AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORDS SERIES : MEMORANDUM AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : FROM : TO : TITLE : CIA REORGANIZATION DATE : PAGES : SUBJECTS : CIA | (QD COVERT ACTION PARAMILITARY WARFARE CUBA POLICY CONTROL DOCUMENT TYPE : JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION SSCIA 157-10002-10056 DOCUMENT INFORMATION CIA SCHLESINGER, ARTHUR JR THE PRESIDENT 06/10/61 15 PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : S RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Box 244 . Folder 7 REFERRED P 09/30/93 Exhibit 5 to R. Goodwin testimony on 7/18/75 Date:09/30/93 Page:1 [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED © WW 55157 Docld:32281896 Page 1
s i 5. 1® aan SyRtLCOR AT CMOS Clandestins activites ahould ba agnesaed net enly in the context nf theiy relationship to a2 epen aocluty Wut slog in tee coment of theiz ralatianebip to United Snakes foroign poscy. tions haya me S4en pata efiectivaly euberdinate to li. 8. C iA VDL Baty fayedgn POL ys : i, Clans sting retallisenca collectian 49, by charter, free from Seate fiegagtyicne ciated, this fach enports Aroericen foreign policy wa a moltilvdas of ewnbe ee ausinen’s when CIA fe Mocevérad recruiting eguete ov dovelapiog cources in @ friaedlly countrys The recert mion CLA, without notice to the Congul Genera, tried ta subrraye a msmber of the Spactal Uranck ef thea Singapera Police provides as ineisuctiva exancple. After exnpllestions of Ivdicrane conalaaitys incinding an attempt to gubject the resrult 2 He-distector tert, its pad cut that the rocrust kn lecg dincs infercmed bie suparicsé of the CIA approach awi wee leading CLS imo atrop which, whin Cpricige greduced censitievabie omharrasa- miert to relationg betwsen the US and tae fingagare | SVOPRTACHL. Thare hays ween troutise od f COTEESEARIS SEER JEK Act 6 (1) (B) JEK Act 6 (1) (C) a Sg aeree Lal, Ce Q RS 43 kk /| CLA bas sail that, f5 goth czas, neither she Embkoasy mor the GCapzorst: 49 type of aperation. , =f} ment in Washington +s narmaelly usformed of th A tn phost, no ona krows how Many pereniial problema for US foreiga d policy -- and hew mach potontial friction with ixiendiy etaice - Are being created ef this mament by CIA clandostina toteLigence epereiion it Surely thera is on argument fox cevinbiting fists te decide whesher the ndventsce to be goined by the npsration (3. fxs tho informution derives fyarn on agen within the Epocial Branch of the Bingapore Foliex) eui- weighn the tiek (8. 55> axnenperating tao lecal govwramert gre shaking ite confidance beta in our gurpeese sod in cer ecnach,  Clesrdeutine intolligoncs enarations nhl’ plainly be clanrod roth with tha Dapert: mort of State and (ezve fox encertiocal ingtans a8 and cu agreement of the Booretery 6 State) with whe local U.S LAVDNOAMOT, / y( Geass! {} Change | classify to, » “DEPARTMENT OF STATE 1 With concurrence of [J Declassify (] In part and excise as shown FPC {HDR by Doclda: 327261896" Page” pt ae EER OE as vee WW 55157
OC py pf a oT & It bas inzant too that the Stata Depertment, edten apprtesd ef an opsvatian only tn ite letar atagen, 1a under grent proeacure te entlorse the sper@ition a3 already mounted bacaues of the alleged evil congeynonces cf onarciatus evete. Iwill remember Tom tdonn’s remark the cay the decision xno mada to go shard oa Cuba: "T would never have favered lolriatiag this cperation: bat, aince it kaa gone ag far as it has, Ido not think wa «an rick calling it off." Moreover, m2 a tims when there {s incraaging peamilum en activicm, Stats, when it quaationn CLA cparationa of lnitiztives, caste toalf tn apriesy, sisay, asgative rele. The edvoceta cf clandestine activities . steams ‘tough’ and roalishe) the eppensat hee te invoke euch fstonofklos ca the reputation ef the United States, world public epinfon, "What éo we say inthe United Motions?", ote., art osems borelessly tisallatic, lagaliazia and ‘ache. ' The rsaquit of Clh's initiative in covert polities] enerations has bcon to ¢rante eitustions which have forced pelicy on the State Departront. This waa not the orlginal ides behind CIA, As Allen Duilss wrets in hie 1947 memorandum to the Sonate Armed Servises Commilies, "The Central kiteliigencea Agency shoud hava aothing te do with policy.” Yat, in tha yeare since, CIA hag, tn effect, ‘nade’ celigy in many . parte uf the world, A numbar of powarnments etill in power know @ at thoy have even been targais of CLA attempta 8 averthsaw ~~ nse & State of rind calevlsted to ctimulats friendly ferlings toward the United States, Indunsela, ef courea, io a prime ouarmple. Thia oxperisnce auggesta thet the present syotem by which CLA notifies _ State of a projected cevart operaticn ts tnadeyemte to protect US tntereatese, Thera mimgt be some meann by which Stete can be iefozmod ef such operations at an carly enough etaga te affeet the conceptic ond preliminary planning ef the eperstinn, Ctherwise CLA will con- tinne to confrent Siske with propositions having pstentinl bapnct on foreign peiicy brt et toe late a point to subject thet impact te reascn- ane Contrcl. JFK Act 6 #. ne Far Retain class’ no Change [classify Bs emeanet manny oO With concurrence of __ eae 3 | Ore "Oo Peclassify In part and excise sh Seca Soo aoe | cee mee HW 55157 neta 39981896 Pp age 3 3
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JFK Act 6 (1) (B) 4% Faryamilitary warfare, I gather, ia regarded tn sara qgamrtare aaa purely technicni metier, cagily detachable from pelicy aed there. fore & propor function of the Departmant of Defense, Yot thare is almess ao CIA function mewe pecullerly dependant cn the poll2ical context then pasarmoilifacy warlors. @ . These are agverol ronzonra fsx this. For cna thing, a paramisitacy operation i¢ lo ite ntturs @ layge end aitribetetlia eporetion and thareby, ao suggested absva, clavkes with the preaurcesitions of eur epen saclety. (Thess ceoneiderttions nead net sepip, heweves, to the ee ef, omy, the auth Vietonmace in guarrille tectles er ts tha eurport of alrondy o2zlgting querrisia activities,} Fer ancther, Vin maroal and political rice of direst rereamiBttary failure is asute for va. Commiuntets, whan they stimulate paramilitary activity, avs dang what the world excects from them: woen we dealt, we aggaar to betray ows ewan profeased princinics and thareieve canecé allnzd te coropoand delinqutncy by defeat, hicresver, a9 tho roqint Alssriag oplecda chewad, once we convinces the werld that we ere committed to a paramilitary endesyer, we vill bo blamed foe oll eovie ef thinan. And, ne the recent tractera-<fSar-prizanere episeie shows, ches wa do cond mon to poazihle desth, wa etimact Mshtly welts them off aunt cloze tho booka, Ths Cernruunist, on ths other haw, have no ecrmpiad about Uquidating @ losing shan, . “fee ee ae ng ye Ore: “Dy Saver fe at ener yn ‘ae oa , “ .: a. HW 55157 ‘Docla: 32781896 Page 5