478-10002-10480 “AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER: RECORD SERIES : -AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ORIGINATOR : ' FROM: TO: TITLE : _ DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : . CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HY 50955 DBocld: 32204635 - JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form Agency Information ROCKCOM 178-10002-10480 ASSASSINATION FILE ASSASSINATION MATERIALS--MISC. ROCK/CIA (7) | Document Information PFIAB KIRKPATRICK, LYMAN FROM MOR OF PFIAB MEETING WITH DCI MC CONE, 23 APRIL 1963 04/23/1963 4 CUBA CLANDESTINE OPERATIONS CIA PBIAB ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVITIES MEMORANDUM Unclassified Consulted Redact 09/01/1995 Excerpt from memorandum, plus route slip. 88 Page i 8/27/201
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HW 450955 - 1963 and said he would provide the Board with a copy. _ " COALS laf an Z . vo mo a eney Ree tp: SenROUIGD 2a (7k See ry ee Oo t AA po wD CL FU ™, & a THE MEATS Houel ay pte SAL OT ONS Oe cis Se Lette: ; OO PRS ery ps : : . . ote an a, Qo: , Of 5] days' reconnaissance over Cuba and that this was disturbing when the four principal targets were analyzed. There were 59 occasions when | | weather precluded any readout.of what was going on in these four Soviet military camps. Some of the camps were not seen for five or Six days in &@ row and in one instance for as long as 12 successive days. Mr. McCone then read ftom the memorandum on reconnaissance over Cuba dated 23 April QO 3 o Q . fe) to Veradero had passed a convoy of 25 very large trucks, the type generally carried on railroad flatcars. Mr. McCone stated that an examination of the - vy photography for that day and the following day provided absolutely no trace a of the convoy. Dr, Land stated that the DCI's previous statement may have & provided the answer as to where this convoy might be, The DCI said he a planned to recommend low-level flights in order to provide more information, ™ -10. At this point Mr. FitzGerald was asked to give hig Presentation on is operations in Cuba, He commenced by displaying the chart which indicated > the number of resident agents, illegal teams, legal teams, shipboard agents by and penetrations of Cuban installations. He noted that the number ofillegal ° teams had risen to three asa result of a successful Operation on Sunday, a and one of these teams had as many as 100 subagents with extensive coverage 8 .in the province of Pinar del Rio. Dr, Langer asked what the subagents were =i looking for, and Mr, FitzGerald replied that their coverage was mostly 3 ; KS, : at the moment, but the illegals could create a resistance net if this was desired. He pointed out that the policy at the present time precluded attempt- ing to develop a large scale dangerous activity. Mr. FitzGerald pointed out that the penetration of Cuban installations were mainly diplomatic installations and that some 14 Cuban diplomats were our agents. Mr. Clifford asked how the information was gotten out of Cuba, and Mr. FitzGerald replied that it was mostly by secret writing transmitted ', to Mexico City by mail and then forwarded to Washington, He said there were four radios in Cuba and that we now had a greatly improved medium speed transmitter that was quite small, the size of about two cigarette cartons, “ and it could get a message off in just 60 seconds. He said that there Wasa, Smaller and better transmitter currently in the process of development, a ~ 6 ~ BDoclda: 32704635 Page 3
Dr, Land asked if the loss of this. transmitter would compromise others. Mr. FitzGerald replied that it would not compromise any other agents except the one apprehended, and the DCI noted that it would simply com- - promise the ins trument.— : “Mr. ‘Murphy asked concerning the quality of substantive reporting, and Mr. FitzGerald noted that the 1, 040 reports looked impres Sive, but it was quite true that this was not a ‘true in s e of the reporting was very good, and there were n the payroll who provided some first-rate reports and were closest to the bone jin what Castro was thinking. Mr. Murphy asked if we had Castro's imamediate entourage penetrated, and Mr. FitzGerald said his-sister. worked =forsus-but'that she! didn't.always have inside information. He pointed out that the 665 reports from resident agents were primarily on military targets and the intelligence community felt they were really worthwhile as a supple- ‘ment to overhead reconnaissance. General Doolittle asked if an illegal team was two men and Mr. FitzGerald replied "yes". ‘Mr. Murphy asked whether these agents provided information on Soviet troop strength and equipment, and Mr, FitzGerald replied in the affirmative. Mr. Clifford "noted that with just two ille gal agent teams in Cuba at this time we were Mr. FitzGerald commented that the GD HHL WOW AdOOOLOHG back to where we started from in 1962. casualty rates were very high and referred to the charts "Legal Resident Agents in Cuba!" and "legal Agent Development", (at this point Mr. McCone left the > meeting a and Mr. Cottrell came Mr. Gray asked if the modest number of agents was a result of policy or operations. Mr. FitzGerald replied that this was primarily a result of operations and noted that it.was not the result of lack of effort, bu because of the high attrition rate and the dangers involved, He went over the lists of what had happened to the agents that were put in. He noted that it was presently planned to carry out approximately five operations a month. Mr. Murphy asked if there was evidence of organized resistance in Cuba. Mr. FitzGerald replied "yes", but they were now small bands scattered throughout the island. He noted that Castro had broken up the large country- wide resistance networks last summer. He then produced the chart entitled "legal Infiltration -- Exfiltration Operations" and commented on this. Mr. Murphy asked if the groups on the island committed sabotage, and Mr. FitzGerald said the policy presently precluded major sabotage operation: and limited it to "subtle sabotage", Mr. Murphy asked what constituted "subtle sabotage", and Mr. FitzGerald described it as tying a rock toa wire and throwing it across high tension lines, KUVdGIT adod “a aTwE i eh HW 50955 Docld:32204635 Page 4
emer et are HW 50955 Doctld: 32204635 ll. The Board then tur the work of his group. Mr. ere so many governmen and he had set up the group. diate group consisted of a repre- cerned there w Cuban groups, all of this activity. ' sentative of Defense and © groups reporting to ther. which they were operati denied that the policy was directed toward getti further explained tha 12. situation in Cub ‘present Soviet troop were arrived at. ‘tion by DIA. LB. dium ° mq . tent Dei ae Dde! #3- ae FR Page 5 Dr, Killian then asked Bruce Cl a, and with the aid of pho Ex DIR RICIIERE th > MM ch eehaaal ned to Mr. Cottrell and asked him to describe Cottrell said the President had become con-~ t agencies dealing with so many under Mr: Cottrell to coordinate id that his imme IA, and there were additi He outlined the general policy guidance under ng and under questioning from Mr. Murphy stoutly basically defensive in nature, andit was — ng rid of communism and Castro jn Cuba. It was t CIA's activities were coordinated through this group. arke to give a brief report on the tographs Clarke analyzed the © d and explained how these figures dto permit the presenta He sa onal committees or OW4 AdODOLONHA strength on the islan At 12:00 this session was recesse t Ry ¥ Of od 4 dpys Lyman B, Kirkpatrick Executive Director . KUWAGIT Guod “a awa aH K - 8- IAP Ane? wed me RE