S-E- = \e) officials have been donducted and a report of developments will be submitted by 15 February. 10. Task 21, p.7. Plans for inducing the failure of crops oe, will be submitted by 15 February. These plans will envisage both the use of controlled assets whoc “be infiltrated and exfiltrated \lo and the provision of encouragement and guidance to the resistance, so that it will undertake acts of sabotage, some of which are to be directed against crops, particularly rice. ll. 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 attack; (2) the use of "frogman" or UDT tactics in harbors for the same purpose; (3) the employment of torpedos and mines toward this end; and (4) the sabotaging of primary or secondary sources nd Moa plants. CIA now has no | 4 I ol) ¢c) of Cuban nickel, such as | 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. All studies, including a plan for using overt or covert means to prevent re- ( a G C t) (<) institution of th lsupply to the USSR, will be submitted by 15 Fevruary. is suggested that consideration be given to ~5- >E.C-R: EY 2977075 Page 6
ON assigning to the economic action group, chaired by the Department /2 Th é deny Canadian l6o (AWN Ow. CP ogee 12. Task 26, p.7. Together with Tasks 27 and 28, Task 26 constitutes an outline of a plan for a psychological warfare operation. 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. 14. Task 28, p.7. See paragraph l2. 15. Task 30, p.7. By 15 February CIA will submit an opera- tional schedule dealing with the sabotage of (1) shipping in Cuban waters and harbors, (2) Cuban transport facilities, (3) communications facilities, (4) equipment for the refining of petroleum, (5) facili- ties for producing and distributing power, (6) industry, (7) food supplies, (8) key military and police installations and materiel. The schedule will also include the disruption of military and police communications and harassment of military and police training and personnel. 16. Task 31, p.8. This deadline will be met. B. ADDITIONAL UNDERTAKINGS .- The following comments are keyed to Sections D through K, Part IV (pp. 3 and 4) of the program review. nw §42714 .-Doeceld: 32977075 Page F
S- - < 17. Section D, p.3. Six men, to form the initial nucleus, have been assessed indepth. Further assessment of candidates inside and outside Cuba is in progress, and it is expected that ten of these will be recruited by 15 February. 18. Section E, p.3. To date fifteen locations have been selected as suitable centers of resistance because of (1) the presence there of groups among which there is patent or incipient unrest, (2) the presence of strategic and tactical targets for use or deacti- vation, and (3) proximity to potential unconventional warfare areas. In order of priority, the fifteen centers are Havana, Camaguey, | Santa Clara, Cienfuegos, Matanzas, Cardenas, Sancti Spiritus, the Escambray Mountains, Holguin, Siantago de Cuba, Ciego de Avila, Baracoa, Pinar del Rio, Manzanillo, and Colon. 19. Section F. p.3. In support of State's efforts CIA has conducted propaganda operations, including a number of mass demonstrations[ in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, 2 Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. 20. Section H, p.4. One TV intrusion operation has been conducted, on 16 January. Plans for an intrusion during the scheduled parade and demonstration in Havana are being formulated. = $4214 Doclda: 32977075 Page @
io) 21. Section K, p.4. Groups with which CIA has exploitable access or entree include women, labor, students, teachers, jurists, and other professional classes. International contacts (6 [wie labor organizations and members of the Catholic Church will also be wtitizea h4214- Docld: 32977075. Page 9