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PERSONS/ENTITIES:
BISSELL
DULLES
GRAY
MERCHANT
DATES:
Aug. 12, 1960
CATEGORIES:
MONGOOSE
Special Group
OCCURRENCE:
was
On August 12, 1960 the Special Group heard a summary of the budget for Cuban
operations from MR. BISSELL. Approximately 13 million dollars were required
to finance Cuban operations for the fiscal year and a balance of 10-3/41
necessary for the remainder of the fiscal year. Major subheadings in the budget
were (1) political action, (2) propaganda, (3) paramilitary, (4) intelligence
collection, (5) counterintelligence, (6) communications support, (7) support.
It was agreed "This matter should be laid before the appropriate higher authori-
ties and a presentation would be arranged hopefully within the
next 10 days. This was believed to be wise, not because any
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Minutes of Special (Group meeting August 12, 1960
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Presidential Authorization
Card 3
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OCCURRENCE: (cont.)
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."
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Minutes of Special Group meeting October 6, 1960
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PRESIDENT KENNEDY
HELMS
MCCONE
DATES:
CATEGORIES:
SPECIAL GROUP
MONGOOSE
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD
July 25,1962
OCCURRENCE: Helms notes that McCone briefed the panel of the President's foreign
intelligence advisory board on political action projects. He pointed out that "each project
must have his approval to the circulation to the members of the Special Group". For
example, reconnasiance overflights are now approved. He noted covert financial support
in Peruvian, Greek, Finnish, Italian, and Brazilian elections Helms "read to the panel
a paper on the operation Mongoose which theDirector had used earlier in the day for giving
a briefing to the President."
SOURCE:
Memorandum for the record, re meeting on CA matters
with the panel of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory
Board of Helms, dated July 25, 1962 (00870)
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Nov 30, 1961
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mongoose
OCCURRENCE: Lansdale traces the history of the project from its inception on Nov. 30,
1961 through March 1, 1962. Under the latter date, he notes, "The Chief of Operations
/Lansdale/is to report to the President through the Special Group (NSC 5412 Augmented
by the Attorney General and the Chairman, JCS); the Special Group will be responsible for
providing policy guidance for approving important operations, and for monitoring progress."
(00181) Lansdale also submitted an intelligence plan for basic intelligence collection
upon which to base the decision to undertake actions to cause the overthrow of Castro.
The plan itself-at-pages-00183-through-00187, included establishing intelligence-agents-
inside Cuba; collecting intelligence from Cubans inside the United States; counterfeiting
ration cards and currency inside of Cuba; geographical surveys of air fields, military
installations, communications centers; attempts to place trained agents inside the government
organizations or to defect officials "in place";B and negotiating for British help in
contaminating lubricants and fuels to cripple Cuban transportation. "The British want to
know, 'how serious are you?', before risking their assets to help the U.S."
SOURCE:
Program review by Brig. Gen. Lansdale, Mar 2, 1962
on the Cuba Project (00180-00187)
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"CIA has initiated action to contaminate POL supplies for Cuba, although visible results
(stopage of some Cuban transports) is not expected until mid-1962. (CLAMS introducing
lubzol
ive to Cuban locomotive diesel fuel oil through commercial
Suppliers.
A similar project was noted for jet fuel storage tanks in Cuba.
Lansdale noted that the CIA had concluded that its realistic role should be to at least
create the illusion of a popular movement, to win external support for it, to improve
CIA operational capability, and to help create a climate which will permit-provocative-
actions in support of a shift to overaction. Lansdale wanted them to reevaluate
to see whether or not they could make a greater effort. An outline of what the 33 tasks
are for each of the entitities involved then follows in Lansdale's memo. The memorandum
notes that the President directed that the Chief of Operations conduct the project through
the appropriate organizations and departments of the government. In this regard the memo
notes "Also, CIA apparently believes that its role should be to create and expand a popular
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OCCURRENCE: (continued from Memo for the Special Group re:
detectives and foreign police officials." (00106)
CATEGORIES:
Card 3 of 3
Cuba Project, Jan. 24, 1962
In regard to Task #237 of General Lansdale's review this memo notes, "Moreover, the development
of a resisitence movement will not remain controllable, so that operational time tables
produced during the next four weeks can serve only as guides for a proposed sequence of
actions." (00107)
The memorandum notes that six men to form the initial nucleus for work for inside Cuba
have been assessed in depth. Fifteen locations have been selected as suitable-centers for
resistence. It was also noted that in support of State's efforts, CIA has conducted pro-
paganda operations including a number of mass demonstrations in Argentina, Boliv Brazil
Chile, Columbia, Costa
Ecuador Guatemala
Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Panama,
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Y,
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MONGOOSE
CUBA
card 1of2
OCCURRENCE: The planning for Operation MONGOOSE was prepared on a format of separate
planning for each department and agency involved. Revised planning along that line was
submitted with this memorandum. Activities already approved were marked with an asterisk.
Approved were dispatching one intelligence agent operation to a key area selected by the
CIA, ("Many of the agents infiltrated into Cuba will be trained for paramilitary skills
as well as intelligence collection,...However, CIA has noted that, once the agents are
inside Cuba, they cannot be controlled effectively from outside Cuba, although every effort
will be made to attempt such control.") (00207), Carribbean Admissions Center Cpa-Locka,
Florida. Periodic intelligence estimates, continued negotiating for British help in con-
taminating locamotive lubricants, two teams of agents dispatched to Cuba approved for
March 16-31, 1962, develop intelligence potential of Cuban "colonies" in U.S., develop
additional interrogation centers in other areas by 31 March 1962 in South America and
SOURCE:
Memorandum for the Special Group Augmented
from Lansdale re: Institutional Planning, Operation MONGOOSE,
13 March 1962 (00206-00213)
STAFF
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Lansdale, TAYLOR, JOHNSON, GIL-
PATRICK, MCCONE, RFK, LEMNITZER,
ROIG, RUSK, KOHLER, (HURWITCH)
OCCURRENCE:
DATES:
June 20,
1962
July 31, 1962
June 12, 1962
May 17, 1962-
CATEGORIES:
Special Group Augmented L
MONGOOSE
June 22, 1964.
Due to reports of popular unrest, political strife, and economic disruptions
inside Cuba, it was suggested that the Special Group Augmented consider the value of
having an SNIE on Cuba made in the immediate future. The CIA has agreed as a matter of
priority to reach a stage in the interrogation of Pedro Roig where he can be surfaced
(to make public charges of Cuban Communist operations against Latin American nations.
For operational effectiveness, the CIA has selected a new area in Cuba for its initial
radio broadcasts from a submarine for "Voice of Cuba." The Navy states that the new
area is feasible and State has concurred in the theme and content of the broadcast. They
will take place around the end of the month. No proposals for actions by the Department.
of 
State have been submitted since the appointment of State's special representative,
Mr. Hurwitch. They are expected on June 22, 1962.
SOURCE:
Memorandum for the Special Group Augmented
From Lansdale re: Progress, Operation MONGOOSE, 20 June 1962
(00397-00398)
FILE:
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Lansdale, TAYLOR, JOHNSON, GIL-
PATRICK, MCCONE, RFK, LEMNITZER,
ROIG RUSK, KOHLER, (HURWITCH>
OCCURRENCE:
DATES:
June 20, 19621
July 31, 1962
June 12, 1962
CATEGORIES:
Special Group Augmented
MONGOOSE
May 17, 1962- June 22, 1962
Due to reports of popular unrest, political strife, and economic disruptions
inside Cuba, it was suggested that the Special Group Augmented consider the value of
having an SNIE on Cuba made in the immediate future. The CIA has agreed as a matter of
priority to reach a stage in the interrogation of Pedro Roig where he can be surfaced
to make publi
of Cuban Communi koperations against Latin American nations?
For operational effectiveness, the CIA has selected a new area in Cuba for its initial
radio broadcasts from a submarine for "Voice of Cuba." The Navy states that the new
area is feasible and State has concurred in the theme and content of the broadcast. They
will take-place-around-the-end of the month. No_proposals_for_actions_by_the-Department-
of State have been submitted since the appointment of State's special representative,
Mr. Hurwitch. They are expected on June 22, 1962.
SOURCE:
Memorandum for the Special Group Augmented
From Lansdale re: Progress, Operation MONGOOSE, 20 June 1962
(00397-00398)
FILE:
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SPECIAL GROUP AUGMENTED, MONGOOSE»,
July 11, 1962
LANSDALE TAYLOR, JOHNSON, GIL=
PATRICK MCCONE, RFK, LEMNITZER
Special Group Augmented
MONGOOSE
OCCURRENCE: Notice to Special Group that operational representatives are preparing
assessments of Operation MONGOOSE.
These will cover among other things "factors worth
considering in deciding on a future course of action (We have a working definition of blems Sec 6(1)(b)
which notes that "Intelligence has been obtained of Soviet participation in Cuban tactical
cair training, Cuban air defense-performance
, and the presence of Soviet-type air-defense
“equipments.">
TGP
SOURCE:
Memorandum for the Special Group Augmented
Progress OPERATION MONGOOSE 11 
July 
1962
from Lansdale re:
(00428-00430)
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GROUP AUGMENTED"
July 11, 1962
CARD ONE OF TWO
July 31, 1962
July 23, 1962
March 16, 1962
CATEGORIES:
MONGOOSE
Special Group Augmented
OCCURRENCE: As to Phase I, CIA staff personnel up to 477 are devoting full time to this
effort. "A very large number of additional personnel are devoting part time efforts to
Operation MONGOOSE." Hard intelligence coverage of Cuba has been developed. Fifty-nine
controlled agents inside of Cuba exist. Not so successful on infiltrating intelligence
reporting in resistence cadre teams. Failure to meet the original schedule of team in-
filtrations primarily-was-due-to-two-factors: "(a) Lack of policy-approval-by-higher
authority to make any extensive utilization of Department of Defense personnel and support."
"Had we been permitted to mount a more intensive and agressive, the original infilitration
schedule probably would have been met, possibly exceeded." The speed and extent of future
infiltration teams for resisitence purposes into Cuba "will of course depend upon policy
approvals by higher authority and the amount of support we can count on thereunder."
"It is our opinion that there is an excellent chance such a revolt could be incited
SOURCE:
(CONTINUED)
STAFF:
re:
Memorandum for Lansdale from William K. Harvey
Operation MONGOOSE--end of Phase I, July 24, 1962 (00452-
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William K. Harvey
OCCURRENCE:
DATES:
8/7/62
CATEGORIES:
SPECIAL GROUP AUGMENTED
OPERATION MONGOOSE
Harvey states that the estimated cost of CIA in terms of personnel
assigned full-time to Operation Mongoose would have to be increased to at least
600 (if stage two of Mongoose went into effect) and that the estimated fiscal budgets
"for 1963 and 1964 would have to be increased to over $100 million.
TOP SECRET
SOURCE:
Aug 8, 1962 memo from Gen Lansdale to the
Special Group Augmented (00587)
STAFF:
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July 2, 1975
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MONGOOSE
SGA✓
_MCCONE TESTIFIED that the SGA approved a program to contaminate with Carbon dust
This
MCCONE
was to be done at the time of shipment. The program met with some success.
could not recall where the actual sabotage of the purchased equipment took place (22-23).
SOURCE:
STAFF:
McCone, Testimony, 6/6/75
Rhea
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HELMS, LANSDALE,,
DATES:
Feb. 1, 1962
CATEGORIES:
Special Group Augmented
MONGOOSE
The memo
OCCURRENCE: Memo for Richard Helms from Gen. Lansdale concerning NSA cover.
alludes to a conversation on the previous day, Jan. 31, 1962, about NSA cover for the
Cuba Project. It indicates that Cuba cover is top priority. It indicated that this was not
possibly known to the members of the United States Intelligence Board. The problem seemed to
be to be able to decide how much of NSA (National Security Agency) (S) assets were needed to
provide cover for the Cuban project.
TOP SECRET
sec 6 (1)
(b)(c)
SOURCE:
Memorandum for Richard Helms from Brig. Gen. Lans-
dale, dated Feb. 1, 1962 (00122)
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MURPHY
MERCHANT
GRAY
DULLES
IRWIN
OCCURRENCE:
DATES:
11/4/59
CATEGORIES:
MONGOOSE
SPECIAL GROUP
Special group meeting on November 4, 1959, discuss the "Cuba Propaganda Project".
1. Mr. Dulles "went into details as to the possible location of radio transmitters"
commenting that since the discussion of the program last week the situation had grown
more critical." 2. Mr. Gray said "he was sure (the project) would meet with high
level approval provided that any action taken was acceptable to the
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STAFF:
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Memorandum for record dated 4 Nov 1959, Minues of
Special Group Meeting.
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DULLES
OCCURRENCE:
OPERATION
CATEGORIES:
Nov. 18,1959
MONGOOSE
SPECIAL GROUP
On November 18, 1959, the Special Group Meeting, the Group, "agreed with the 'Cuba
Propaganda'as outlined by Mr. DULLES. DULLES asked for approval of an operation
based in
These broadcasts were to be attributed "such that Cubans would be talking to Cubans"
and the broadcasting equipment would not be adeqaute to reach other parts of Latin
America. However, DULLES pointed out "we are using the capability to place unattributed
propaganda and publications throughout the area...
"
SOURCE:
STAFF:
Minutes of Special
Meeting, 18 Nov 1959
KELLEY
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MERCHANT
GRAY
IRWIN
BISSELL
OCCURRENCE:
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Dec. 9, 1959
SPECIAL GROUP
MONGOOSE
On December 9, 1959, the Special Group continued discussion of the clandestine
broadcasting to Cuba. Mr. BISSELL explained that it would not be possible to place
the transmitter in
deres and there
was discussion of alternate sites including three U.S. islands in the general area,
the Canal Zone, and Venezuela or
soil.
"It was recognized that any radio broadcasting from enezuela would undoubtedly_be_used_
by VOO to further his fight with TRUJILLO, but the group agreed that this was
not necessarily a drawback. "
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SOURCE:
STAFF:
Minutes of Special Group Meeting, December 9, 1959
KELLEY
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* SPECIAL GROUP AUGMENTED, MONGOOSE,
LANSDALE, TAYLOR, JOHNSON, GIL-
PATRICK, MCCONE, RFK, LEMNITZER
Harris
Craig
DATES:
CATEGORIES:
Special Group Augmented
June 27, 1962
June 21 23, 1962 MONGOOSE
7/1/62
6/21-23/621
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 eğun 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
STAFF:
from Lansdale re: Operation MONGOOSE, June 27, 1962 (00399-
di Genova
00400)
DATE:
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July 1, 1975
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PERSONS/ENTITIES:
SPECIAL GROUP AUGMENTED, MONGOOSE,
LANSDALE, TAYLOR, JOHNSON, GIL-
PATRICK, MCCONE, RFK, LEMNITZER
Harris
Craig
DATES:
June 27, 1962
CATEGORIES:
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.
SOURCE:
Memorandum for the Special Group Augmented
from Lansdale re: Operation MONGOOSE, June 27, 1962 (00399-
00400)
FILE:
STAFF:
di Genova
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SPECIAL GROUP AUGMENTED, MONGOOSE,
LANSDALE, TAYLOR, JOHNSON, GIL-
PATRICK, MCCONE, RFK, LEMNITZER
Harris
Craig
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DATES:
June 27, 1962
June 21-23,
7/1/621
CATEGORIES:
Special Group Augmented ✓
MONGOOSE
6/21-23/62
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:
STAFF:
di Genova
DATE:
July 1, 1975
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PERSONS/ENTITIES:
SPECIAL GROUP AUGMENTED
-MONGOOSE, TAYLOR RFK) (JOHNSON,
CARTER,
LEMNITZER, CLANSDALE: CLINE, PARROTT
GILPATRICK, (MCCONE
OCCURRENCE:
DATES:
July 12, 1962
July 20, 1962
April 9, 1963
CATEGORIES:
Special Group Augmented
MONGOOSE
(CARD ONE OF TWO )
Lansdale briefed the group on numbers of agents in Cuba. Air resupply
proposal submitted by CIA "should be deferred pending broader review of the entire
situation." Taylor noted if urgent need for air supply proposal could be made to the
Special Group Augmented at any time. "Mr. McCone emphasized that no high-level penetra-
tions of the Cuban government have yet been attained." "The Attorney General inquired
about the status of popular support for Castro, and also the possibility of a revolt
against him." Lansdale replied, "There_is_no_rallying_point_for_active-opposition."
The AG and Johnson emphasize need to obtain hard intelligence on subversive activities
by Castro in the hemisphere. A complete review of MONGOOSE was set toward the end of
July. Taylor emphasized need for summaries of results "and a statement of future al-
ternatives open to the U.S. should be developed." Looking into proposal; to subsidize
Japanese purchases of Dominican sugars so that the Japanese could divert these purchases
from Cuba Cone said that his experts had informed him that from a legal point of view,
CIA could use unvouchered funds to support an operation of this kind. He cautioned,
SOURCET
Memo for the record, Minutes of the Special STAFF: (continued)
Group (Augmented) meeting 12 July 1962 re: Operation MONGOOSE,
(00031-00032)
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DATE:
di Genova
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