Operation Washtub
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- This page discusses the covert Air Force and FBI operation which occurred in Alaska in the 1950s, not the covert CIA operation in Nicaragua in the 1950s, also called Operation Washtub. For more information on the Nicaraguan operation, see this Wikipedia page.
Operation Washtub was a covert joint operation between the United States Air Force and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during the Cold War. Its purpose was to ensure that there would be spies in the then-territory of Alaska, should the Soviet Union invade the territory.
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