Plans For The Assassination
In New York City, the Nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo developed a plan to assassinate the U.S. President, Harry S. Truman in order to demonstrate that the October 30 uprising had not been a mere "incident between Puerto Ricans" as alleged by President Truman, but rather a war between two countries.They had learned that Truman was living at the Blair House, while the White House was renovated.
The two men realized that their attempt was near-suicidal, and that they likely would be killed. Nonetheless, they wanted to bring world attention to the government killings of rebels and associates in Puerto Rico, and the need for Puerto Rican independence. Torresola, a skilled gunman, taught Collazo how to load and handle a gun. They took the train to Washington, DC to reconnoiter the area. On November 1, 1950, they attacked.
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