American Strategic Deception Bureau

　In today's Hollywood, this house is a prestigious social venue, often packed with guests and celebrities. Not only do Hollywood stars often hold parties here, but even American dignitaries come here to attend various private parties.

　Because the hostess of this beachfront villa is Patricia Kennedy, the sister of President John F. Kennedy.

　The Kennedy family had previously lived in Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States, because that was where their family originated, and Patricia was the only child of President Kennedy's generation to leave the family base and move to the West Coast.

　After Patricia married Hollywood star Peter Lawford in 1954, she bought a beachfront mansion in Santa Monica, Los Angeles. From then on, this beachfront villa became a vacation spot for the entire Kennedy family and a social venue for celebrities to hook up with each other.

　How should I put it? It's like a high-class chat salon where people drink and brag, occasionally discussing cooperation or picking up girls.

　Politicians and wealthy people hang out here to socialize and entertain, while female celebrities also flirt here to seek help on their star journey.

　Well, according to later rumors, President Kennedy’s various romantic affairs with Marilyn Monroe mainly took place here.

　In fact, Fieri had come here in the past to attend Kennedy's campaign rallies and listen to him talk about his "New Frontier" policy.

　I wonder if President Kennedy had ever slept with Ms. Monroe?

　Uh, no, why think about this now? Kennedy isn't president yet!

　Moreover, the hero and heroine of this famous scandal are not in this house at the moment.

　Fili rubbed his temples to clear his mind of these chaotic thoughts. Then he turned and complained to his brother who had stepped out of the driver's seat, "Brother, I asked you to help me get an audience with Mr. Kennedy. I wanted to see the future president, not the new president's brother!"

　——His brother Bernard did manage to arrange for him to meet with Mr. Kennedy. However, the person he met was not John Kennedy, the president-elect, but another Mr. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, the new president's brother and the soon-to-be attorney general.

　"Just make do with it, brother! The new president has a busy schedule! He's already flown back to Boston with his wife.

　Before the New Year holiday is over, I will either take you to see Robert, or you will have to go to Washington and figure it out on your own.

　Besides, the future Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State are here, so you can let them review your plan."

　Bernard replied as he walked forward and spoke to the doorman in a familiar manner, asking him to open the door.

　Seeing this, Ferry could only curl his lips and followed Bernard into the villa.

　——It seems that because of the Christmas party, there are still a lot of confetti scattered in the courtyard of the villa, and the interior is even more messy.

　The crooked Christmas tree still stood in the center of the hall.

　Then, in a small lounge at the back of the hall, Ferry finally met the real person he was visiting, Robert Kennedy.

　The future Attorney General of the United States.

　This is a handsome, friendly and sunny young man. He is well-mannered and wears gold-rimmed glasses. He looks like a handsome professor in a girl's comic.

　In fact, if it were really put into a girl's comic, Robert Kennedy would indeed be a top-notch stock among top-notch stocks, an absolute Prince Charming.

　Unlike his brother, the president, who had poor health (he had to take multiple sick leave and cheated on his physical exam to join the Navy), was promiscuous and had eleven mistresses (Trump only had five), Robert Kennedy was incredibly "pure" in matters of the sexes and was loyal to his marriage throughout his life.

　Among the American upper class these days, a man as pure as Robert Kennedy is a model of morality.

　As for the rumors about him and Marilyn Monroe... Well, although Robert and Marilyn Monroe did know each other and had a good relationship, they actually only met a few times. They basically communicated through phone calls and letters. It's more like they were pen pals.

　After all, both of them were left-leaning civil rights activists in the United States, and had even been labeled "potential communists" by the FBI and placed under close surveillance. They shared a common affliction, so once they got talking, they naturally had no shortage of common topics.

　——Even though the Attorney General is the FBI's superior, the FBI has really been trying to put Robert Kennedy in jail.

　If their revolutionary friendship of "long-distance communication" continued to develop, it might be possible that they would suddenly go to each other and create a scandal similar to "friendly sex when meeting online friends" - after all, Marilyn Monroe's charm was amazing, and her belt was always loose.

　However, with the sudden death of Marilyn Monroe in 1962, this bond came to an abrupt end.

　Then, when the Kennedy brothers were assassinated one after another, Robert's correspondence with Marilyn Monroe was leaked. Some people recalled their long phone calls, and some people "artistically processed" it to create the pornographic story "Brothers in the Same Path"...

　At this time, Robert Kennedy was standing at a large round table with a cup of coffee, facing the sunlight from the window and reading a new issue of a magazine.

　The table in front of him was piled high with documents, charts, maps, and stacks of photos. He looked like a typical office worker even on vacation.

　Noticing the Jin brothers coming in, Robert immediately put down his coffee and magazine, stepped forward and said enthusiastically, "Merry Christmas! Bernard, oh, and our ace salesman! Little Ferry! Tell us! What new ideas have you brought us today?"

　Well, let me add that Robert and Fieri also knew each other. Fieri had met him when he was campaigning for his brother, and they had discussed campaign plans together. The music video for the campaign song "Keep America Great" was filmed on Santa Monica Beach, right across from this villa.

　Apart from Robert, the other people sitting at the table drinking coffee were all strangers.

　So, after the greetings, Robert Kennedy introduced everyone present to Fieri.

　Robert McNamara, the first Secretary of Defense in American history to come from a civilian (actually a business) background and former president of Ford Motor Company.

　Douglas Dillon, the Treasury Secretary who was recruited from the Republican Party, was very influential on Wall Street and could be considered a close friend of the Rockefeller family.

　The Secretary of State who drew the 38th parallel in Korea and participated in the Korean armistice negotiations was Dean Rusk, also a Republican.

　There was another Polish scholar with squinty eyes but a gaze as sharp as an eagle. He claimed to be Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, the author of the global bestseller "The Grand Chessboard", a geopolitical theorist and anti-Soviet maniac who was as famous as Dr. Kissinger.

　It has to be said that Kennedy's cabinet really crossed camps, with people from the far left civil rights activists to the far right anti-Soviet fanatics.

　Of course, Dr. Brzezinski, who is 32 years old this year, has just begun to make a name for himself. He is an associate professor at Columbia University. Recently, with the recommendation of his good friend Dean Rusk, he was hired by President Kennedy as a foreign policy adviser. From then on, he truly stepped out of the campus and embarked on a career in politics.

　Before this, Brzezinski could not even be called a politician, but only a keyboard politician who spoke nonsense in the classroom.

　What? Integrated circuits had just appeared back then, and there were no personal office computers in the world?

　Come on, a typewriter keyboard is still a keyboard!

　After finalizing the new cabinet list this month, the Kennedy brothers brought several of their most core cabinet members to Los Angeles to spend Christmas together, as a team-building activity before moving into the White House. Dr. Brzezinski, who was enthusiastic about his political career, was brought as part of his entourage by Dean Rusk.

　After Christmas, John Kennedy flew back to his Boston home early to pack for the White House move. The rest of the group arrived a little later, planning to leave the next day. That's when Ferry and Bernard found an opportunity to meet them.

　Well, if you include Ferry and his older brother Bernard, then the current situation is that a Pole, two Scots, and four Irish people are secretly meeting in a villa to discuss a matter related to the world's most powerful

　A major event concerning the future and destiny of the English-speaking countries?

　Eh? Why does it feel like there's some kind of conspiracy going on that's detrimental to the Anglo-Saxon people?

　Bah, we are clearly working together sincerely to provide advice for the country!

　Fili curled his lips, gathered his overly divergent thoughts, and then looked around at the people who were either curious, perfunctory, or indifferent. He suddenly felt like a young entrepreneur/swindler, who was trying hard to promote his beautiful PPT and solicit investment from a group of financiers?

　Uh, do I have to speak South Asian English with a curry flavor to be more appropriate?

　Well, I am indeed promoting my PPT now, hoping to get the support of future cabinet members.

　However, this was not just to attract investment, but also to help himself and President Kennedy avoid traps.

　Thinking this, he reached out to clear a space on the messy desk, spread out the map of the Caribbean Sea he brought with him, and then said, "Gentlemen, I am honored to be here to introduce a very urgent piece of bad news to you, the American elites who are about to enter the White House, the world's center of power, as well as a solution that I have personally drafted. I sincerely ask for your corrections.

　Not long ago, after being transferred to the CIA, I was ordered to go on a business trip to Guatemala and Florida to investigate the training and combat readiness of the 2506th Brigade mercenaries who were about to participate in the counter-offensive against Cuba. That’s when I discovered some horrific hidden facts…”

　Author's words: PS: Ukraine has introduced uniforms for pregnant female soldiers, which is shocking. In the past, no matter which fascist country it was, pregnant women were not required to be conscripted!

　Compared to this, twelve-year-old child soldiers and seventy-six-year-old old soldiers are too normal.

　I recalled for a long time, and it seems that I have only seen pregnant female soldiers with watermelon bellies in some dark Japanese anime.

　Chapter 30: Dominican Republic as an alternative to Cuba

　In short, after listening to Firi's introduction to the 2506th Brigade of Cuban Mercenaries and the "Pluto Plan," as well as his newly-conceived solution of "feigning an attack on Cuba and secretly taking over the Dominican Republic," all the future cabinet members present were shocked and confused.

　"This is incredible! Is the CIA's work attitude so irresponsible?

　The original plan was to recruit five brigades, but in the end only half a brigade was recruited?

　What’s even more terrifying is that these poor Cubans actually still believe that there are still four brigades of reinforcements in Florida?”

　"But how can the CIA get the president to approve such an outrageous combat plan?

　Is Director Dulles's plan to deceive the President and the commanders? Or is it simply to force the White House to increase funding?

　"If they just wanted additional funding, that would be fine. But what if they really need to use this half brigade to carry out the combat mission of five brigades...

　I almost wonder if the CIA is playing along with Castro."

　"Didn't Captain King say it? The CIA is counting on the Pentagon to act as a nanny and cover its own troubles!"

　"How can the military be deployed without authorization from Congress? How can declaring war be so easy?"

　“I don’t know what words to use to describe this!

　Oh my God! I originally thought that only the intelligence agencies of Nazi Germany could create such an exaggerated disaster! "

　"Nazi Germany's intelligence agencies have no right to abandon the army and start a war on their own!"

　"But the solution is to change the target from Cuba to the Dominican Republic? Is Trujillo easier to defeat than Castro?"

　While everyone was complaining, they turned their attention to McNamara, who was about to become Secretary of Defense.

　McNamara pondered for a moment and then asked Ferry to describe in detail the combat effectiveness assessment of the 2506th Brigade.

　"The brigade is currently well-equipped with ample guns, artillery and ammunition, and has its own air force and tanks.

　The only problem is the lack of manpower. The roster totals around 1500 men, barely equivalent to half a US brigade. After eliminating those who are physically unfit or injured in training, as well as the minimum number of remaining personnel, only 1400 men are expected to join the expedition.

　Firi replied, "Besides the small number of troops, the quality of the soldiers was also not good enough. Among the 1400 combat personnel, only 135 had served in the Cuban military and fought in the war, and less than 300 had received eight weeks of full jungle warfare training in Panama.

　Among the entire 2506th Brigade, only these 300 people have strong combat capabilities and can serve as the backbone of the battlefield.

　As for the more than 1,000 people who were recruited later, they only received the most basic recruit training in Guatemala, and were generally older. More than half of the soldiers were over 30 years old, and the oldest was even in his 60s. It was hard to tell whether this was a military camp or a nursing home.

　With luck, these people might be able to demonstrate combat effectiveness equivalent to that of ordinary militia on the battlefield.

　If they are unlucky, they can only act as a battlefield atmosphere group like a Boy Scout who accidentally entered the battlefield..."

　"Or they might be frightened by the shells and flee in panic, turning around and breaking through their own defenses!"

　Secretary Rusk muttered, interjecting, “Nine years ago, we encountered this kind of bad luck many times in Korea.

　The Thais, Africans, and Turks who were with us always brought us worse news than the enemy.”

　——In terms of military experience, Secretary of State Rusk, the "Father of the 38th Parallel" who was in charge of diplomacy, was actually better than Secretary of Defense McNamara.

　"To make matters worse, the counter-offensive in Cuba was an amphibious landing exercise, which required a high level of experience and coordination among the commanders.

　The technical arms of this brigade were trained in many different locations, and had never conducted an overall drill with all members participating.

　Once these people are temporarily gathered together to participate in the battle, the various combat units may have problems in coordinating with each other..."

　Firi pointed out another fatal problem of the 2506th Brigade besides its lack of manpower: the CIA seemed to have not considered the issue of battlefield coordination.

　——The entire brigade is usually scattered in different places, and the soldiers do not know each other. It is already outrageous enough that they have to wait until they go to war to assemble.

　What’s even more annoying is that the boats used for crossing the sea are still floating in the Mississippi River, and the soldiers have to wait until the war breaks out to touch them.

　Even if an ordinary person buys a new car, it will take several days to fully understand all the functions. How much more so a ship weighing thousands of tons?

　We are now fighting across the sea, but you want to wait until the war starts before handing over the ship to the troops... Are you dissatisfied with the mercenaries not feeding the fish fast enough?

　So, if the CIA believes that a few agents can form a temporary team to carry out an operation, then the same can be said for an army of thousands of people?

　"The worst part is that the Pluto Plan, which was intended to capture Cuba, was leaked from the outset and was tracked by Castro."

　Firi continued, "I don't know how the CIA operated six months ago. In short, whether it was the temporarily hired Cubans or the CIA agents, none of them seemed to know what it meant to be low-key, and their confidentiality efforts were almost zero.

　As soon as the recruitment began, reporters came to interview, and the New York Times even reported extensively on the news of this Cuban mercenary army.

　I am sure that everyone in Cuba today, from Castro to the peasants in the countryside, knows the CIA’s invasion plan. They may even know the size of our forces, but they just don’t know where we’re going to land—because we’re not even sure where we’re going to land…”

　"Since the intelligence was leaked, why didn't they take remedial measures? Isn't this the CIA's job?" Rusk questioned.

　"Ever since Nixon lost the election, the Cuban Special Task Force has gone into a state of inactivity. No one cares about the situation in Cuba, and naturally no one thinks about keeping it secret. Furthermore, the source of the leaks might not be in the lower ranks; it could also be in Washington."

　Fili pointed to the ceiling. Everyone present was stunned at first, and then they showed a look of understanding.

　If Vice President Nixon, who was venting his anger and revenge because of his defeat in the election, was the culprit of the intelligence leak, how could the confidentiality work be maintained?

　So just ignore it!

　"Besides, the CIA no longer hopes to complete the Cuban invasion independently, and only wants to pass the trouble to the military."

　Fili spread his hands. "So, apart from coaxing the 2506th Brigade into the battlefield, no one in the entire organization wants to do anything else."

　"Damn it! The army isn't a babysitter. You have to clean up the mess you've made yourself! If you just pass the buck when things go wrong, how can you even be decent?"

　McNamara shook his head and said, "But even if only 300 of the 2506th's mercenaries are capable fighters, and the remaining thousand or so are barely making up the numbers, we can't rely solely on them to overthrow the Cuban communist regime, right? Isn't there a group of pro-American freedom fighters in Cuba?"

　"There is indeed such a group, entrenched in the Escambray Mountains in central Cuba, claiming to have 2500 fighters."

　Fili nodded, "But I doubt they actually have even 250 people - because when Castro was fighting guerrillas in the mountains of Cuba, he took so much overseas aid, but in the end he could only support 300 people.

　Now this "freedom fighter" has less territory than Castro, how can they possibly support 2500 people?

　Furthermore, they haven't launched any large-scale battles, only minor acts like planting bombs, burning factories, and looting villages. This suggests their actual military strength isn't very large. "Perhaps they're falsifying their numbers to solicit more airdrops from us, right?"

　"That makes sense. Guerrilla forces behind enemy lines anywhere like to exaggerate their numbers to defraud the United States of more aid."

　Secretary Rusk nodded in agreement. "Whether it's the anti-German guerrillas in occupied France or Ho Chi Minh in North Vietnam..."

　At this point, he suddenly noticed Brzezinski's surprised look and hurriedly explained, "Ah, we didn't help Ho Chi Minh fight the French. That was the spring of 1945, Japan had not yet surrendered, and the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa were very brutal.

　So we airdropped some aid to the Viet Cong and sent a liaison team, hoping that the Vietnamese could hold off Japan's Southern Army as long as possible and prevent it from returning to Japan to participate in the decisive battle on the mainland. But no one expected Japan to surrender in August!