202-10001-10219 AGENCY RECORD NUMBER RECORDS SERIES AGENCY PILE NUMBER ORIGINATOR FROM TO TITiIE DATE PAGES SUBJECTS DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS DATE. OF LAST REVIEW OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS HW. 50955. Doold: 32424950 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY TNFORMATION JCS 202-10001-10219 FOTIA SERIES DOC 220 DOCUMENT INFORMATION OSD OPERATION MONGOOSE PROGRESS 05/31/62 3 MONGOOSE MEMORANDUM TOP SECRET 1B RELEASED WITH DELETIONS 07/30/98 Reviewed by OSD, CIA, State. Page i Date ;: 08/04/58 Page : 1
ga, Bag Bw w | enn eee fs] OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON 24, 0.6, 3L iv ay 1962 s 7 ) BRAMEUL FOR THE SPECIAL CROUP (AUCL ONTE LL) Subject: Cperation Mongoose Progress a HfIntellisence build-up iy CIA includes efforts to recruit a Cutan cislomet in-mace and en official in an airlines siface in Havandy wae CLA team vizeed in Finar cel fio Province last “aren was guccesefully re-eurplied by maritime means on es wey. Tae Navy and CIA have worked out a coaperative effort gtrenetheg the uy. 5. security and intellicence trorram at Cusntancme, | | | | | 3, From: g@-. Cen. Lansdale Sa : | | 3 238 —— _258 ihe CAC continues to provide word from inside Cuba cover- zn 8 Bs . ing local security moves and sopular unrest (unrest reportedly “ae 289 - increasin:). A subétantial recuction in oil refinin= and ssenu- io 520 facture of tires end tutes is reported from CAC sources. eeEey : ate Sa2s | Econa:nic pressure ugon the Communist resimne may be | age increased by a Lepartment of Commerce move Genying bunxerina | : Bees , facilities at U.S. poris to vessela uncer Sino-Soviet bloc charter ; BLes cérrying carpy to Cuba. State Levartment revorts naving oolicifec “yy & > ‘ _ " . * - os 23 BG 3 views of our Arabaosador to Javan resarcing parsible ans Foacncs Sj | 22 & to the Jasanegse agking them to cease eurar purciases frac. Cw “ * a Sam ES ce + ° & on Po Bok Mrenvacvanca cfforte of USLA ane CLA continue to = sonly pregsure ~ | Po upon tie Gusan rerime Ly focusing upon abuses of power and failure i: : oi key programs such as vnedical and iosd. ‘Sue VUA use of reLecceg | iu interviews especially underlined thia theme. Lan lookine into a mo] * ~ : om : * 2 ue USIA proposal tnat we counter Covenunist Cuba moves to baoress ree | Latin America ty particiuation in the ataletic North Central A-~crican e and Caribbean Cavrea set for August tl-2: in Mineston, Ja-aicu: a r= “free Guba team aight be effective, with 200d publicity supvort. ay GIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIF ae OGuMENT, : SE OF THI ryat lee . ; RS SANIT 1zED a3 Puen Ue Wb Lexcwoeo FROM GDS EXCL Lge B OSA: ABLEASE eS RoC os KEOA ¥ 22d UNBUS ow Wear re re | : ers er. rere ee ee “SANGRE IARI Mask aR MAGS ARH gn spe agpantin 2 eh ete? wee toby ' ek mt 7 om , ceeti py (\- a This docu nt contninn Fo maces. ~~ soemserer weer tm nee SES me wm we * Couy Ua f. or +} mam ee, we Pees é
Incicent al Guantanamo occurred 26 May ween @ light Cuban zivcrait lancec there. Zhree Cubans hac forces the wilot, at pistol point, to lang them at our KMaval Ease. with State'a con- currence, Lefenec acted: the Cusan pilot Mew home, tuc 3 Cuban cecapecs stayed on the hase. ¥racturin« the Pecri:me nae been given prisrity attention by CLA. & eenior cere Gilicer hae vecn assiened full-time to this specific action, and hes erelerential use of ClA assets. Li ot cedlrable egfection targets, CLA tas founc several wo seem vulnerabld@ Gnclucing the stinister of watiumal Leena ny, Leon wottS] ‘ acadiaiiiiiiel aaiaineiieiieiaaaiaeemaaaaas ined ‘ a ‘ _ « re oom meee oem sperm pe eta ey Q 2, ers a is Phos wks toe dt Leg Porte gE ee . “sat . fue ae ee ee ane oe be oS i on ee wo pane aa woes RS me Sosa FS mena tt : . sd e . “ ® # Drisrity Qoerntions Schecule of 2l‘ ay, seeding some positive | actions in beralf ot our project curing Lie next ECVGELGL WEEKS, OS brousnt a very healthy response from CJA anc USIA. The CIA determination to meet the challengo has sariaced four policy-tyea. guestlogs waich I note for you on behalf of CLA: 7 &) a caais 7, ‘Voice of Free Cuba," is alsavst imimeciately feagicic, if the Group willapprove CLA arranying with ‘ol? | _o4e Navy for usc of a submarine) CIA has Girt: plans (or ph”) IN worrying tre Communist r€fime through hroacetate : h 3 sicent grouns ‘| which would appear ta come from iocs actively planning to harass tie rezime 2), Task 19, CLA is prepared to dis eminate leaflets on Castro's failure to the Cuan populationfvia callocnjwita a view of increasing instability of the Comrnunist - sBouine. Ene technique is tested and CLA nas plans to operate iran a curface Ghip in international waters. ‘the Croup is asked te approve the idea, including Navy supeert. This coulu he operating in time to exploit the 26 July anniversary i of Castro's attacs upon govern ment forces ut cantiat> ce Cuba in 1033, for “the revolution ‘he has new betrayca. ‘ ‘for poucible use in beeling up resigtonce grovucs wit.in Cuba. Croup aprrovel is agace for lefense Buomort in irminiings holding, logistics. ‘Phe ‘noice level hazard is motee, but this wpecial project coula oe ainogt unnoticed if th nec wis t | . * 3). Taek 1S, CIA believes it can recruit some 23 empan Learns a -proposed U.S. -nilitary enlist went of Gucoans. frre sai OE | Vi? re re oh as Ba of BW 50955. Docld:32424950 Page 3
Other Taske, ‘ae tC sa . I note here that CIA coca not {cel it has + “@ O>erational means” to undertake Jas ie. ; ther tbat Vask No. U, [¥fouic require Operational facilities www OvariaMit, f accept iitcfinite celerrat of Tass No. 22 and scrubbing of Task Ne. ll on trig bagis. 42 tals tivae, <ure Tie Lepartment of State reaction, to my effort to ret the ULS, | into priority actions towards our project's geals, has been Cigappointins to «ne thua far. Apparently, “ny €cnecule of tarvets for Geeclsl eixorts ig &cce pied only as it snay fit into jong -ranze, Scsusiing orosrajng alreauy | uncer way. Uf this ig the tnéory of cur project, I believe (at the vraject then Dbecomea only a Special reporting device end not @ evecial U.S. effort to wia tie goal of nelping the Cuvans recanture t! from a pang of Coszmunists, wir Country ‘Eyes Only" coptea to: y ¥ » Ceneral Taylor - hir. Johnsson fir. Cilsatric » &.F. hieCone ® iar, Kennedy Cencral Le:nnitner — Calef of Cperations 2 “Eo en e ash le Ap ome