Why CIA plotted to sabotage Canada only one month before Cuban Missile Crisis

submitted 2017-11-17T22:47 by salvia_d

Newmemba 2017-11-18T00:48

Those are the folks who get the separatists in Quebec all worked up every now and then.

derram 2017-11-17T22:58

Why CIA plotted to sabotage Canada only one month before Cuban Missile Crisis | National Post

'But even if Graham had known, it wouldn’t have changed his willingness to spy on the Soviet Union. '

'John W. Graham served as a Canadian diplomat in Cuba almost immediately after the Cuban Missile Crisis between 1962 and 1964. '

'Six months later, on Oct. 14, 1962, the Americans learned that the Soviet Union was storing missiles in Cuba. '

'Fuelled by his hatred of Kennedy, Diefenbaker refused to put the Canadian military on high alert and only acted when the crisis was over. '

'Despite being privy to secret information, Graham had no knowledge about the CIA keeping tabs on Canada. '