Cuba had just become communist under Fidel Castro, and several US officials wanted to create public support for a war against Cuba.
The TS proposal called for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other operatives to commit acts of terrorism within US cities and elsewhere like bombing US military bases and hijacking civilian and military aircraft, and then blaming it on Cuban terrorists. The plan also included blowing up ammunition inside a US military base!
An excerpt from the proposal reads, "The desired result from the execution of this plan would be to place the United States in the apparent position of suffering defensible grievances from a rash and irresponsible government of Cuba and to develop an international image of a Cuban threat to peace in the Western Hemisphere."
This inconceivably dangerous plan that would place US citizens in danger was authorized by the Joint Chiefs of Staff! Luckily, President John F. Kennedy rejected it, and it was never put into effect.
