202-10001-10179) AGENCY RECORD NUMBER : RECORDS SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER ORIGINATOR FROM TO TITLE DATE PAGES SUBJECTS DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS DATE OF LAST REVIEW OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS ad: Date 08/28/98 -Page : 1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM. AGENCY INFORMATION JCS, . a ‘ 202-10001-10179 FOIA SERIES : DOC 180 DOCUMENT INFORMATION OSD STATUS OF OPERATION MONGOOSE 04/11/62 3 MONGOOSE PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT TOP SECRET ic, 4 RELEASED WITH DELETIONS 07/30/98 Reviewed by JCS, OSD, CIA, State. NO.JOINT STAFF OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION REAUIES CONCURRENOE OF aE WW 50955 Bocld:327474910 Page 1
. eae a ee 4 a ne oo OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE - . oo WASHINGTON 25. 0.¢. ll April 1962 Status of Operation Mongoose Report to Policy Group, 11 April 1962 By Brig. Gen. Lansdale We are in the fourth week of the Special Group's revised plan for Operation Mongoose. There are fifteen more weeks of Phase I, which is essentially intelligence collection with low U.S. visibility. Intelligence collection is reaching a point where the U.S. is ° starting to get a firmer fix in detail on order of battle, the political Structure, the economy, and internal resistange= os ier oups. Our Center — in Miami processed_1, 309 refugees lagteweek; y ing center i is now in operationgg f/'The refugee debrief- “LS ene for debriefing ) visitors to Cuba, at a number of fre&a: at ports, have been estab- lished. Mr. McCone can provide details. In the more dramatic sector, the infiltration of teams into Cuba, CIA reports one team in place, a second team on the way, and two \ more ready for next week. The pace was adjusted to ensure that “ really competent personnel goin. It should be noted that this is only one sector of the collection effort inside Cuba. Again, I defer to Mr. McCone for details. — CIA has identified seven resistance organizations inside Cuba, ~ as realistically potential. A hard assessment, up close, is still to come. Under the revised plan for Operation Mongoose, proposals _ for supplying arms and equipment to these groups will be submitted to the Special Group for decision, ad hoc. No Proposals have been Collection Act of 1992 (PL102-526) release or declassification of this document in full under the provisions of the JFK Assassination Records The Department of State nas no oojecuon to the . received. _ | 3 On political activities @State reports that the Cuban government | 7 2 was made aware that.a.dedf¥6r the prisoners could be made, through \ 4 ae the Italian UN missig Also, as reported in the press, a refugee delegation is seeingat: uban government, to negotiate a deal. State- ments calling for a fair trial and humanitarian treatment of the pri- soners were stimulated from 9 Western Hemisphere chiefs of state or foreign ministers, and in an OAS council resolution. GA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR ~ RELEASE OF TiS OCUMENT 1, , DocB (sd ASSANITIZED 2 Sunes ymth SEP | 0 Slee (SS L(A) | aI A\ SO! No Ob/BC7)0N tener > = . 4s ABO CTED 23fo0M9f . Lo ce ONSAIOE ISR) ye] Jy Los WW 50955 Docld: 32424910 Page 2
Ye ( Defense has readied two USAF aircraft and crews for air Wa pply, awaiting specific mission need and approval. A list of pretexf€S or provocations whe > might be grounds for military intervention has been prepareg fF’ Defense assets for psychological Operations are being develoW ri HW 50955 Docld: 3274274910 Page 3
tow Wk AL 4 tte Fa gt OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE eee! WASHINGTON 23. D.C. ll April 1962 Status of Operation Mongoose Report to Policy Group, 11 April 1962 By Brig. Gen. Lansdale We are in the fourth week of the Special Group's revised plan for Operation Mongoose. There are fifteen more weeks of Phase I, which is essentially intelligence collection with low U.S. visibility. Intelligence collection is reaching a point where the U.S. is starting to get a firmer fix in detail on order of battle, the political nl structure, the economy, and internal resistang@™R oups. Our Center mo, in Miami processed], 309 refugees la weemcek gy The refugee debrief- “LS yo ~ ing center i 3 now in operati IMed for debriefing ) a ' visitors to Cuba, at a number of fre@@@foqie ports, have been estab- lished. Mr. McCone can provide details. In the more dramatic sector, the infiltration of teams into Cuba, CIA reports one team in place, a second team on the way, and two “| more ready for next week. The pace was adjusted to ensure that ‘ really competent personnel go in. It should be noted that this is only one sector of the collection effort inside Cuba. Again, I defer to Mr. McCone for details. CIA has identified seven resistance organizations inside Cuba, ~ as realistically potential. A hard assessment, up close, is still to come, Under the revised plan for Operation Mongoose, proposals . for supplying arms and equipment to these groups will be submitted to the Special Group for decision, ad hoc. No proposals have been . teceived. VETO release or declassification of this document in full under the provisions of the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (PL102-526) The Department of State has no vojecuan to the S a : 3 On political activities State reports that the Cuban government | oo & was made aware tha 2de me"ror the prisoners could be made, through \ ” & the Italian UN missign#i/Also, as reported in the press, a refugee delegation is seeingath Cuban government, to negotiate a deal. State- ments calling for a fair trial and humanitarian treatment of the pri- soners were stimulated from 9 Western Hemisphere chiefs of state or foreign ministers, and in an OAS council resolution. CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RELEASE OF THIS POCUMENT Doch (do _ AS SANITIZED a yuna rnb Sef ( 47 SSS — b(1)(4) . | (3 \ O80) No OL/ECT ON a FT nm emnna, > . HY 50955 DBocld:3274274910 Page 4 .
ae ;pwaiting specific mission need and approval, i a of pretexvivor provocations whi, might b * i y Sg e€ grounds ili intervention has been prepar g g for military ae Defense . operations are being develo@ee i detail, assets for psychological HY 50955 Doocld:32474910 Page 5