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1959: CIA Sabotage Operations in Cuba
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"The U.S. National Security Council meets in a secret session to discuss how to install a new government in Cuba"

Source: Escalante (1995), The Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-1962. Ocean Press, p. 152
1960: CIA Sabotage Operations in Cuba
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Seven members of a CIA-trained Cuban terrorist group are captured at the Rancho Boyeros Airport as they try to hijack a Havana-Santiago Passenger plane to fly it to Miami, Florida. Two pistols are taken from them.

Source: Escalante (1995), The Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-1962. Ocean Press, p. 160
1971: 40 Commission Launches Covert US Intervention into Italian Elections
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Target State: Italy Dates: 1972-73 Tactics: Covert - Elections Type of Operation: Preventive Regime Replaced: Yes Primary Source Documents: • Department of State (March 10, 1971) “Minutes of the Meeting of the 40 Committee, 10 March 1971,” link. • Memorandum From Helmut Sonnenfeldt of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) (October 14, 1971) “Subject: Italian Politics,” link. • 40 Committee (March 7, 1972) “Subject: Minutes of the Meeting of the 40 Committee, 7 March 1972,” link.

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