Reply #73: Interesting article here about "The Fixer"

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http://www.thechicagosyndicate.com/2007/10/how-cia-enlisted-chicago-mob-to-put-hit.html

How the CIA Enlisted the Chicago Mob to Put a Hit on Castro

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Maheu forged a friendship with Giancana, meeting him every day, sounding the gangster out on his views toward Castro. Maheu quickly realized that Giancana needed little persuading to go after the Cuban leader. Not only had Castro robbed him of his casino income; Giancana had lost out on a shrimp boat operation he was trying to build, as well as on a plan to offer gambling on tourist boats traveling from Miami to Cuba. "He had all these wonderful things going for him," Antoinette Giancana told me. "As an heir to <Giancana's> estate, I can say that we lost everything to Fidel Castro. He took everything away from us." The mere mention of Castro's name in the Giancana house, the daughter recalls, "would make him flip his lid."

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