Operation Toucan (KGB) As part of operation TOUCAN, the KGB also forged a letter tying the CIA to an assassination campaign by Chile’s DINA and many journalists, including columnist Jack Anderson of the New York Times, used this information in their news stories as evidence of the CIA’s involvement in the more nefarious parts of Operation Condor. Operation Toucan (KGB) Operation TOUCAN was a KGB/DGI public relations and disinformation campaign directed at the military government of Chile led by Augusto Pinochet. According to former KGB officer Vasili Mitrokhin, the plot was originally conceived by Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov. The plot's twofold task was to
The Who Tour 1967 The Who Tour 1967 The Who Tour 1967 was a series of performances and tours by The Who, supporting releases such as "A Quick One", "Pictures of Lily", and "The Who Sell Out". 1967 was the first year the group performed in North America. The group continued to perform in the United Kingdom and Europe in the early part of the year, promoting "A Quick One" and "Happy Jack", both released in late 1966; one performance at the Saville Theatre in London saw the group share the bill with The Jimi Hendrix Experience, who had been performing in England since