Invasion of Suriname called off 1983

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THE HAGUE — A plan to invade Suriname with a force of mercenaries and overthrow the military regime of Desi Bouterse was called off after details of the invasion became known to Dutch security agencies, the Dutch news agency ANP reported yesterday.

It said $4.5 million was raised for the plan, which called for an invasion force of 300 men to be flown from Florida and landed near the Surinamese capital Paramaribo on July 1.

ANP attributed its account to unidentified Netherlands-based coordinators and financiers of the invasion plan.

The news agency said about half the force consisted of U.S. and Latin American mercenaries assembled in Florida, and the other half were dissident Surinamese, including ex-soldiers and officers of the former Dutch colony’s military forces. The operation was coordinated by a staff based in Florida, ANP said.

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July 20, 1983
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