08-09-2016, 05:22 PM
On June 5, 1972 two weeks prior to the notorious Watergate arrests, the "Sunward Plan" would start to spring into action, Frank Sturgis and Ed Kaiser were recruiting anti-Castro men for the hijacking of a Norwegian cruise ship. The plan was to hold hostage all the passengers aboard the ship and demand a ransom from the twenty different countries around the world. The ship was to be commandeered by Sturgis and Kaiser and sold for additional funds for the "recapture of Cuba." These funds along with the funds expected from Watergate would have given the anti-Castro Cuban's a chance at a real fight against Fidel Castro. However, Sturgis and Kaiser could not recruit enough men in time for this venture, Nixon stopped paying out money, and subsequently the men at Watergate got nabbed in Washington DC., to take out Nixon. Kaiser, the sixth burglar got away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Sunward_(1966)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Sunward_(1966)