HW 55355 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 instrument. “SEK Act 6 (1) (8) 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 indication, He said that.some of the reporting was very good, and there were twol on the payroll who provided some first-rate reports and were closest to the bone » in what Castro was thinking. ‘Mr. Murphy asked if we had Castro's immediate entourage penetrated ‘and Mr. FitzGerald said his sister worked for us 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| _|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 illegal agent teams in Cuba at this time we were back to where we started from in 1962. Mr. FitzGerald commented that the casualty rates were very high and referred to the charts "Legal Resident Agents in Cuba'' and 'Tllegal Agent Development"', . (At this point Mr. McCone left the meeting and Mr. Cottrell came in.) 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, but 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 "Qlegal 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 operations and limited it to "subtle sabotage". Mr. Murphy asked what constituted “subtle sabotage'', and Mr. FitzGerald described it as tying a rock to a wire and throwing it across high tension lines. DoclId: 327401308 Page 22?
HW 355355 11. The Board then turned to Mr. Cottrell and asked him to describe the work of his group. Mr. Cottrell said the President had become con- cerned there were so many government agencies dealing with so many Cuban groups, and he had set up the group under Mr. Cottrell to coordinate all of this activity. He said that his immediate group consisted of a repre- sentative of Defense and CIA, and there were additional committees or groups reporting to them. He outlined the general policy guidance under which they were operating and under questioning from Mr. Murphy stoutly denied that the policy was basically defensive in nature, and it was directed toward getting rid of communism and Castro in Cuba. It was further explained that CIA's activities were coordinated through this group. 12. Dr. Killian then asked Bruce Clarke to give a brief report on the situation in Cuba, and with the aid of photographs Clarke analyzed the present Soviet troop strength on the island and explained how these figures were arrived at. At 12:00 this session was recessed to permit the presenta- tion by DIA. Lyman B. Kirkpatrick Executive Director LBKi dum: MG a ~ Del” - BDC! #2 #3 - ExPR # pn ER DoclIda:327401308 Page 253
HW 355355 Subjects covered in briefing 23 April 1963: 10. Discussion of the release of the three American prisoners in Cuba. Coordination on NRO agreement - "in effect and working well’. Report on photographic results of Corona and Tackle flights over China; mentioned there would be one more Ox flight at Mac and then be pushed to full speed and altitude. FK Act 6 (1) (B) Reported on establishment of Purcell Panel. Discussion of U-2 flights over China and results. Establishment of R&D board to pull together the Agency's scientific and technical assets. Discussion of Cuba; DCI said plans to recommend low-level flights to provide more information. FitzGerald gave presentation on operations in Cuba. Cottrell described the work of his group. Bruce Blark gave report on the situation in Cuba. BYEMAN DoclId:327401308 Page 24
HW 55355 20 April 1963 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Kirkpatrick"?-~ ‘DCI does_no ith Cottrell and requests that you advise the Board that Cottrell is not privy to many operational matters. Your suggestions seemed agree- able to Mr. McCone. Wir W. Elder DoclId: 327401308 Page 25
» 22 April 1963 SUGGESTED TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION WITH THE PRESIDENT'S RD, 1015 A.M., 23 APRIL FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD te AM. Coordination. NRO Agreement--currently in effect b. NPIC--agreement with DIA is fairly well solidified “ene a. with not too many differences in opinion c. Counterinsurgency--new system whereby DOD goes to the Special Group now in effect d. Current Intelligence Reporting--now in negotiation stage with DIA. Clandestine Intelligence Collection--close coordination e. between CIA one DIA now in effect. II Recent CORONA Covera e pis | Recent TACKLE Fili hts P III Establishment of the Purcell Panel a. Scientific and Technical Intelligence in CIA IV i Report of the Roddis Panel on Chinese nuclear energy a. capabilities. The CLA Research and | Development Review Board. a ee b. HW 55355 DBocld:32401308 Page 276