\(202-10004-10203 a Date : 08/04/98 Page il JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : JCS RECORD NUMBER: 202-10001-10203 RECORDS SERIES : FOIA SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER : DOC 204 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : OSD FROM -: TO: TITLE =: THE CUBA PROJECT DATE : 01/24/62 PAGES : 6 SUBJECTS +: MONGOOSE DOCUMENT TYPE : MEMORANDUM ChLASSTFPICATION +: TOP SECRET RESTRICTIONS : 1B, 1 CURRENT STATUS : RELEASED WITH DELETIONS DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/30/98 OPENING CRITERIA -: COMMENTS : Reviewed by OSD, CIA and State. NO JOINT STAFF OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION REQUIF: 55 90 ? oF [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED . AW 40955 Doold: 324274934 Page i
EYES ONLY | 4. . TAS TA’ | SUBJECT: Tasks Assigned to CIA in General Lansdale's Program Review | A. TASKS | Part V, pp. 5-8, of General Lansdale's program review of | the Cuba Project, dated 18 January 1962, assigns 32 specific tasks to elements of the U.S. Government. Of these, 16 are assigned to CIA solely or jointly. The tasks have been reviewed by this Agency, and it has been determined that substantially all reporting and planning deadlines can be met. Work on all tasks, with and°: without assigned dates for completion, is in progress. The elon b| BS 6, ned Under Ley following detailed observations are keyed to General Lansdale's paper. il. Task i, p.5. The intelligence community is hard at Portion(s) Postpor work on NIE 85-62 and is attempting to meet the deadline of ? February. As was agreed ina conversation of 23 January 1962 with General Lansdale, a short extension may be necessary. 2. Task 2, p.5. The Cpa-Locxa Interrogation Center in Florida will be :n operation on 15 February -- the deadline date. 3... Task 3. p.5 The survey ts in progress and will be completed on the stipulated date On the basis of the och 26 on F THI "DOCUMENT a ce el AS SAN IZED fn 6/23/98 “a “ & S.5.C-R-E-T 3 .. ° oe A : F<. ES ONLY a HW 50955 Docld: ra:a6424o84 Sh Pi ISA(DFOISRY_ Yd re iS ; \
5-E-C-R-E-T EYES ONLY obtained the possibility of establishistg additional interrogation points will be determined. 4. Task 4, p.5. An operational assessment of the stay- behind net in Cuba will be completed and reported by the deadline of 15 February. Because communication with singleton agents is by SW, not W/T, it is unlikely that assessment can be completed by the date stipulated; an extension to 28 February may be necessary, althce every effort is being made to complete the work before that dat) An intensive program aimed at the acquisition of third country sets through the cooperation of. “art rly in | is also under way, partic A progress report on the status of oi this program will be by 15 February, althcugh this Agency cannot be sure that the cooperation of all intended participants will have been obtained by that date. CIA has also taken the follow- ing additional steps in respect to Task 4. a. A cable has been sent to field stations to give added impetus to the search for assets and the development of both unilateral and joint operations. Progress reports have been required by | March. b. A survey of the Cuban Chinese community and of HW..50955. DoclTd: 327424934 Page 3
S-E-C-R-E-T EYES ONLY a s. Ls cover and deception Operations by that data’ 7. Task 7, p.5. Byl February CIA will submit an opera- (| tional schedule for the initiation of an Organized resistance move- C. on ment inside Cuba. The schedule will include the localities Selected q \ “ ; and the aSsessment of Some Candidates. A full assessment will nase be completed in accordance with the schedule listed in Para. 4, above, in conformance with Task 4. It should be noted, however, that this operational schedule (like the schedules falled for in Tasks 10, 26, and 30) will necessarily be tentative and subject to later revision as the number of assets inside Cuba increases | and as the flow of intelligence is augmented, - Moreover, the \ development of a resistance movement will not remain controllable, i 8. Task 10, p.5.° CLA has on hand both Propaganda and political action assets in the Caribbean area and elsewhere in : Latin America. It is Planned to use those assets both to support the Project inside Cuba and to generate and mobilize Public and official opinion against Castro outside Cuba. The Operational Schedule wil] be submitted on the stated date. Sad “ | 9. Task 18, p. 6) Discussions with the appropriate APL-CIO: a road ~ 4. S-E-C-R-E-T EYES ONLY BY 50955 DBocld: 324274934 Page §
S-E-C-R-E-T EYES ONLY Pty officials have been donducted and a feport of developments will *) submitted by 15 February. a 10. Task 21, p. 7./ Plans for inducing the failure of crops will be submitted by 15 February. These plans will envisage both the use of controlled assets who can be infiltrated and exfiltrated i i and the provision of encouragement and guidance to the resistance, | M4 i i so that it will undertake acts of sabotage, some of which are to: i : ¥ 1 / : be directe sgainst crops, particularly rice. eos MF Task 24, p.7. This deadline will also be met. Primary | methods of disrupting the supply of Cuban nickel to the USSR could, if approved, include (1) the sinking of Cuban or Bloc ships by open fh attack; (2) the use of "frogman" or UDT tactics in harbors for the ‘| same purpose; (3) the employment of torpedos and mines toward C this end; and (4) the sabotaging of primary or secondary sources : ye of Cuban nickel, such as the Nicaro and Moa plants. CIA now has nd \ proven internal assets capable of carrying out any of these actions. #- The Agency does have external assets capable of undertaking actions} (2) and (3). It also has an external group capable of undertaking (4) upon the completion of specialized training 9 espa pcrcnusetnar sea All studies, including a plan for using overt or covert"fneans to prevent re- | institution of the’| supply to the USSR, will be submitted OL Un | by 15 February. It is suggested that consideration be given to HW 50955 Docld:327424934. Page 6 _ EYES ONLY |
oe S-E-C-R-E-T EYES ONLY , assigning to the economic action group, chd#ired by the Department of State, responsibility for overt action designed to deny[ nickel to the USSR. a. 12. Task 26, p.7. Together with Tasks 27 and 28, Task 26 a constitutes an outline of a plan for a psychological warfare operation. i These tasks are so closely interrelated that CIA proposes to submit by 15 February a single plan dealing with all three tasks. 13. Task 27, p.7. See preceding paragraph. / poed 14 Task 28, p.?. See paragraph 12. 1S. Task 30, p.7. By 15 February CLA will submit an opera- t immmmamsee tional schedule dealing witf/ithe sabotage of (1) shipping in Cuban to 5 : waters and harbors, (2) Cuban transport facilities, (3} communications ! i facilities, (4) equipment for the refining of petroleum, (5) facili- I Bt ties for producing and distributing power, (6) industry, (7) food », oF | \y supplies, (8) key military and police installations and materiel. i i The schedule will also include the disruption of military and police ‘ communic s and harassment of military and police training and nse nitanrtnnmeermtntnnmanintnionnl personnel. | a 16. Task 31, p.8. This deadline will be met. 5. ADDITIONAL UNDERTARINGS The following comments are keyed to Sections D through =, Part 1[V (pp. 3 and 4) of the program review. 5 2-C-R-2-'V EX ES ONLY BW 50955 Docld: 324274934 Page 7
a 17. Section D, pP.3. Six men, to form the initial nucleus, have been assessed in depth. Further &3Sessraent of Candidates inside and outside Cuba is in Progress, and it is expected that ten ebruary. da vation, rs and (3) Proximity to potential unconventional warfare areas AN In order of Priority, the fifteen centers are Havana, Camaguey, Santa Clara, Cienfuegos, Matanzas, Cardenas, Sancti Spiritus, the Escambray Mountains, Holguin, Siantago de Cub Ciego de Avila, ‘ Daracoa, Pinar del Rio, Manzanillo, and Colon 19 Section F. P.3. In support of State's efforts CIA has conducted Propa Pa operations, including a number of mass in Argentina, Solivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, | dor, Guaternala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, | One TV imtrusi \ & \ a % a o i) ws oe On Operation has been i/ fF Plans for an iMtrusion during in Havana are being fo rmulated BW 50955 Docld: 324274934
fe 21. Section K, Pp roups with which CIA has exploitable access or entree includ n, labor, students, teachers, 4 ' jurists, + with labor orga’ and other professional classes... International contacts ations and members of the will tgs an sew also be utiliged, sh ‘e HW 50955 BDocld: 32424934 Page 9