "there's no reason for you to withhold information. We'll find it out anyway. Your press will give it to us."
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Ted Kaczynski (The Unibomber) held a PhD in mathematics and was a subject of the CIA's infamous "MKULTRA" mind control experiments in the early 1960's.
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Acoustic Kitty, a 1960's CIA operation to implant a listening device in a cat to spy on the Soviets. In the first test, the cat was released in Washington D.C. and promptly run over by a taxi.
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Havana Harbor, Cuba was the scene of two explosions on ships, one in 1898 that was the immediate cause of the Spanish-American war, and again in 1960. The cause of the blast in 1960 is often attributed to the CIA who wished to overthrow the new government of Fidel Castro.
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Robert Heinlein was convinced that CIA and Soviets were lying about the size of the population of Moscow (about 6mln in 1960), and during his visit in 1960 estimated it to be no higher than 750000
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Fidel Castro's sister, Juanita Castro, worked undercover for the CIA in Cuba in the early 1960's.
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In the 1960's, the CIA attempted to use cats in Soviet spying missions by implanting microphone, batteries and antennas (in their tails). The project was called Acoustic Kitty and cost over $25 million. On its first mission by a Soviet compound, it was released, hit by a taxi and killed.
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In the 1960's the CIA spent $20 million on an operation called "Acoustic Kitty". They used cats with microphones to spy on Kremlin and Soviet embassies. The first cat sent to spy was killed by a taxi. The operation was cancelled in 1967.
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In the late 1960's the CIA developed an untraceable gun with a bullet made of ice and brushed with a shellfish toxin causing an almost immediate heart attack.
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In the 1960's the CIA force people to take LSD in order to test techniques aimed at mind control
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In the 1960's, the CIA sent a poisoned, monogrammed handkerchief to liberal Iraqi leader Gen. Kassem as the "Health Alteration Committee."
CIA tried to bribe the first Prime Minister of Singapore, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, with 3.3 million dollars to cover up a failed CIA operation in 1960. Instead of accepting the bribe, Mr Lee counteroffered, asking for $33 million dollars in formal foreign aid for Singapore economic development - source
Acoustic Kitty, a $20 million dollar project in the 1960's for the CIA to spy on the Soviets. In it's first test it was released in Washington D.C, it was hit by a taxi and killed. - source
In the 1960's the CIA had a mission called "Acoustic Kitty" where they planted microphones in cats, with their tails acting as antennas, to spy on the communists. Unfortunately, the first and only mission failed when the cat was ran over and killed. - source
