Operation Toucan (KGB) 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 organize sympathetic human rights activists to pressure the United Nations and generate negative press for the Pinochet regime. In 1976, the start of TOUCAN, the New York Times published 66 articles on Chile’s human rights record and four on Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge and only 3 such articles on the human rights situation in Cuba.
KGB-FM two additional "Homegrown" albums: "Homegrown's Greatest Hits" (1978) with favorite selections from previous albums, and "Homegrown Songs for '84" with additional songs by San Diego artists about the area. In 1976, singer Stephen Bishop submitted his song "On and On", but it was rejected because he submitted it on cassette tape instead of the required reel-to-reel format. The song went on to become a commercial hit. In 1976, KGB-FM launched the annual "KGB Sky Show" and it has been held continuously ever since. ("Sky Show 40" was held on September 5, 2015.) The "Sky Show" is a fireworks display, synchronized