About this episode

The episode discusses the CIA's efforts to prevent Cuba from purchasing weapons from Britain and the implications of this on Cold War dynamics.

The CIA didn't want Cuba buying weapons from Britain, so Allen Dulles quietly leaned on the British ambassador to kill the deal.... hoping Cuba would get desperate enough to buy from the Soviets inste

People in this episode

Hosts: Cameron Reilly, Ray Harris

Topics covered

• Cold War
• Cuba
• CIA
• arms deals
• international relations

Keywords

• CIA
• Cuba
• arms deals
• Allen Dulles
• Cold War
• Britain
• Soviets

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA, Britain, Soviets, British ambassador

Places: Cuba

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