Medellin: Acapulco Cold ( Rick Fontain Book 3) by Bill Fortin

Publisher:  Cold War Publications (May, 2019)
Category: Action/Adventure, Cold War, Military, Crime, Historical Fiction
Tour dates: July/August, 2019
ISBN: 978-0996478670
Available in Print and ebook, 356 pages

Description Medellin: Acapulco Cold ( Rick Fontain 3) by Bill Fortin

In March 1987, the CIA’s Operation Acapulco Cold took on the Medellín cartel. The journey would be dangerous. The alternative for not recovering the nuke would be too horrible to imagine.  

A theft occurs as a result of President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev’s treaty agreement in January 1986. Russian SS-20 medium-range missiles were removed from Eastern Europe and their nuclear MIRV packages removed. A shadow group inside the failing Russian government steals three of the nose-cone assembles.

A Russian named Geonov is charged with selling one of these devices to the Medellin cartel. The asking price was $40 million dollars in cash. Pablo Escobar did not even blink when he was offered one.  Operation Acapulco Cold is the detailed action taken by the CIA to address this life-altering situation.

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In 1953, at the age of 25, Geonov was posted to Mexico City where he learned Spanish and met Raúl Castro. It was onboard a ship while he was returning from a European youth festival. When he arrived in Mexico, he was given an assignment to a minor post in the Soviet Embassy.

In 1955, Geonov met Che Guevara through Raúl Castro in Mexico City. If you have studied the works of WEB Griffin, you can clearly see that this happenstance was not going to benefit the United States. Geonov proceeded to violate embassy procedures by befriending Guevara who was fascinated with the Soviet way of life. Guevara’s questions prompted Geonov to provide him with a variety of Soviet books, magazines, and pamphlets. Both men promised to keep in touch, and so they did.

Recalled to Moscow in November 1956, Geonov was discharged from the Foreign Service. He went to work as a Spanish translator for the state-run Soviet Spanish-language publishing company, Editorial Progreso. Two years later, in the late summer of 1958, he was drafted into the KGB. In that same year, on 1 September, Valentin Geonov, began a two-year training course as an intelligence officer. This was interrupted by the Cuban Revolution. In October 1959, his training was halted. He was ordered by the newly appointed Soviet deputy premier, Anastas Mikoyan, to accompany him to Mexico.

In February 1960, Mikoyan took Geonov on an arranged visit to Havana, Cuba. Geonov made a gift of a handgun to his old friend Che Guevara on behalf of Mother Russia. Geonov return to Mexico City the next month as a senior KGB officer with a rank of major. During the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, he coordinated the intelligence reporting from his agents in Florida.

All information-gathering on American military preparations during the saga of missiles in Cuba was his responsibility. Geonov noted in his written assessment of the crisis in Cuba that at no time would there be any danger of war. He stated on more than one occasion that a nuclear confrontation was not very likely. Also, just as an aside, it is unclear whether or not he befriended a man named Lee Harvey Oswald during his time in Mexico . . . and the moon is made entirely of blue cheese!

Geonov did provide his services as an interpreter to Fidel Castro on the dictators’ visit to the Soviet Union in 1963. In 1968, as I was making my way through the missile ranges of White Sands and Fort Bliss, Geonov was recalled to Moscow, where he again was promoted to senior analyst on Caribbean, Central, South, and North America policy.

A report he compiled in 1975 recognized the growing peril to the power of the Soviet Union in geopolitical terms. Citing the example of the British Empire, he warned that the Soviet commitments should be tailored to a few key areas. This recommendation would allow Soviet influence to be able to operate in a more efficient fashion and with a higher success rate. One section of the report suggested the establishment of a Soviet foot- hold on the Arabian Peninsula, the most Marxist country at the time in this region. Of course we have all been exposed to how unimportant the ports, coastline, and airfields in South Yemen are viewed in today’s world.

Praise Stinger: Operation Cyclone (Rick Fontain 2) by Bill Fortin

“Maryland author Bill Fortin served in the US Army 3rd Armor Division from 1968 to 1970 he understands and has witness the horrors of war and its aftermath on soldiers. He places the facts of the Cold War before us in a manner that will prevent us from forgetting that period in history and its impact on global politics today. Not only is he a very fine writer, but he also is a standard bearer who reminds the reader of the atrocities of the Cold War and the manner in which we as a country dealt with it. Very highly recommended.- Grady Harp, Amazon Hall of Fame & Top 100 Reviewer

“Stinger Operation Cyclone was a page turner from page 1. I was swept in and ended up on a fast paced ride to the end. Bill Fontin knows how to weave a story with the details, descriptions of people and places to intrigue the reader and keep you engaged.  Fontin writes expertly about the Middle East and military topics in a way that your drawn in and unable to put the book down.  A cast of characters from each location of the story is provided at the end that helps keep the reader involved in this fast paced story. I look forward to reading more in the series.”-Sherry, My Reading Journeys

“I really like this Book 2 in the Rick Fontain series by Bill Fortin. Bill Fortin is a US Army veteran himself, and has chosen to write some excellent “cold war” fiction, describing the day-to-day implementation of “Charlie Wilson’s War” which described the US assistance to the Afghan mujahideen. I agree with other readers who reported that this book felt like reading history. The first person narrative is as lively and engaging as the depiction of the Battle of Gettysburg in KILLER ANGELS by Michael Shaara. There is excellent dialogue and interesting interplay between CIA operative Rick, along with US Army Special Forces, Delta Force, and the Afghan mujahideen fighting the invading Soviet goliath. It was fascinating for me to read the ground-level description of how this new technology allowed the Afghans, most often fighting from horseback, to level the playing-field with the Soviets. I served in Afghanistan 2002-2003, and really appreciated his word pictures of the terrain. Strong work, Bill Fortin. I look forward to the third in the series.”- Robert Enzenauer, Amazon Review

Praise Redeye Fulda Cold: (Rick Fontain 1) by Bill Fortin

“With a smooth, wry touch, Bill Fortin spins a page-turning Cold War tale capturing both the great bravery and the occasional comic moments — some intentional, some classic SNAFUs — of U.S. military intelligence saving the world from Russia invasion.”- W.E.B. Griffin & William E. Butterworth IV, #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestselling Authors

““Bill Fortin’s, Redeye Fulda Cold, is a historically accurate, yet humorous account of one soldier’s mission during the Cold War.
Although written as fiction, the novel is an exercise in authenticity, with stretches illuminating the technical expertise required for a unit to accommodate seemingly never-ending revisions to Cold War objectives. Fortin cloaks the technical military facts and technology in character moments, using them to highlight Fontain’s sarcasm and tongue-in-cheek humor. Can’t wait to read the next Rick Fontain novel!”-Lisa Wieman Meerdter, Amazon Review

About Bill Fortin

Bill Fortin served in the United States Army, 3rd Armored Division, from 1968 to 1970.  He retired from AT&T/Lucent Bell Labs in 2001 and is currently the CEO of Cold War Publications. Bill earned a Bachelor and Master degrees in Management Sciences from the University of Baltimore.

A native of Westminster, Maryland Bill is an active member of Rotary and retains membership in the Association of the 3AD. He is married to Judy and is surrounded by a host of 4-legged children (Border Collies and cats) plus 2 very noisy feathered companions.

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