OTTO SKORZENY PLANNED TO KIDNAP FIDEL CASTRO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700270013-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 2007
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: August 26, 1966
• Content Type: NOTES

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Otto Skorzeny, the former SS colonel who rescued Mussolini, planned ,`;':
to kidnap Fidel Castro and take him to an undisclosed place, according.'-`.
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Approved For Rerease 2007/01122 `: CIA-RDP75-0014~R000700270013-5~~~