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November 22, 1963: CIA Official Gives Cuban Poisoned Pen for Castro

1963-11-22

While a US emissary is meeting with Fidel Castro to discuss the possibility of improved relations, a CIA official offers a poison pen to a Cuban, hoping that it will be used by Fidel Castro. [US Congress, 12/18/1975]