178-10002-10482 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER: ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO:° TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : vol JFK Assassination System Date: Identification | orm ‘Agency Inform: ion ROCKCOM 178-10002-10482 ASSASSINATION FILE ~ ASSASSINATION MATERIALS—IMISC. ROCK/CIA (7) " Document Infor nation CIA HARVEY, WILLIAM K. DCI CHRONOLOGY OF THE MATAH \MBRE SABOTAGE OPERATION 11/21/1962 5 . OPERATION MONGOOSE DOD CIA ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVITIES u MEMORANDUM _’ Unclassified Consulted Redact 09/01/1995 . . Includes routing slip. | NO JOINT STAFF OBJECTION |. TODECLASSIFICATION 87 NW 47881 Docld:32204633 Page 1 8/27/20)
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a be PES ELE, pera ' 91 November 1962 ; . ~\ : gt te MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Cantral Intelligence 2 % ; g 2 ‘p THROUGH: Deputy Director (Plans) , . Ry Chronology of the Matahambre Sabotage - SUBJECT: ’ Operation A, MNemorandua to the Speciel Group _RSFERENCES: . oe (Augmented) from Brigadier General Lensdale dated 14 November 1962 B. My Hemorendum to you dated 14 Novenber 1962 . i. ‘Action: This memorandum ig for your information and pursuant to your request. * Pursuant. to your request relayed through Mr. Walter ' ‘Bilder, set out below are addi:ional comments referring to the chronolegy in referenced memovandum, These comments are keyed to the parsgraphs concerning ‘vyhich you raised specific questions: (9) Hy operational jisry reflects that Lansdale was advised of our plans for re-run of the Matahambre operation on this dete, In addition, the memorandum dated 19 September 1962 to tho Acting Director of { Centrel Intelligence referred to in paragraph 10 of ‘ referenced menorandun specifically states that the information contained in that memorandum wos passed informally to Lansdale on 18 September 1962. 2. “eH GQTWHFIS FHT Wows ranantroua -AMWdHETY cuog (10) Attached is the original of the 19 September _ 1962 momorendum to the /cting DCI with bis notation Dt  eoncerning briefing the Special Group (augmented). You will note that this memorancum reflects thet the information theroin was passed to Lensdale on 1S Septem- . per 19G2 and thet the memorandum reflects that a capy - . thereof was sent to Lansdale. The Special Group (Aug~ mented) waG, aG you wil!. recall, advised of our plans gee ashi RW 47861 Docld:32204633 Page 3
+ Rsbntd 2 toe B . \ \, 3 — . . ; . Do, lid iV . Tat Viliitt nue ol UELlon : _ ‘to re-run this operation at its meeting on 4 October 1982. ° ° DO (11) Attached is a copy of General Lansdale's memorandum dated 20 September 1962 which was in re- erred to in the above ‘sponse to the momorandun ret notes rofiect that tails paragreph. Hy operatioaal . memorandum, after receipt, was discussed with Lansdale at the tean . and the major question was whether orn | could not have performed an alternate mission at tae “time it was inside. Hc was advised orslly that in view of operational, corditions 4t could not have. (13) Attached 16 & copy of the 11 October 1962 menorandum to Lansdale, (16) My operationnl diary reflects thet Lansdale was briefed on 17 October 1962 on our plans to re-run the Hatahaubre Operation within the ensuing few days. - Mr, Helms, who was present at this neeting, also recalls this. ‘ F x > the Attorney General on 18 October 1962 in the presence of Lensdaie is re- flected by sy operational diary notes. ir, Helns who was also present recalis this. (17) Tha advice t “ok RELy ( vaTwaad aut wos xranantaua (19) - Hy operational ciary reflects a long dis- - eussion on 20 October 1962 with Lansdale, in which he was specifically told that we were ye-running the Watahambre Operation ¢nd that the Natchambre Operation along with the Galetre Bridge Operation, which we then were still consicering, were the only two sabotage _ operstions wuieh we felt we could underteke at that tine in view of the changed conditions. (21), (22), (@3), @4) This.chronology was not fully imown to Lansdaie et the time, nor Was it fully known to Task Force W until the return of the operational team to $2.0 Miami urea on 24 October, (27) The 24 Octooer 1962 Weekly Report which contained the general comment on this operation ‘did go to Lonsaale's office snd other eppropricte menbers of the Special Group (Augmented). . KUWAGIT auos geen NW 47681 Docld:32204633 Page 4- e
v 7H casa elis I hsve cerefully questioned Mr. Halpern, ‘Executive Officer/TFV, cn this briefing and. he =" qistinetly recalls advising Lausdale orally on the morning of 26 Cctober 1£52 that the Matahambre that we had not heard - Operation hod been reerio; . . from the team; hed not teen able to recover the team, kOe and must presume the te:m to be either-lost or in hiding. a \ ; . (29) The mention 0; the Hatahambre Operation, ‘s - gs best I can recall, at. the meeting of the Special No Group (Augmented) came up in an aside, I believe from General Traylor, whe asked in effect, "Vhatever happened to that sabotaj;e cperation", and was. acvisec orally thet it had been re-run; that the caching part of the operation had been successful, but that the sabotage team had not been heard from the must ba presumed lost. — Unfortunetely, my operational diary notes on this point reficct only that the Matcahninbre Operation was mentioned casually at the Special Group . Gugnented) meeting. 3, All of the comments contained in the chronology in emorandum are substantiated either by memorandc, tional diary records. (28) reference operational notes, or opera my memorandum to you. dated 14 Novem- ber 1962 was. prepared prior to the receipt of Lansdale's meworandum and wes not designed as sh answer to it. Set out below for your further inforaation are pertinent cammnents concerning the specific points made in Lensdale's nemorrndun. 4, As you are aware, on. With regard to paregraph 2 of Lansdale's nemorendum as reflectec by reference chronology, the atatement that Gperation Hongoose had had no duforaation on this operation since early Ccteber was. patently false. Syecific reference is made to the penultimate paragre ph ‘in Lansdaie’s memorandua concerning a report frca CIA which he used as A basis for a nemorandua dated 31 October 1962 to Mr. Roswell Gilpatric. Tails refers to the tele- phonic conversation on tho evening of 30 October 1962 botween Lensdele und HamebRiceeChesver, Deputy. Chiez/TIW, which is reverred to specifically in Siam NW 47681 Docld: 32204633 Page 5 7. A enehee KYVAGTT GYOI “Y aTwIgO gH WoNs nana Ntthes
i , . . AAAS = uP PROPERTY OF 4 THE WHITE HOUSE CFFICE h 2 on vares " and & of ny reference memo~ pag paregrap ‘rTeneun, I have discussed this matter in detall. with «—-CHeever and he cluarly recollects that his con- versation with Lansda!.e on that date took place £8 reflected in my reference memorandun. During this conversation there wa: no’ discussion of provious operations except a brief discussion of the CODRA and “ANTORRED: teams and Lausdale did not, eccording to =MESECheGVeRes recollection, ask any specific questions ‘concerning assets inside or prior operations which _. would logically have iead to any further discussions ; at that time of the Mitahambre Operation. \- a , “¥0RO oo + fp. i . 2 % WILLIAN K, HARVEY Attachnents %, = Chief, Task Force VW. -; . . . «) . . . ce: DD/P —— ‘ _ DCI | BS | RUVdGIT GOT “YM OTWYTD THT WONT KaNrATOWZ EoRET SENSE Bat HY 47681 Docld:32204633 Page 6