James Bond author Ian Fleming was invited to dinner by John F Kennedy on March 13, 1960, when he was preparing a run for the White House. Kennedy asked the former British spy, who devised a number of plots during World War II, what the United States should do to deal with the worsening situation in Cuba. Fleming, it is claimed, told Kennedy, that killing Fidel Castro was not simply enough, he had to be thoroughly humiliated. James Bond author Ian Fleming, left, had dinner with John F Kennedy, right, in March 1960 where the politician asked the former spy for his ideas on the best way with dealing with Cuban leader Fidel Castro
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Bond author Ian Fleming met John F Kennedy for dinner in March 1960
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Kennedy was running for President and asked how to deal with Castro
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Fleming advised that Castro had to be humiliated as well as killed
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CIA director Allen Dulles spoke with Fleming days after the dinner party
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President Kennedy authorised Operation Mongoose to topple Castro
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The CIA developed a series of James Bond-style assassination plans
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These included poisoned cigars or an exploding sea shell
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