Be dw tan a net come emi ee BOE eT lie Pa ence sascoemtn *  78-10003-10085 s Lh, September 1962 . mod 178-10004-10259 . MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD - SUBJECT: Minutes of Meet ing of the Special Group - (Augmented) on Operation MONGOOSE, 14 September 1962 oe er ce oe ie PRESENT: Mr. Bundy; the Attcrney General; Mr. Johnson; Mr. Nitze, General Lemnitzer, General Lansdale; General Carter; Mr... Donald Wilson — 1. The Group approved in principle General Lansdale's paper of 31 August, with the amendments that had been agreed upon at last week's meeting and which'were attached to General Lansdale's memo- randum of 12 September. However, Mr. Bundy made it clear that this -did not_constitute blanket aj-proval of every item in the paper and that sensitive ones such as sabotage, for example, will have to be_ presented in more detail on ¢ case by case basis. — ; 2, General Lansdale noted that he has asked appropriate people in the Pentagon to draw up e:timates covering requirements for person- nel, space, communications, etc., against the contingency that Cuban operations will move into a tore active phase and will require such facilities. 3. General Carter saic that CIA would examine ‘the possibilities ° a of sabotaging airplane. parts which are scheduled to be shipped from Canada to Cuba, . ‘WY OTwyFD FNL WOUT KaoroOLOWA 4. CIA will attempt to develop hard intelligence on the re- i _ ported funding of subversive elements in Ecuador and perhaps elsewhere, i from Canada. Mr. Johnson emphasized that any such evidence which could i Lo be adduced before the OAS Fovelgn Ministers' meeting would be highly _ waluable, javaart | quod ; ; 1 . . . do. 5. General Lansdale reported that the NSA collection program i is being stepped up considerably and should be in full swing by - | . °* L November. : 6. Mr. Bundy expressei his concern about the necessity for y _ linking planning in the poli:iecal and military fields with the MONGOOSE - Operations. He said that his tentative conclusion is that what is required is a tightly knit interagency group closely tied to the MONGOOSE group but not a par: of it. He said he would discuss this concept with higher authorit,. - . a ee Co UNMARKED | ~ NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION _ Se nee tee te 1 A OE ote COSED AE IE MO a, HW 47881 DocId:32204530 Page 2
7. General Carter reported on CIA's contacts with Pan American regarding its Havana flights. He said that the company had asked the Agency to buy its blocked pesos at a one-for-one rate at a scale a of §140,000 a month retroactive to last May lst. He said that in the face of this proposal, CIA had agreed to buy $200,000 worth, provided tO _ Pan American makes no move at this time to discontinue its service. He. said there were assurances that no ) such» move would be made before: October lst at the earliest. ; { a After some discussicn, the Group agreed that it is highly ' desirable to maintain this service. On theother hand, it appears ‘that Pan American's estimates of the amount of money it is losing and af _ (the amount of subsidy required to break even.are apparently excessive. i . General Carter undertook to Icok into the possibility, suggested by the Attorney General, that Par American could lower its quoted fare, inasmuch as the company is not getting the benefit of the $20 now in . any case, i It was generally agreed that government operation of this i ‘ service would be just as expersive as having Pan American continue it, 8. The Attorney General raised the question of actions by Cuban exile students against the Castro regime. He recognized, as did . the rest of the Group, the fact that these activities can serve as a : - “cover ‘for future 'U.S,-sponsored operations. “On -the other ‘hand, it was -recognized equally that bad publicity could result. It was suggested Q that CIA might talk to selected students and spread the idea that any 7 , active operations planned by them must in fact be reasonable and worth- while ones, and to leave the idea that irresponsible actions might lead to trouble for them in the future. - “a OTWHIO FHL WoT AdoDo1NNa AUWAGIT ayos _ Thomas A. Parrott © a ai General Lansdale dralioned arias : NW 47881 Docld:32204530 Page 3