Pei wis cn @ar SECRET @ 3 fay \ Memorandum SSCI EOX # 377- lore TO : , . P Roser >a - MR. TOLSON DATE: November 8, 1961 \ (suttivan \\ Trotter ; A. H. BELMO mors Oba eheceg cc nae: Room —— FROM Oo NT . SACUINFORMATICHGONTALNED Gandy POAC af VIALE UE _SEREINISIUNCLASSINE CLASSIFIED bo WM Bx SERRE DEAT REE? CL “a0 Bf thdiie! LOB “os: | susjecr, CUBAN SITUATION ~~~ “EREEETWSERE SHOWNE AEG yO Y ae OTHERWISE 1% . Be Classified by . | ay G ; With reference to the Qire ! "called Brigadier General Edward G. Lansdale at the Pentagon and at his request made arrangements for him to come to my office at 9:30 A. M. on November 9 for the purpose af furnishing him ~ any information that might be helpful in his current assignment on CuLa. | | In addition io myself, I have arranged for Inspecior James Haverty, ~ Section Chief Sterling Donahoe, and Supervisors Richard Cotter and mas Vincent Nasca to De present, if the Director approves. _ When I talked to General Lansdale he said he was going to Fort . Meade this afternoon, which is the headquarters of the National Security ~ Agency. We also learned informally he would be seeing Richard Goodwin \ of the White House this afternoon. General Lansdale said that he knew dings by : 33 this Cuban situation was in our backyard and that the FBI would know better i ; e§ than he does what the situation was, particularly as to information pertaining ... B aS to anti-Castro groups in this country. He said he would like to go over this NN § 3 3 Situation with us and ask questions which might assist him. a3 , of -3 We propose to approach this as follows: c 3 » 3 « : . ig 338 . (1) We will point out that we do-not, of course, have intelligence t 8 3 .., | coverage within Cuba since our Legal Attaches were kicked out. by Castro. 7 23m We have developed:sources within Cuban refugee groups who furnish us 9 | ae 3 information on Cuba and on the activities of anti-Castro groups here in the C : 3 © United States. We have disseminated voluminous information tothe military — ss ge agencies along this line. — oo. oo C __ (2) As of possible assistance, we will give him copies of our - 2 Current Intelligence Analysis dated October 18, 196 and November 8, 196t (copies attached), which respectively show the thoroughty disorganized State and factionalism of Cuban activities in the United States and‘the present economic situation in Cuba, ee eee ee ts ROB (5) Heer yee = lap . paw ede EF 0 Enclosu’es yO i outside your Committee. * sr Committee and the conten web without the express approv < , See / ss. ns 8 UdggMwrene 18 prepared im resp op ‘Oo Z hh e
sh «x Ser Memorandum to Mr. Tolson . ” gsc BOX # 3 / Z- (3) We will also give him copies of the 20-page Miami report dated August 10, 1961, and a 20-page letterhead memorandum dated October 4, 1961, both of which give an excellent rundown on anti-Castro organizations in the United States and their present status. (4) If you agree, we will furnish him a copy of our April 28, | 1961, memorandum (copy attached) which we forwarded to the Attorney General on April 28, 1961. This memorandum shows the FH coverage of Castro activities in the United . gapcluding the July 26 Movement, the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, [(@uteangomicialsganckestanlis Rinenbe 16 Cuban intelligence activities, coord Tencies, on with other United States a® and Cuban refugees. We prepared this for the Attorney General's assistance in connection with two National Security Action Memoranda referred to us by the Attorney General. (5) On April 28, 1961, we sent a letter to the Attorney General —— entitled "The Cuban Situation" in which we outlined five possible measures short of invasion that could bring about the collapse of the Castro regime; namely, a total embargo; diplomatic isolation of Cuba; gaaaewe=Gmcn i increased propaganda broadcasts to Cuba; use of ' responsible anti-Castro refugees to propagandize the masses of people in | Latin America. A copy of this memorandum is attached. If you agree, we will abstract these five points from the memorandum to the Attorney General and furnish them to General Lansdale for his assistance. (6) We will advise General Lansdale we are prepared to discuss any aspects of our activities which may be helpful to him. Mr. Haverty will be available to comment on conditions in Cuba up to the time he left. Messrs. Nasca and Cotter are in a position to discuss in detail intelligence data we have developed and the activity of anti-Castro groups in this country. ‘Mr. Donahoe and I will handle policy and control the meeting. In the event the Director desires that this meeting be held in his office or to otherwise attend or meet Genera Lans¢ 2 e, we wi} - be guided accordingly. - aa | Sea AC TION: in ess. ooh: