Operation Toucan (KGB)
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| Operation Toucan | |
IPA | Russian pronunciation: [ɐpʲɪˈrat͡sɨjə tʊˈkan] |
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Operation TOUCAN was a
Activities
As part of operation TOUCAN, the KGB forged a letter tying the CIA to an
New York Times, used this information in their news stories as evidence of the CIA's involvement in the more nefarious parts of Operation Condor
.
The KGB forged letters from Manuel Contreras, DINA's director, to Pinochet, which were accepted as genuine by the newspaper and other major news outlets in the West.[1] One of these included a letter "sent" by Contreras to Pinochet detailing a plan to neutralize the opposition figures living in Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica, France, Italy, and the United States.[3]
When the operation ended, it was marked "particularly successful in publicizing and exaggerating DINA's foreign operations against left wing Chilean exiles."[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 9780743272834.
- ^ Andrew, Christopher; Mitrokhin, Vasili. The World Was Going Our Way: The KGB and the Battle for the Third World. Basic Books (2005)
- ISBN 9781538102381.
Further reading
- Horne, Alistair.Small Earthquake in Chile: A Visit to Allende's South America. Papermac (1990)