Operation Northwoods: Joint Chiefs false flag proposals, 1962
The 13 March 1962 Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum proposing that the United States stage terrorist attacks against American citizens and military personnel to manufacture justification for invading Cuba. Proposals include blowing up a U.S. ship in Guantanamo Bay, staging a fake civilian airliner shootdown with passengers boarded under aliases, painting F-86 fighters as Cuban MIGs, and conducting a terror campaign in Miami. Signed by Chairman Lyman Lemnitzer. Rejected by Kennedy and McNamara. First full searchable HTML transcription.