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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRET-EYES ONLY## TABLE OF CONTENTS|                                                                  | Page || ---------------------------------------------------------------- | :--: || The assassination                                                |  1   || Overt knowledge of U.S. Government involvement                   |  2   || Recollections of CIA officials                                   |  3   || The organization of the coup group                               |  6   || Why a coup failed to follow the assassination                    |  8   || International activity in opposition to Trujillo                 |  11  || The cast                                                         |  13  || The first Farland memorandum                                     |  16  || Level of CIA activity prior to 1960                              |  17  || Approach to Trujillo by General Clark                            |  17  || Operation Lancet                                                 |  19  || State asks Farland if he could engineer a coup                   |  20  || Farland replies that he could                                    |  21  || Farland says the dissidents need guns                            |  22  || The U.S. is prepared to assist in overthrowing Trujillo          |  24  || Rubotton asks that sniper rifles be supplied the dissidents      |  25  || Acting DCI approves air drop of 12 Springfield rifles            |  25  || Special Group approves small arms for dissidents                 |  29  || COS asks that one weapon be sent in each pouch                   |  30  || Dearborn learns of plan to assassinate by intercepting auto      |  33  || Wimpy Berry asks for submachine guns for plotters                |  34  || Dearborn asks for three 38-caliber pistols for dissidents        |  35  || The plot to kill Trujillo at his mistress' apartment             |  36  || COS protests restriction on pouching weapons                     |  36  || Hqs guidance cable on policy and objectives                      |  37  || Station asks permission to pass three carbines to dissidents     |  38  || Hqs approves passing carbines                                    |  40  || The carbines are passed to the dissidents                        |  40  || Request for pouch waiver ref pouching submachine guns            |  41  || Submachine guns pouched                                          |  42  || Pleas from dissidents that submachine guns be passed to them     |  42  || Has informs the station not repeat not to pass submachine guns   |  43  || Post-Pay of Pigs standdom cable                                  |  44  || Station acknowledges receipt of submachine guns                  |  44  || Draft cable (not sent) approving release of submachine guns      |  47  || State Department disapproves passing submachine guns             |  48  || The whereabouts of the three carbines                            |  49  || Special Group confirms not passing submachine guns to dissidents |  50  || The dissidents' assassination plans are firm                     |  51  || U.S. policy does not condone assassination                       |  51  || Dearborn and the COS protest                                     |  52  || Critic No. 1 on the assassination                                |  53  || Vice President Johnson asks about arms delivery                  |  54  || Discovery of U.S. involvement with assassination group           |  55  || Recapitulation of arms passed or considered for passing          |  59  || The motivations of the assassins                                 |  61  |SECRET-EYES ONLY