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Action Magazine, April 1978

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Cover story on Betty Hansen & Judy film.
Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Mary Aspaas, Bebe Bartlett, Clay Blaker, Ronnie Branham, David Cali, Hondo Crouch, Bob Crowley, Bob Dickson, Jay Dominguez, Joe Ely, Denny Ezba, Al Garcia, Robert Gomez, Jack Green, Henry Holly, Waylon Jennings, Dan Johnson, George Jones, Jackie King, Guich Koock, Joey Lopez, Loretta Lynn, Billy Mata, Darrell McCall, Ron McPherson, Denise Meek, Augie Meyers, Willie Nelson, Mary Parchman, Doug Sahm, Terry Scherbel, Cal Smith, Ernest Tubb, Conway Twitty, John Wayne.

Max Winkler oral history interview

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Max Winkler talks about how he got started in the CIA, primarily through working on a program dedicated to eradicating the spread of foot and mouth disease in Mexico in the 1940s and 1950s. Mr. Winkler describes his adventures and exploits, spending much of the interview discussing his role in training Cuban nationals to overthrow Castro during the disastrous Bay of Pigs in Cuba in the early 1960s. He details how Fidel Castro took control of Cuba and instituted communism, due in large part to Hugo Chavez, whom Mr. Winkler interviewed. Along with describing the trainees, Winkler recalls how the CIA treated number of imprisoned defectors. Mr. Winkler also shares how the U.S. worked with President Ydigoras of Guatemala during this period. Eventually, Mr. Winkler and his wife (also a CIA agent) left the Foreign Service and moved to New Braunfels. Mr. Winkler administered LBJ's Head Start Program in Central Texas, the first in the U.S., before becoming principal of Seele Elementary.