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Dr. Edward Gunn
PERSONS/ENTITIES:
Sam Gold
Juan Orta
DATES:
CATEGORIES:
September 25, 1961 Castro
Dr. Raymond Treichler
Comelius Roosevelt
OCCURRENCE:In discussing the possible methods of accomplishing the mission, Sam
Gold suggested that they not resort to firearms, but that if he could be furnished with;
some type of potent pill that could be placed in Castro's food or drink. Sam indicated
that he has a prospective nominee in the person of Juan Orta, a Cuban official, who had
been receiving back payments from the gambling interests who still had access to Castro,
and was in a financial bind. Cornelius Roosevelt, Chief, TSD was consulted and assigned
Dr. Raymond Treichler to develop a pill that had the elements of rapid solubility, high
lethal content, and little or no-traceability. Six of these items were produced and
after being checked out for 
their effectiveness by Dr. Edward M. Gunn, three pills were
ultimately turned over to Sam for the mission. Neither TSD nor Dr. Gunn was briefed on
the ultimate use of the pills.
SOURCE:
TOP SECRET
CIA Justice File R-153 Memorandum by Howard J. Osborn
to Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, Subj: Robert A. Maheul
dated June 24, 1966.
STAFF:
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OCCURRENCE: (cont.)
DATES:
Oct. 6, 1960
CATEGORIES:
Special Group
MONGOOSE
Presidential Authorization
Card 3 of 3
including some Germans in this group and that we would talk informally
to General Gehlen about it. He emphasized that he was asking for no
Special Group approval at this time in this specific connection."
TOP SECRET
STAFF:
Minutes of Special Group meeting October 6, 1960
DATE: Bob Kelley
FILE:
Cage
June 29, 1975
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Father Peyton
Peter Grace
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DATES:
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CATEGORIES:
Mongoose
Special Group
OCCURRENCE:
2
The Special Group discussed (1) the possibi of providing sixty
thousand dollars from the Cuba budget to sponsor the religious activity of Father
Peyton in Cuba; (2) a proposal to survey the possibility of establishing a strike
base in Nicaragua; (3) the necessity for the Defense Department to supply 38 military
men to CIA. "Mr. Douglas questioned whether the present concept of 600 or 700
Cubans is any longer practicable. He said that it had been his understanding that
the current thinking contemplated figures more on the order of 3,000." Mr. Barnes
replied that the CIA believes what is required is enough individuals to serve as
a rallying point for the anti-Castro elements in Cuba and thus 600 is as useful as
3,000. The CIA justified the request for 38 military men because it now believed
it was necessary to train the Cubans in infantry tactics involved in a defense, in
addition to the guerrilla warfare training previously contemplated.
SOURCE:
STAFF:
Special Group meeting minutes Dec. 5, 1960
FILE:
DATE:
Bob Kelley
June 29,
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TOP SECRET
i
PERSONS/ENTITIES:
GUNN Dr. Edward
TREICHLER
TSD
OCCURRENCE:
DATES:
August 16,
1960
CUBA
CATEGORIES:
(Lethal Cigars)
SECRET
TOP SEA
CARD 1 of 2
DR. EDWARD GUNN, Chief, Operations Division, Office of
Medical Services, has a notation that on 16 August 1960,
he received a box of Cuban cigars to be treated with a
lethal material. (21). He understood them to be CASTRO'S
favorite brand. (21). GUNN's notes show that within the
next month he contacted Ray Treichler, of TSD, (Sept. 6,
1960) and gave him the box of cigars (21). Treichler
recalls "that he did contaminate a full box of 50 cigars
with 
Botulinum Toxin, a virulent poison," (21) which would
kill the intended 
victim upon merely putting it in the
mouth. 
Treichler's notes showed delivery of the box on
February 
13, 1961, although they do not indicate to whom.
(22).
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TOP SECRET
DATES:
FEB. 1961
(APPROXIMATE)
CATEGORIES: TOP SECRET
(Card 1)
CUBA
PHASE I
OCCURRENCE: The I.G. REPORT identified the following persons who knew, in late 1960
or early 1961, of the PHASE I plan to assassinate CASTRO:
JAMES O'CONNELL, Office of Security,
the case officer
1.
ALLEN DULLES, DCI
2.
GEN. C. P. CABELL, DDCI
3.
RICHARD BISSELL, DD/P
4.
SHEFFIELD EDWARDS, D/Security
5.
6:
J. D. ESTERLINE, Chief, WH/4
7.
CORNELIUS ROOSEVELT, Chief, TSD
8.
RAY TRETCHILER Chemical Division, TSD
9.
I.G. REPORT 1967, pp. 34-35
10.
11.
12.
13.
WILLIAM HARVEY, Chief, FI/D
SIDNEY GOTTLIEB, Special Assistant to
the DD/P (GOTTLIEB's name was en-
countered repeatedly in this inquiry,
but he denies knowing of the opera-
tion in 1960-61.)
ROBERT BANNERMAN, DD/Security
J. C. KING, Chief, WH Division (He too
denies knowing of the operation at
EDWARD GUNN, Chief, Operations Division, Medical Services ✓
SOURCE:
the time.)
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Dr. Edward Gunn'
PERSONS/ENTITIES:
Sam Gold
Juan Orta
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September 25, 1961 Castro
Dr. Raymond Treichler
Cornelius Roosevelt
OCCURRENCE: In discussing the possible methods of accomplishing the mission, Sam
Gold suggested that they not resort to firearms, but that if he could be furnished with:
some type of potent pill that could be placed in Castro's food or drink. Sam indicated
that he has a prospective nominee in the person of Juan Orta, a Cuban official, who had
been receiving back payments from the gambling interests who still had access to Castro,
and was in a financial bind. Cornelius Roosevelt, Chief, TSD was consulted and assigned
Raymond Treichler to develop a pill that had the elements of rapid solubility, high
lethal content, and little or no traceability. Six of these items were produced and-
after being checked out for their effectiveness by Dr. Edward M. Gunn, three pills were
ultimately turned over to Sam for the mission. Neither TSD nor Dr. Gunn was briefed on
the ultimate use of the pills.
SOURCE:
TOP SECRET
CIA Justice File R-153 Memorandum by Howard J. Osborn
to Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, Subj: Robert A. Maheul
dated June 24, 1966.
STAFF:
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ASANCHEZ
AMLASH
DATES:
Samuel HALPERN
Dr. Edward GUNN
✓
Nov. 20, 1963
Castro
CATEGORIES:
OCCURRENCE:
SANCHEZ reported that although AMLASH had wanted "a high-powered, silenced rifle
with an effective range of hundreds or thousands of yards," (92) he decided finally
that he knew, as a Doctor of Medicine, that "we could devise some technical means
of doing the job that would not automatically cause him to lose his own life in
the try." (92)
Samuel HALPERN and [SANCHEZ, requested assistance from Dr. Edward GUNN of the CIA¨
Office of Medical Services. (92) On Nov. 20, 1963, they told GUNN that "the
device for administering the poison (a ball point pen rigged as a hypodermic syringe)
had to be ready in time for SANCHEZ to catch a plane at noon the next day." (93)
The next day GUNN delivered to SANCHEZ a pen capable of injecting a poisonous
insecticide known as "black leaf 40". (92-93)
SOURCE:
IG REPORT 196
FILE:
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CASTRO
Treich Ler Ray The memorandum of April 25, 1967 which introduces the IG's Report
on assassination plotting in 
relation to FIDEL CASTRO indicates
OCCURRENCE: 
that the only written 
records which served as a basis for the IG
Report were: Notes of William Harvey; Records of Dr. Edward Gunn
(Office of Medical Services
; and, brief records of Ray Treichler
(of TSD). Some 
operational files were also used.
For the most part, the Inspector General's office relied upon
information given to us orally by people who's memories are fogged
by time. (1)
"We interviewed everyone whom we could identify as likely to be
knowledgeable, with the exceptions of MR. DULLES and GENERAL CABELL." (2)
A complete list of the interviewees is attached to the IG Report
at Tab A. "If there are significant innaccuracies in the Report
they are most likely to occur in faulty ordering of the sequence
of events." (2).
SOURCE:
FILE:
16 Report 1967
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Zoobey
"Harvey"
Kennedy, Robert
OCCURRENCE:
Bissell HALPERN
DATES:
CATEGORIES:
1961
Castro
October,
Halpern testified that in the fall of 1961 he attended a meeting with
Bissell and
was the Branch Chief (8). The
meeting occured in the middle of Oct of 1961. Bissell stated at the
meeting that he had recently "been chewed out in the cabinet room of
the White House by both the President and the Attorney General for)
as he put it, sitting on his ass and not doing anything about getting
rid of Castro and the Castro regime. His orders to both
ware
and to me to plan an operation to accomplish that end.
Halpern testified that no limitations were put on the term "get rid of".
Nothing was forbidden (8). The meeting involved only general discussions
and not tactics.
SOURCE:
FILE:
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PERSONS/ENTITIES:
DATES:
CATEGORIES:
Oct 1961
Castro
Halpern-
Bissell
Gen Lansdale
OCCURRENCE:
Halpern's
Shortly after his meeting with Bissell, Hapern, and
to Gen Lansdale who was the new Chief of Operations
move the Castro regime. The initial meeting was
organizational matters.
bey were introduced
for an effort to
concerned with only
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re-
SOURCE:
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Harvey
Halpern
Helms
MCCONE
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DATES:
CATEGORIES:
Dec 1961
Castro
OCCURRENCE:
(zoghey sometime in Dec of 1961, described to Halpern a meeting at the director's
office in which M-
Cone had stated that "elas would henceforth "be his man on
Cuba. (13)
told Halpern that Helmas had no inkling that he would be
appointed head of the Cuban operations before this meeting (15). Sometime
after the meeting Helms came to
office, chekced into the organization
of
operations and directed that Cuba would be a separate activity__am
no longer part of the Division (14).
TOP SECRE
SOURCE:
Halpern 6/18/75
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FITZGERALD, Desmond
HALPERN, Sam
CATEGORIES:
DATES:
Early 1963
CASTRO
OCCURRENCE:
DESMOND FITZGERALD originated a scheme to assassinate CASTRO: "The idea
was to taken an unusually spectacular sea shell that would be certain to catch
CASTRO's eye, load it with an explosive trigger to blow when the shell was lifted,
and submerge it in an area where CASTRO often went skin diving." (77).
FITZGERALD explored this idea at several sessions with SAM HALPERN and BRUCE
CHEEVER, but it was ultimately dismissed as impractical. (77).
"DISCOVERY LEADS: Note: There is no indication that FITZGERALD told any-
one above him in the CIA hierarchy of this plan.
SOURCE:
IG REPORT,
1967
TOP SECRE
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SANCHEZ
AMLASH
DATES:
Samuel HALPERN
Nov. 20, 1963
Dr. Edward GUNN
Castro
CATEGORIES:
OCCURRENCE:
SANCHEZ reported that although AMLASH had wanted "a high-powered, silenced rifle
with an effective range of hundreds or thousands of yards," (92) he decided finally
that he knew, as a Doctor of Medicine, that "we could devise some technical means
of doing the job that would not automatically cause him to lose his own life in
the try." (92)
-Samuel-HALPERN--and SANCHEZ requested assistance from Dr. Edward GUNN of the CIA--
Office of Medical Services. (92) On Nov. 20, 1963, they told GUNN that "the
device for administering the poison (a ball point pen rigged as a hypodermic syringe)
had to be ready in time for SANCHEZ to catch a plane at noon the next day." (93)
The next day GUNN delivered to SANCHEZ a pen capable of injecting a poisonous
insecticide known as "black leaf 40". (92-93)
SOURCE:
IG REPORT 1
FILE:
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STAFF:
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DATES:
CATEGORIES:
HARVEY
IG REPORT EDWARDS
KING, J. C.
BISSELL
HALPERN ✓
OCCURRENCE:
May 23, 1967
CASTRO
The following sources of information were used in preparing the IG REPORT of
1967: (1) Files: Furnished for review by the Director of Security, the Deputy
Director for Support, the General Counsel, the Legislative Counsel, the Chief of
_WH_Division, and by Col. J. C. KING, former Chief of WH Division. Also, the
Director of Central Reference furnished biographic files and intelligence publi-
cations. (2) Interviews: Desmond Fitzgerald, Sam Halpern, Bruce Cheever, J. C.
King, Alfonso Rodriguez, J. D. Esterline, Edward Gunn, Howard Osborn, James
O'Connell, Sidney Gottlieb, Sheffield Edwards, Richard Bissell, Lawrence Houston,
Ray Treichler, John Warner, Nestor Sanchez, William Harvey, Cornelius Roosevelt,
Robert Bannerman, Henry Bortner, Richard Ober.
SOURCE: IG REPORT,
FILE:
1967
TOP SECRET
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PERSONS/ENTITIES:
SPECIAL GROUP AUGMENTED, MONGOOSE,
LANSDALE, TAYLOR, JOHNSON, GIL-
PATRICK, MCCONE, RFK, LEMNITZER
Harris Craig
DATES:
June 27, 1962.
Jure 123m
7/1/62 ✓
6/21-23/62
CATEGORIES:
Special Group Augmented
$2 MONGOOSE
OCCURRENCE: One infiltration team introduced into Oriente Province on June 4 and 5, 1962
Raul
reported that Cuban security measures made operations in that area difficult.
Castro on June 25 reported that the four had been captured and two had been executed, but
to this date the report is not accepted as fact. June 21-22, 1962 a Marine operation
The defector,
to emplace a cache of arms and demolitions was accomplished without incident.
Roig, has begun to provide names of other Cuban G-2 personnel abroad. Effective July 1,
1962 Brig. Gen. B.T. Harris, U.S. Army will replace Brig. Gen. Craig as DOD operations-
representative.
SOURCE:
Memorandum for the Special Group Augmented
from Lansdale re: Operation MONGOOSE, June 27, 1962 (00399-
00400)
FILE:
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DATE:
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PERSONS/ENTITIES:
SPECIAL GROUP AUGMENTED, MONGOOSE,
LANSDALE, TAYLOR, JOHNSON, GIL-
PATRICK, MCCONE, RFK, LEMNITZER
Harris
Craig
DATES:
CATEGORIES:
June 27, 1962 Special Group Augmented
June 21 23, 1962 MONGOOSE
7/1/62
6/21-23/62☑
OCCURRENCE: One infiltration team introduced into Oriente Province on June 4 and 5, 1962
reported that Cuban security measures made operations in that area difficult. Raul
Castro on June 25 reported that the four had been captured and two had been executed, but
to this date the report is not accepted as fact. June 21-22, 1962 a Marine operation
to emplace a cache of arms and demolitions was accomplished without incident. The defector,
Roig, has begun to provide names of other Cuban G-2 personnel abroad. Effective July 1,
1962 Brig. Gen. B.T. Harris, U.S. Army will replace Brig. Gen. Craig as DOD operations
representative.
T
SOURCE:
Memorandum for the Special Group Augmented
STAFF:
from Lansdale re: Operation MONGOOSE, June 27, 1962 (00399-
di Genova
00400)
DATE:
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QJWIN
EXECUTIVE ACTION
PERSONS/ENTITIES:
HARVEY, William'
Win, K.-J.
OCCURRENCE:
HARVEY testified that QJ.Win was an agent that he considered for possible use and used for a
limited period through ARNOLD SIEVER for the spotting of individuals with criminal and under-
world connections in Europe for possible multipurpose use, none of whom were ever advised of
the use. (50) Or were ever used.
When HARVEY was asked if the multipurpose-use-included-assassination, he stated that if
he had ever been directly ordered to perform an assassination, he would have considered the
people spotted by R.J.Win as possibilities. (50) He testified that before someone would have
actually been approached to carry out that operation, there would have been a long period of
assessment and cross checks. As far as he knew, the particular spotting mechanism never went
that far. So far as HARVEY could recall K.J.Win was used only once in connection with an opera-
tion in the Congo, which was not an assassination operation.
SOURCE: HARVEY TESTIMO
FILE:
25, 1975.
pp. 50-51
"TOP SECRET
(51)
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Richard
Harvey, Mr.
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OCCURRENCE: Helms testified that he does not recall whether he selected
Harvey to head the Cuban operation, but that he did certainly approve Harvey's
selection. 
Prior to receiving the commitment Harvey had been in charge of a
staff in the foreign intelligence staff whose function was to mount operations
against ambassa und installations of foreign powers erseas to acquire cOLCS
Frenti ious entry. (19) 5094
SOURCE:
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HARVEY, William
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CATEGORIES:
OCCURRENCE:
TAD CECRET
HARVEY testified that during World War II he worked on counterespionage matters with the FBI,
having entered the Bureau as a Special Agent in 1940. He continued in that job until 1947,
when he joined the CIA as the head of the Soviet Intelligence Branch. Between 1947 and 1952,
he worked on Soviet counterespionage and special operations in the Department of Plans. Be-
tween 1952 and 1959, he was in Berlin as Chief of Station for the CIA. He was instrumental in.
the Berlin tunnel operation. In 1959, he became Chief of the Foreign Intelligence Staff Di-
vision, D. This is the Division which is responsible for communications intelligence Opera-
tions-of-Staff D included the surreptitious obtaining of code information, including surrepti
ctious entry, intercepting couriers, monitoring of communications, and microwave.
SOURCE:
FILE:
HARVEY TESTIMONY, June 25, 1975, pp. 5-9
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PERSONS/ENTITIES:
HARVEY, William
O'DONNELL Justiny
RISSELL. Richard
OCCURRENCE:
DATES:
LUMUMBA
CATEGORIES:
TOP SECRET
HARVEY testified that he worked with a man called JUSTIN 'O'DONNELL
that O'DONNELL came to him and said that he had been approached by RICHARD BISSELL, who
was then the Deputy Director of Plans (DD/P) to undertake an operation in the Congo, one
of the objectives of which was the elimination of PATRICE LUMUMBA. HARVEY testified that
'DONNELL told him that he had declined to undertake this assignment.
HARVEY testified that he subsequently had a conversation with BISSELL, in which BISSELL
stated that he had requested O'DONNELL to undertake such an operation. (9-10)
HARVEY testified that he did not know about any steps undertaken on behalf of the Agency
in connection with any proposals to eliminate LUMUMBA. (10)
SOURCE: HARVEY TESTIMONY, June 25, 1975 (pp. 9-10)
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PERSONS/ENTITIES:
HARVEY, WILLIAM
SILVER ARNOLD
KUBARK
DATES:
Spring 161
1781
Jan. 26,1961
CATEGORIES:
EXECUTIVE ACTION
OCCURRENCE: Harvey was asked about notes written by him and Silvery from their
meeting in January of 1961, concerning Executive Action. One portion of the notes
stated, "Be within KUBARK, one focal point for control, search, training, case
officering, etc. GDP authority in this focal point mandatory. DCI officially
advised?" (57) Harvey testified that he did not know whether the DCI was advised.
that he had been asked to create a capability for Executive Action and had taken
certain steps to have an assessment of assets in that connection. (57) Harvey
clarified that the wording of the memo probably meant that consideration should be
given to the question of how, whether and under what circumstances the DCI should be
officially advised of his program, "I want to make it clear that this in no way
means he should be advised. He should not be advised, he should never be advised,
he should always be advised." (59). He testified that this matter would have been
brought up again at any time the Action Project led to specific targeting
or specific operation or specifionen (59)
TLPURN
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EXECUTIVE ACTION
ZR Rifle
Harvey's hadwritten notes entitled Project Zrriffle (exhibit 1) state "objectives".
The objectives of this project is the procurement of code decipher materials and
information concerning such materials,” accordance with requirements levied on the
clandestine services, primarily by ASA curity agency, Since these requirements
are subject to frequent revision, no listing of targets would be valid for the duration
of the project. Specific operations will be mounted on the basis of need and
opportunity. The Project will be conducted by division ☐ with assistance from area
divisions and stations as needed." (exhibht 1)
Harvey testified that his notes didnot cite assassination or assassination capability as
an objective of project Zrriffle. However, assassination was a contemplated purpose of the
project. If an agent had been recruited for assassination he would have been recruited
under the cover of obtaining code and cipher materials, (49)
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The notes in Harvey's handwriting entitled Project Zrriffle state "3. Background:
In response to the increasing requirements for the operational procurement of foreign
code and cipher materials, division in 1960 began spotting of agent assets as a
developmental activity. During the same period requirements from NSA became more
refined and in many respects more sentative because most agencies are not equipped
to conduct this type of operation, and because of the desirability to completely centralize
control over this entire effort, it was determined that division d which was the closest-
touch with NSA on procurement requirements, could best conduct the activity. The spotting
activity has now advanced far enough to justify removing from the OOA category. (exhibit
1, page 1 2)
2004
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HARVEY testified that he had a conversation with ARNOLD SILVER about the EXECUTIVE ACTION
project on January 26, 1961, after HARVEY and BISSELL had already discussed the matter.
HARVEY testified that he learned early in the operation that BISSELL had discussed the ques- ..
tion of assassination with ARNOLD SILVER
(52)
TOP SECRET
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Bissell, Richard
OCCURRENCE: Harvey testified that he had a conversation with Arnold Silver about the
Executive Action Project on January 26, 1961, after Harvey and Bissell had already discussed
the matter (52). Harvey testified that he learned early in the operation that Bissell had
discussed the question of assassination with Arnold Silver (52)
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TOP SECRET
'Harvey's handwritten notes eneitled Project Zrriffle state
F
(1) personnel: K.G. Win is under written contact as a principal agent, with the primary
task of spotting agent candidates. K.G. Win was first contacted in 1958 to the Chief
of the Luxembourgis by the chief of station, Luxembourg in connection with illegal
-narcotics operation into the United States. For aperiod of a year and a half he was.
contacted spareatically by COS, Luxembourg, in behalf of the Bureau of Narcotics.
of this Bureau reflect an excellent performance by K. G. Win. In October 1960:
K. G. Win annual salary $7,200
Travel and OBS expenses for K. G. Win and
Hire of safe houses and other
automobile expenses $1,000
Files
Total $14,700
other agents and agent candidates $2,000
Fees for services by and standby of agents and agent candidates $2,000
Travtaff employees engaged in Zrriffle $2,000
(Harvey Exhibit 1, pages 1 3)
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SILVER Arnold
LUMUMBA, Patrice
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BRECKENRIDGE, S.
HELMS, Richard
QJWIN
DATES:
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May 1961
CONGO
CATEGORIES: TOP SECRET
EXECUTIVE ACTION/ZRRIFLE
TOR
QEPPET
The EXECUTIVE ACTION program authorized by BISSELL and run by WILLIAM HARVEY "came to be known
as ZRRIFLE.
Its principal asset was an agent, QJWIN, who had been recruited earlier by CARNOLDEY
STEVER for use in a special operation in the Congo (the assassination of PATRICE LUMUMBA) to be
run by JUSTIN O'DONNELL: (O'DONNELL made a survey of the scene, decided he wanted no part in
that assassination attempt, and asked to be released which BISSELL granted.)" (38)
NOTE: In the copy of the I.G. REPORT provided to the Committee, which was, according to
EARMAN's cover memorandum the ribbon copy, which was the only text of the report in existence, th
phrase in the above paragraph "(the assassination of PATRICE LUMUMBA)" was crossed out. S.
BRECKENRIDGE indicated to the Committee that this phrase was crossed out by RICHARD HELMS when
he read the report. Why?
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EXECUTIVE ACTION/ZRRIFLE
OCCURRENCE: Breckinridge testified that from his review of the files of Project
ZRRIFLE, the "controlling character" (80) of the Project was to Steal les rather
than to develop the capability for assassination. (30)
Breckeinridge testified that on the face of the documents relating to Project
ZRRIFLE, the Project was only directed at stealing codes. The fact that it related
to developing the capability to assassinate came out in interviews with William
Harvey.(81)¯¯¯¯
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GOTILIEB, Sidney
HARVEY L
WHITE HOUSE
February 1961
(HARVEY's rough
estimate)
EXECUTIVE ACTION 1/ZRRIFLE
CASTRO
SILVER Arnold
Сен
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OCCURRENCE:
the
BISSELL assigns to HARVEY / developing of "an EXECUTIVE ACTION capability;
a general stand-by capability to carry out assassinations 
when required.'
(37)
i.e.,
"HARVEY's notes quote BISSELL as saying, 'The WHITE HOUSE has twice urged me to create such
a capability. BISSELL recalls discussing the question of developing a general 
capability
with HARVEY."
1
(37)
"HARVEY says that BISSELL had already discussed certain aspects of the problem with ARNOLD
SIEVER and with SIDNEY GOTTLIEB.
"
(37-38).
(continued)
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OCCURRENCE:
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HARVEY used SILVER in developing the EXECUTIVE ACTION capability (38).
RUES states that
Sometime shortly after this initial meeting, and while HARVEY was still discussing the
_development of EXECUTIVE ACTION with BISSELL, "he briefed Mr. HELMS fully 
on the 
general
concept but without mention of the then on-going plan to assassinate CASTRO.
"
SOURCE: I.G. REPORT 1967, pp. 37-38
(38).
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FEB. 1961
(APPROXIMATE)
Califo
-CUBA
PHASE I
(Card 1)
OCCURRENCE: The I.G. REPORT identified the following persons who knew, in late 1960
or early 1961, of the PHASE I plan to assassinate CASTRO:
RICHARD BISSELL, DD/P
SHEFFIELD EDWARDS, D/Security
1.
ALLEN DULLES, DCI
2.
GEN. C. P. CABELL, DDCI
3.
4.
5.
6%
J. D. ESTERLINE, Chief, WH/4
7.
JAMES O'CONNELL, Office of Security,
the case officer
CORNELIUS ROOSEVELT, Chief, TSD
8. RAY TREICHLER Chemical Division, TSD
9.
10. ✓ WILLIAM HARVEY, Chief, FI/D
11.
12.
13.
SIDNEY GOTTLIEB, Special Assistant to
the DD/P (GOTTLIEB's name was en-
countered repeatedly in this inquiry,
but he denies knowing of the opera-
tion in 1960-61.)
ROBERT BANNERMAN, DD/Security
J. C. KING, Chief, WH Division (He too
denies knowing of the operation at
EDWARD GUNN, Chief, Operations Division, Medical Services
SOURCE:
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the time.)
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(See list of names below.)
Apr 17, 61
CASTRO
QUEA SYNDICATE/PHASE II
KNOWLEDGE OF PHASE II
CARD 1 of 3
OCCURRENCE: The list of persons with knowledge of PHASE II of the CASTRO ASSASSINATION
OPERATION 
differs from those who knew of 
PHASE I. Those with knowledge of PHASE II are:
1.
✓.
3.
RICHARD HELMS, DD/P
WILLIAM HARVEY, Chief, Task Force W
JAMES O'CONNELL, Office of Security
(He knows that Harvey took over the
operation and delivered pills, arms, and
-equipment in April 1962. He does not
know of developments after May 1962.)
4. SHEFFIELD EDWARDS, D/Security (He
knows of the fact of the turnover to
HARVEY, but states he knows nothing of
developments thereafter.)
SOURCE:
FILE:
I.G. REPORT.
5.
J. C. KING, Chief, WH Division (He stated in
our interview with him that he knew that HARVEY
was having meetings with members of the gambling
syndicate in 1962.
6. BRUCE CHEEVER HARVEY's deputy in 1962
(CHEEVER knows that HARVEY was meeting with
gansters in Reno (sic) in the winter of 1962.)
7. TED SHACKLEY, Chief, JMWAVE (He assisted
HARVEY in the delivery of arms and equipment to
VARONA in April 1962, but presumably did not know
the identities of the recipients nor (con't.)
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SHACKLEY, cont: the purpose for which the
material was to be used.)
8. GRAY TREISCHLER, TSD (TREISCHLER's par-
ticipation was limited to furnishing the
- pills to O'CONNELL-on-18-April 1962..).
9. ANTONIO VARONA, the Cuban exile leader
(He presumably was not aware of government
sponsorship.)
10. VARONA'S SON-IN-LAW (He too was pre-
sumably, not aware of government's role.)
SOURCE:
11. MACEO, ROSELLI's "Man"
(МАСЕО
probably knew there was a government
connection, but may not have identified
CIA as the agency.)
(con't.)
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Kennedy, Robert
HALPERN
OCCURRENCE:
October,
Halpern testified that in the fall of 1961 he attended a meeting with
Bissell and Ch. Ghos Zogbey Zogbey was the Branch Chief (8). The
meeting occured in the middle of Oct of 1961. Bissell stated at the
meeting that he had recently "been chewed out in the cabinet room of
the White House by both the President and the Attorney General for)
as he put it, sitting on his ass and not doing anything about getting
rid of Castro and the Castro regime. His orders to both Zoghley
and to me for to plan an operation to accomplish that end." (8)
Halpern testified that no limitations were put on the term "get rid of".
Nothing was forbidden (8). The meeting involved only general discussions
and not tactics.
SOURCE:
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glow sometime in Dec of 1961, described to Halpern a meeting at the director's
office 
in which 
M-Cone had stated that Helms would henceforth "be his man on
Cuba." (13) 270gbey told Halpern that Helms had no inkling that he would be
appointed head of the Cuban operations before this meeting (15). Sometime
after the meeting Helms came to
of
och Boys operations_and_directo
no longer part of the WI Division (14).
office, chekced into the organization
hat Cuba would be a separate activityand
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Podio
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DATES:
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MONGOOSE
OCCURRENCE: It was agreed that Harvey was to work towards reaching a stage in the
interrogation of Pedro Roig, the Cuban economic official who defected to Mexico, where
he can be surfaced to make public charges of Cuban Communist operations against Latin
American nations. Harvey was to generate a story from Cuban refugee sources that the
original Cardenas incident consisted of a demonstration concerning the shortage of food.
This was to cause ridicule of the Communist regime's use of MIGs, tanks and troops against
the unarmed people of Cardenas: "The-Cuban-source to story-need not await your determina--
tion of the true cause of the Cardenas demonstration."
TER
i
SOURCE:
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DATE:
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de Curt
OCCURRENCE:
July 10, 1962
|_ June, 1ly 1962
July 1, 1962-
May 1962
MONGOOSE
Efforts were made to establish contact with Juana Castro Rug, half sister
of Fidel and Raul Castro Ruz because she opposed the strong Communist nature of the
Cuban regime. According to Mrs. Virginia Leitao de Cunha, she contacted Ruz and obtained
Ruz agreement to provide intelligence on the Cuban political leadership and to work
against the Cuban Communist regime, "short of engaging in activity which might result in
-direct personal harm to her brothers Raul and Fidel. Arrangements were being-made-for-
direct recruitment of Ruz in Mexico.
SOURCE:
STAFF:
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Juana Castro Ruz, 10 July 1962 (02561)
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Gen. Lansdale
Walter Elder
DCI
DATES:
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CATEGORIES:
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Nov. 21, 1962
[CHEEVER]
(Special Group Augmented
Operation Mongoose
Cuba
OCCURRENCE:
10/30163)
With regard to paragraph 2 of Lansdale's memorandum to SGA dated 14 Nov.
1962 Harvey states: "The statement that Operation Mongoose had had no information 
on
this operation since early October was patently false. Specific 
references made to 
the
pen ultimate paragraph and Lansdale's memorandum concerning a report 
for the CIA which 
he
used as a basis for memorandum dated 31 Oct. 1962 to 
Oswald Kirkpatrick. This refers to
a telephonic conversation on the evening of 30 Oct. 1962 between Lansdale 
and Cheever
which is referred specifically in paragraph 2 on pages 7 and 8 of my 
reference 
memorandu.
I have discussed this matter in detail with Cheever and clearly recollects 
that his
conversation with Lansdale on that date took place as reflected 
in my reference 
memorandum..
During this conversation there was no discussion of previous operations 
except a brief
discussion of the COBRA and AMTORID teams and Lansdale did not 
ask, according to 
Cheever
recollection, any specific questions concerning assets inside or prior 
operations which
SOURCE: Would logically have led to the discussions at the time STAFF:
of the Matahambre operation."
Memorandum dated Nov. 21, 1962 (01151)
Paul Wallach
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DDP
DATES:
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Mr. Halpern
CHEEVER
Nov. 21, 1962
10/30'165
CATEGORIES:
(Special Group Augmented
Operation Mongoose
Cuba
With regard to paragraph 2 of Lansdale's memorandum to SGA dated 14 Nov.
1962 Harvey states: "The statement that Operation Mongoose had had no information on
this operation since early October was patently false. Specific references made 
to 
the
pen ultimate paragraph and Lansdale's memorandum concerning a report for the CIA which he
used as a basis for memorandum dated 31 Oct. 1962 to Oswald Kirkpatrick. This refers 
to
-a-telephonic conversation on the evening of 30 Oct. 1962 between Lansdale and Cheever
which is referred specifically in paragraph 2 on pages 7 and 8 of my reference memorandu.
I have discussed this matter in detail with Cheever and clearly recollects that his
conversation with Lansdale on that date took place as reflected in my reference memorandum.
During this conversation there was no discussion of previous operations except a brief
discussion of the COBRA and AMTORID teams and Lansdale did not ask, according to Cheever's
recollection, any specific questions concerning assets inside or prior operations which
SOURCE: Would logically have led to the discussions at the timp STAFF:
of the Matahambre operation."
Memorandum dated Nov. 21, 1962 (01151)
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-24 April 1964
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Chief, FI Staff, CIA
QJWIN
DATES:
27 June 1963
OCCURRENCE:
HARVEY writes a memorandum to the Chief, FI Staff, "stating that the original justification
for employing QJWIN no longer existed." (41) On 21 April 1964 QJU
was terminited by
TOP SEGNED
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May 23, 1967
CASTRO
PERSONS/ENTITIES:
KING, J. C.
IG REPORT EDWARDS
BISSELL
HALPERN
CATEGORIES:
OCCURRENCE:
The following sources of information were used in preparing the IG REPORT of
1967: (1) Files: Furnished for review by the Director of Security, the Deputy
Director for Support, the General Counsel, the Legislative Counsel, the Chief of
WH Division, and by Col. J. C. KING, former Chief of WH Division. Also, the
Director of Central Reference furnished biographic files and intelligence publi-
cations. (2) Interviews: Desmond Fitzgerald, Sam Halpern, Bruce Cheever, J. C.
King, Alfonso Rodriguez, J. D. Esterline, Edward Gunn, Howard Osborn, James
O'Connell, Sidney Gottlieb, Sheffield Edwards, Richard Bissell, Lawrence Houston,
Ray Treichler, John Warner,
Sanchez William Harvey, Cornelius Roosevelt,
Robert Bannerman, Henry Bortner, Richard Ober.
SOURCE:
FILE:
IG REPORT, 1967
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Rack The memorandum of April 25, 1967 which introduces the IG's Report
on assassination plotting in 
relation to FIDEL CASTRO indicates
OCCURRENCE: 
that the only 
written records which served as a basis for the IG
Report were: Notes of William 
Harvey; Records of Dr. Edward Gunn
(Office of 
Medical Services; and, brief records of Ray Tr
(of TSD).
hler
Some 
operational files were also used.
For the most part, the Inspector General's office relied upon
information given to us orally by people who's memories are fogged
by time. (1)
"We interviewed everyone whom we could identify as likely to be
knowledgeable, with the exceptions of MR. DULLES and GENERAL CABELL." (2)
A complete list of the interviewees is attached to the IG Report
at Tab A. "If there are significant innaccuracies in the Report
they are most likely to occur in faulty ordering of the sequence
of events." (2).
SOURCE:
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16 Report 1967
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O'Connell testified that when EDWARDS was on leave, once, KING spoke to
Robert BANNERMAN (Who was not witting of Castro project) and O'Connell had
to tell BANNERMAN that B. was not "privy" to project. O'Connell was embarassed.
(Tr. 36, 99-100). No one but KING, not Gomez or Holcombe, knew (100)
SOURCE:
Testimony of James P. O'Connell, 5/30/75
FILE:
STAFF:
John Bayly
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HOUSTON
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DATES:
'50-'60
'60's
Castro
assume one
date
CATEGORIES:
Houston testified that he cannot remember that his legal advice as to not
continuing a project was ever rejected by CIA, (47) although Houston
recalls vetoing two propositions: one to train personnel for foreign
election work training in domestic political parties; and two to
monitor long distance telephone calls from Latin America to Canada and
to New York (47-7)
HUB CLAY
SOURCE:
Testimony of Lawrence Houston, 6/2/75
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BUNDY
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MCCONE
HUGHES ✓
COL. KING
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June 20,1963 DUVALIER
Special group
On June 20, 1963the Special Group approved a CIA paper dated June 1970 regarding
political action in [Haita.) (The substance of the paper is not expressed). "Mr.
MCCONE said he has some reservations about the quality of any possible replacements
for DUVALIER but agreed that it is necessary to take some action in order to prevent
Haiti eventually going very far to the left. Colonel KING... said that in his
opinion, we have no feasible alternatives to cooperate with BOSCH in attempting
to unseat DUVALLER.
SOURCE:
TOP SECRET
STAFF:
Minutesof Special Group meeting June 20, 1963
DATE:
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Ме
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MCCONE
FITZGERALD
BUNDY
ПРАРІСН
JESSUP
RFK
STEAKLEY
JMWAVE
JMWAVE
VANCE
HUGHES
BOSCH, JOSE
DATES:
8/19/64
7/30/64
☐ 6/10/64>
CATEGORIES:
SGA
MONGOOSE
CASTRO
TOP SECRET
OCCURRENCE: According to the minutes of the 303 Committee on 7/30/64, "It was agreed
that MR. FITZGERALD would contact SAM PAPICH of the FBI in regard to the earlier report
of an alleged plot with Mafia overtones to assassinate Castro and which the AG agreed
to handle as a matter of law enforcement." (116)" The reference is clearly to a 6/10/64
memorandum information report from the DDP to the Director," (116) which was dissemin-
rated-to-the-Spec Asst. to the Pres. for Natl. Security Affrs.; ASst. Sect. for Inter-
American Affairs, Dept. of State; Dir. of Intell. and Research, State Dept.; Director,
DIA; The AG; the Director, FBI; DDCI and the DCI. The 6/10/74 report"related a proposal
for the assassination of Castro that was made to prominent Cuban exiles. The Mafia app-
eared to be involved in the scheme." The asking price was $150,000.--JOSE MARIO PEPIN
BOSCH, Preso of Bacardi Rum would contribute $50,000. BOSCH approached the Chief of
Station, JMWAVE, and suggested the U.S. government also contribute. This was rejected.
The record indicates CIA's only involvement was to report information of its existence."
SOURCE Last record of incident found by IG Rept. is memo from Moto Bundy, 8/19/64,
reporting the results of FBI intvws with the alleged participants."Obviously nothing
DATE:
came of the plot."(117)
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IG REPORT 1967
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MCCONE
FITZGERALD
BUNDY
PAPICH
JESSUP
RFK
STEAKLEY
JMWAVE
JMWAVE
VANCE
L_
HUGHES
BOSCH, JOSE
8/19/64
07730164.
6/10/64
CATEGORIES:
SGA
MONGOOSE
CASTRO
TOP SECRET
OCCURRENCE: According to the minutes of the 303 Committee on 7/30/64, "It was agreed
that MR. FITZGERALD would contact SAM PAPICH of the FBI in regard to the earlier report
of an alleged plot with Mafia overtones to assassinate Castro and which the AG agreed
to handle as a matter of law enforcement." (116)" The reference is clearly to a 6/10/64
-memorandum information report from the DDP to the Director, (116) which was dissemin-
ated to the Spec. Asst. to the Pres. for Natl. Security Affrs.; ASst. Sect. for Inter-
American Affairs, Dept. of State; Dir. of Intell. and Research, State Dept.; Director,
DIA; The AG; the Director, FBI; DDCI and the DCI. The 6/10/74 report"related a proposal
for the assassination of Castro that was made to prominent Cuban exiles. The Mafia app-
eared to be involved in the scheme." The asking price was $150,000.--JOSE MARIO PEPIN
BOSCIL, Preso of Bacardi Rum would contribute $50,000. BOSCH approached the Chief of
Station, JMWAVE, and suggested the U.S. government also contribute. This was rejected.
The record indicates CIA's only involvement was to report information of its existence."
SOURCE Last record of incident found by IG Rept. is memo from Moto Bundy, 8/19/64;
reporting the results of FBI intvws with the alleged participants. "Obviously nothing
came of the plot."(117)
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In DEDODT 1067
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PERSONS/ENTITIES:
MCCONE
FITZGERALD
BUNDY
PAPICH
JESSUP
RFK
STEAKLEY
JMWAVE
JMWAVE
VANCE
DATES:
HUGHES
8/19/64
BOSCH, JOSE
7/30/64
6/10/64
CATEGORIES:
SGA
MONGOOSE
CASTRO
TOP SECRET
OCCURRENCE: According to the minutes of the 303 Committee on 7/30/64, "It was agreed
that MR. FITZGERALD would contact SAM PAPICH of the FBI in regard to the earlier report
of an alleged plot with Mafia overtones to assassinate Castro and which the AG agreed
to handle as a matter of law enforcement." (116)" The reference is clearly to a 6/10/64
memorandum information report from the DDP to the Director," (116) which was dissemin-
ated to the Spec. Asst. to the Pres. for Natl. Security Affrs.; ASst. Sect. for Inter--
American Affairs, Dept. of State; Dir. of Intell. and Research, State Dept.; Director,
DIA; The AG; the Director, FBI; DDCI and the DCI. The 6/10/74 report"related a proposal
for the assassination of Castro that was made to prominent Cuban exiles. The Mafia app-
eared to be involved in the scheme." The asking price was $150,000.-JOSE MARIO PEPIN
BOSCH
of Bacardi Rum would contribute $50,000. BOSCH approached the Chief of
Station, JMWAVE, and suggested the U.S. government also contribute. This was rejected.
The record indicates CIA's only involvement was to report information of its existence."
SOURCE Last record of incident found by IG Rept. is memo from McCome to Bundy, 8/19/64,
reporting the results of FBI intvws with the alleged participants. "Obviously nothing
DATE:
came of the plot."(117)
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IG REPORT 1967
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William Harvey C
Gen. Lansdale
Walter Elder
DCI
OCCURRENCE:
KIRKPATRICK
DDP
_ DATES:
(11/14/68.
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Mr. Halpern
CHEEVER
Nov. 21, 1962
Special Group Augmented
Operation Mongoose
Cuba
10/30163
With regard to paragraph 2 of Lansdale's memorandum to SGA dated 14 Nov.
1962 Harvey states: "The statement that Operation Mongoose had had no information on
Specific references 
made to 
the
this operation since early October was patently false.
pen ultimate paragraph and Lansdale's memorandum concerning a report for the CIA which he
used as a basis for memorandum dated 31 Oct. 1962 to Oswald Kirkpatrick. This 
refers to
a telephonic conversation on the evening of 30 Oct. 1962 between Lansdale and 
Cheever
which is referred specifically in paragraph 2 on pages 7 and 8 of my reference memorandu.
I have discussed this matter in detail with Cheever and clearly recollects 
that his
conversation with Lansdale on that date took place as reflected in my reference memorandum.
During this conversation there was no discussion of previous operations except 
a brief
discussion of the COBRA and AMTORID teams and Lansdale did not ask, according to Cheever's
recollection, any specific questions concerning assets inside or prior operations which
SOURCE: Would logically have led to the discussions at the time STAFF:
of the Matahambre operation."
Memorandum dated Nov. 21, 1962 (01151)
FILE:
Paul Wallach
DATE:
July 1, 1975