Category: Foiled Coups & Plots

120 posts

21 Aug 1973

Free Voice publishes 1973 Surinamese graduation lists mapping future leaders and victims

MW Zotero

1 Jul 1976

Surinamese Armed Forces Fracture Under Budget Cuts and Leadership Crisis

MW Zotero

1 Jul 1977

Corruption Scandals at Economic Affairs and Public Works Paralyze Suriname

MW Zotero

1 Jul 1977

Rudy E. Van Bochove Shifts Between Suriname and U.S. Diplomatic Posts

MW Zotero

1 Jan 1979

BOMIKA Escalates Military Discontent to Street Protests in Paramaribo

MW Zotero

1 Jan 1979

Surinamese NCOs Stage Parliament Sit-Down, Demand Union Recognition

MW Zotero

19 Mar 1979

US Embassy Officer LaRoche Obtains Grenadian Government Documents

MW Zotero

23 Mar 1979

US Diplomat Laroche Outlines Property Concerns to Grenadian Revolutionary Leaders

MW Zotero

12 Apr 1979

Laroche Briefs Grenadian Government on Security Matters

MW Zotero

1 May 1979

Arron Government Suppresses Abendanon Report on Army Grievances

MW Zotero

1 Dec 1979

Arron Announces March Election as Valk Departs Suriname

MW Zotero

1 Dec 1979

Arron Sets March Election Date as Valk Departs Suriname

MW Zotero

1 Dec 1979

Richard Ellis Oversees Global Shield ’79 Nuclear Command Exercise

MW Zotero

25 Feb 1980

Dutch Military Mission Plans and Executes Suriname’s 1980 Coup

MW Zotero

5 May 1980

Counter-Coup Rumors: Further Deterioration in Situation in Suriname

F-1988-00163

2 Apr 1981

Mandate for Leadership – Policy Management in a Conservative Administration

Books

5 Feb 1982

Military Requests Civilian Government Resignation

F-2012-32749

8 Feb 1982

Report of Possible Imminent Coup

F-2012-32749

12 Feb 1982

Situation in Suriname: Interview with Moederbond Chairman Cyril Daal

F-2012-32749

11 Mar 1982

Suriname Coup SITREP 2

F-2012-32744

11 Mar 1982

Suriname Coup SITREP 3

F-2012-32744

11 Mar 1982

Suriname Coup SITREP 5: Recorded Radio Broadcast

F-2012-32744

11 Mar 1982

Suriname Coup SITREP 6: Military Situation

F-2012-32744

12 Mar 1982

Suriname Coup: SITREP 10 – Bouterse Interview

F-2012-32744

13 Mar 1982

Suriname Coup: SITREP 11

F-2012-32744

15 Mar 1982

Suriname Coup – SITREP 12: Suspects in Coup Plot Sought

F-2012-32744

17 Mar 1982

Suriname Coup: Final SITREP

F-2012-32744

18 Mar 1982

SURINAME COUP – RACIAL ASPECTS

F-2012-32744

18 Mar 1982

Meeting with Ambassador Hoekman

F-2012-32744

18 Mar 1982

Briefing by Military Authority

F-2012-32744

19 Mar 1982

Rambocus Investigation – Contacts with Embassies

F-2012-32744

19 Mar 1982

Suriname EMERGENCY DECREES

F-2012-32744

24 Mar 1982

Coup Plotters Paraded at Press Conference

F-2012-32744

2 Apr 1982

Bouterse’s Speech to the New Cabinet Ministers

F-2012-32749

7 Apr 1982

Policy Center Sworn In

F-2012-32749

30 Apr 1982

Bouterse Press Conference

F-2012-32744, F-2012-32749

9 Jun 1982

Impressions of Roy Horb

F-2012-32749

6 Jul 1982

Suriname’s Fourth of July Message

F-2012-32749

12 Jul 1982

Meeting with Labor Leader Cyril Daal

F-2012-32749

16 Jul 1982

Possible Joint Initiative of the NPS-VHP

F-2012-32749

29 Jul 1982

Horb on Suriname’s foreign policy

F-2012-32749

24 Aug 1982

Poor Rice Farmers vs. Clumsy Soldiers: Will the Army Ever Learn?

F-2012-32749

1 Oct 1982

Reports Bouterse has decided to reestablish democracy; continuing rumors of FonMin’s impending resignation

F-2012-32749

4 Oct 1982

NRC HANDELSBLAD: “Surinamese in the Netherlands would like to carry out coup”

Press

4 Oct 1982

Government of Suriname official visit to North Korea

F-2012-32749

5 Oct 1982

NRC Handelsblad: “Action Committee Confirms Disclosure by Minister Graanoogst —Contact with Mercenaries for Coup in Suriname”

Press

7 Oct 1982

NRC Handelsblad: “Hindustani Businessmen Behind Plan for Coup in Suriname”

Press

15 Oct 1982

Travel of Roy Horb, Chairman of Policy Center to Miami

F-2012-32749

9 Nov 1982

Andre Haakmat Under Attack

F-2012-32749

16 Nov 1982

Initial phase of talks between GOS and labor groups on new democratic structures: Bouterse still in charge

F-2012-32749

10 Dec 1982

Bouterse discusses December 9 military action

F-2012-32744

10 Dec 1982

Suriname SITREP 2: COB December 9 – Multiple Executions – Resignation of Neijhorst Government

F-2012-32744

12 Dec 1982

Government of Suriname MILITARY ACTIONS – SITREP Dec. 8

F-2012-32744

14 Dec 1982

Suriname SITREP Five, December 13

F-2012-32749

22 Dec 1982

Minutes of a Meeting of the Political Bureau of the New Jewel Movement (NJM)

DoD

23 Dec 1982

Policy Toward Soviet Union

F-2011-00929

28 Dec 1982

GLEANER newspaper blaming Cuba for the political problems in Suriname

Press

13 Jan 1983

DDI Talking Points - Suriname Recent Developments - 13 February

CIA-RDP85M00363R

20 Jan 1983

Press Reports of U.S. Mercenary – Surinamese Exile Groups Plans to Invade Suriname 1983

CIA-RDP85M00363R, Press

31 Jan 1983

Report of Assassination Attempt on Bouterse

F-2012-32749

2 Feb 1983

Roy Horb

Press

3 Feb 1983

Authorities Report Major Horb Hangs Self

F-2012-32749

5 Feb 1983

Recent Killings Of Surinamese Concern U.S.

CIA-RDP90-00965R, Press

8 Feb 1983

Police Reconstruct Death of Major Horb

F-2012-32749

13 Feb 1983

DDI Talking Points - Suriname Recent Developments

CIA-RDP85M00363R

18 Feb 1983

Further Details on Maj. Horb’s Alleged Suicide and Assassination/Coup Plot

F-2012-32749

25 Feb 1983

GOS Announcements Concerning Two Ministers Arrested in Alleged Assassination Plot

F-2012-32749

8 Mar 1983

DCI Talking Points – Update on Situation in Suriname

CIA-RDP85M00363R

11 Mar 1983

Suriname - Chronology of Events

CIA-RDP85M00363R

12 May 1983

High-level GOS officials attend Soviet reception

F-2012-32749

1 Jun 1983

VIDEO: CIA and Surinam Plot, Mudd (09:37 NBC) R1474

Videos

1 Jun 1983

VIDEO: Administration Surinam Plan, Rather (60:19 CBS) R1473

Videos

1 Jun 1983

U.S. drops plan to overthrow government of Surinam

CIA-RDP91-00901R, Press

1 Jun 1983

CIA Targeted Suriname, ABC Reports

CIA-RDP90-00552R

1 Jun 1983

CIA Reported Blocked in Plot on Surinamese

Press

1 Jun 1983

Reagan OKd bid to oust Surinam chief, ABC says

CIA-RDP91-00901R, CIA-RDP92B00478R, Press

7 Jun 1983

Have we got a coup for you…

CIA-RDP91-00901R, Press

13 Jun 1983

The CIA vs. the Colonel 1983

CIA-RDP91-00901R, Press

30 Jun 1983

Alleged CIA plot to overthrow Surinam government 1983

CIA, Press

28 Jul 1983

Enhanced U.S. military activity and assistance for the Central American region 1983

CIA

8 Aug 1983

Anonymous letter purports to describe planned coup

F-2012-32749

8 Aug 1983

Anonymous letter purports to describe planned coup: commentary

F-2012-32749

26 Aug 1983

Testimony during court martial of four Horb coup suspects refers to US

F-2012-32749

8 Sep 1983

Horb coup court martial conclusion

F-2012-32749

14 Oct 1983

Major Defendant in Horb Coup Plot Sentenced

F-2012-32749

21 Oct 1983

Draft Human Rights Report on Suriname

F-2012-32749

18 Nov 1983

National Endowment For Democracy – 1984 Report

Press

30 Nov 1983

Suriname Says It Foiled Coup

Press

1 Dec 1983

CovertAction: Destabilization in Suriname 1983

CIA-RDP90-00845R, Press

1 Dec 1983

Balans van een coup: Drie jaar ‘Surinaamse Revolutie’

Books

29 Dec 1983

Suriname: Strikes Continue

CIA-RDP85T01094R

1 Jan 1984

Coups d’etat: Lessons of the past, prospects for the future and a guide for action

Thesis

23 Oct 1984

CIA Ex-Chief Cites Probable ‘Excesses’

Press

20 Nov 1984

U.S. Urged to Use ‘Paramilitary’ Assets

CIA-RDP90-00806R

1 Dec 1984

Mandate for Leadership II – Continuing the Conservative Revolution

Books

4 Nov 1985

Reagan approval reported on plan to weakn Libya

CIA-RDP90-00965R

30 Jun 1986

American mercenaries arrested in a plot to overthrow the leftist military government of Suriname 1986

CIA, CIA-RDP90B01390R

28 Jul 1986

A 1986 Prevention: The Foiled Takeover of a Foreign Government

FBI, Press

1 Jun 1987

Under Casey, the CIA initiated more than 50 major covert operations on every continent (Lest We Forget)

CIA, Press

1 Dec 1987

VEIL – The Secret Wars of the CIA, 1981-1987

Books

12 Feb 1992

Surinam: OPERATION CONJOINTE CIA-IBD? (Article behind paywall)

Press

1 Mar 1993

Strijdterrein Suriname

Press

1 Jul 1995

De Militaire Inlichtingendienst, Nederlands minst gecontroleerde dienst

Press

7 Dec 1995

Trouble in Suriname 1975-1982 — From Independence to Revolution and Countercoups – Edward M. Dew

Books

2 Apr 2006

Paranoia of reëel gevaar?

Press

12 May 2008

Secrets of Suriname: Another Reagan-Administration Cold War Success Story

Press

1 Jul 2009

Omstreden ‘oud-militair’ geeft Bouterse groot gelijk

Press

28 Nov 2010

Wat info over Suriname en de vele coup-pogingen.

Press

30 Nov 2010

Coup of Gladiosoup

Press

14 Jul 2011

‘Horb is vermoord’

Press

15 Jan 2012

Coup tegen Desi

Press

13 Mar 2013

Link Demmink-Horb | Relatie met Surinaamse militair?

Press

27 Aug 2017

De rol van Nederland en kolonel Valk bij de coup van Bouterse in Suriname (1980)

Videos

6 Sep 2025

KWB – Presidential Oral Histories | Ronald Reagan Presidency

Press

11 Sep 2025

The 65 Hostages You Never Heard Of

Press

18 Nov 2025

Wikipedia EN | Ambassador Nancy Ostrander

Wikipedia

23 Nov 2025

CIA BASE by Ralph McGehee

CIA, Press

5 Jan 2026

Oud-minister Assen: Nederlands onderzoeksrapport 1980-coup is poging tot geschiedvervalsing

Press

19 Jan 2026

Wikipedia NL | Roy Horb

Wikipedia

27 Mar 2026

The Suriname Contra Affair – Part 8: The Handler (Part 1 of 2)

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