Nov 18 1997
From The Space Library
The Assignation Records Review Board made public more than 1,500 pages of classified records, including a memorandum detailing a plan to blame Prime Minister Fidel Castro and the government of the Republic of Cuba if astronaut John H. Glenn Jr.'s attempt to orbit Earth in the Mercury capsule was unsuccessful. The 2 February 1962 document stated, "by manufacturing various pieces of evidence which would prove electronic interference on the part of the Cubans," the United States could shift the blame to Castro. Glenn's safe return to Earth rendered any such plans unnecessary.
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