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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:11, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

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Howard Bane

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  • ... that CIA officer Howard Bane was known as "Give-it-a-go-Bane"? " Such exploits earned him the nickname “Give-it-a-Go-Bane”" from: Roberts II, John B (2 August 2007). "Original CIA spymaster". The Washington Times. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
    • ALT1:... that CIA officer Howard Bane secured a Soviet spy camera disguised as a cigarette lighter during the 1966 Ghana coup? "so close was the section's involvement that it was able to coordinate the recovery of some classified Soviet military equipment ... one item of which was a cigarette lighter that also functioned as a camera"
    • ALT2:... that CIA officer Howard Bane proposed that the Special Operations Group storm the Chinese embassy and kill all its occupants during the 1966 Ghana coup?"proposed to headquarters in Washington that a small squad of paramilitary experts, members of the agency's Special Operations Group, be on hand at the moment of the coup, with their faces blacked, storm the Chinese embassy, kill everyone inside, steal their secret records and blow up the building to cover the fact" from: Blum, William (2003). Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II. Zed Books. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-84277-369-7.
    • ALT3:... that CIA officer Howard Bane took up gliding as a means of getting close to a potential agent?"He took up flying gliders to get close enough to pitch one particularly productive agent" from: Roberts II, John B (2 August 2007). "Original CIA spymaster". The Washington Times. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 11:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Nice article. ALT2 is great. Dumelow Could you insert the relevant cite immediately after "and steal secret records." Good to go. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:52, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Thanks Gog, I always forget that DYK rule. Now fixed - Dumelow (talk) 18:19, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
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