202-10001-10214 Date Page JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM 08/04/98 a AGENCY RECORD NUMBER RECORDS SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER AGENCY INFORMATION JCS 202-10001-102714 FOTA SERIES DOC 215 ORIGINATOR FROM TO TITIE DATE PAGES SUBJECTS DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS DATE OF LAST. REVIEW OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS HY. 509455. DocTd: 324274945 DOCUMENT INFORMATION OSD INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING OPERATION MONGOOSE 03/12/62 8 MONGOOSE MEMORANDUM TOP SECRET 1B, ic RELEASED WITH DELETIONS 07/30/98 Reviewed by OSD, CIA, State. NO. JOINT STAFF OBJECTION TO! aw Page 1 sete) ec i i as aa a et
ras | . PTE alee / y ie | TOP SECRET (14) Ve SENSITIVE . 13 March 1962 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SPECIAL GROUP (AUGMENTED) From; Brig. Gen. Lansdale Subject: Institutional Planning, Operation Mongoose Ae desired by General Taylor on 12 March, the planning for Opera~ tion Mongoose ig now prepared on a format of separate planning for each Department and Agency involved. Revised planning along this line is submitted herewith. Activities already approved are marked with an asterisk, Further planning must await determination of policy questions raised in my 12 March 1962 memorandum to the members of the Special Group (Aug - mented), Planning transmitted ta you by my memorandum of 10 March 1962 should be returned to me for destruction as a matter of security, f State releases this document &$ release of portion(s) of it of the JFK Assasshnter Act of 1992 (PL 102-526) Attachments Distribution: Portion(s) Postponed Under Gr 1 < Cc, ) Gapy? Taz i ~ General Taylor & ~ The Attorney General 3 - Secretary Rusk/Deputy Under Secretary Johnson 4 - Secretary McNamara/Deputy Secretary Gilpatric 5 = General Lermmitzer (through General Craig) | 6/7 - Mr. MeCone (through Mr, Helms/Mr. Harvey) | & - Mx Murrow/Mr, Wileon 9 9/10 ~- Ghief of Operations OB! ASO OBS PCTrons HL £664erea Perio, TS. NO. ‘Document No. 8) uu. i \ . sot | HW 50955. Docld:32424945 Page 2 : % Cf GIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO | | DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR | RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT. y | AS SAN ITIZED Dade Vy Awhile b [ /) (B ) Excluded from automatic . ° regrading: DOD Directive Document contains /> pages. $200.10 dees not apply. Copy No. 7 of 10 copies. Series A. * 8/7/98 | SENSITIVE [case Now Pin ES TOP SECRET i
PHASE 1{CIA} ACTIVITY ; INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS Freeman teenie i, * Dispatch one intelligence agent operation to key area selected by CIA, ab contcinssiaa fa cere a gence Stall Silicers Ta ee Sf Havana. ( é) weak I 3 A intel - | ligence officers; readied to travel in Cuba for F temporary a Be riods. Cl c) i i ~ 15 March 1962 PURPOSE Collect and report intelligence on anti- regime attitudes, on potential resiat- ance, and on vulnerabilities and strengths of Cormmiunist security system. To collect intelligence. \ To collect intelligence. | \ _ ( freee staff intelligence officers may also be used in the | CONSIDERATIONS There is a risk that thie action will diaclese this U. 5. i intelligence activity within Cuba. Selected personnel are being intensively trained, Thie first team haa 2 agente. An area in which reeistance has been reported has been selected. Agent operations must stay alive, make useful contacts, and report securely to CLA. Physical risk to personnel is substantial, due to lack of intelligence. Firat reports from first tearn are expected by the end of March, while reports from the second and third teams, dispatched in March, are ex-~ pected to atart in April. Many of the agents infiltrated into Cuba will be trained ior paramilitary skille as well as intelligence collection, © with the thought that they will be in place inside Cuba : and ready to act whenever paramilitary operations are decided upon. However, CIA haa noted that, once the agents are ingide Cuba, they cannot be controlled effectively from outside Cuba, although every effort will be made to atternpt such control, ae future for. communications “Or handling. if future 4 | developments ‘warrant; “a. le). cannes =~] | | i * ‘Iteme marked by asterisk were approved by Special Group (Augmented), § March 1962. TOP SECRET SENSITIVE Page 3 Doecld: 32424945 HW. - 50955