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TITLE : MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

DATE: 10/31/62

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SUBJECTS : OPERATION MONGOOSE

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

WASHINGTON 25, D.C.

30 October 1962

SENSITIVE

FOR THE RECORD

By Brig. Gen. Lansdale S

Subject: Operation Mongoose

John McCone asked me to call him on the gray telephone this

morning. I did so. He stated that he didn't know exactly how I was

supposed to get word on this, so he was informing me to help out:

at the Executive Council meeting this morning, the President had

decided to hold back Operation Mongoose for the time being. Also,

during the negotiations re Soviet missile bases in Cuba, there were

to be no Mongoose sabotage or similar militant operations. McCone

said that he had informed General Carter of this, but was letting me

know, as Chief of Operations, to let the operations team know; he .

mentioned that Alpha 66 and the approved sabotage of Cuban shipping

were to be held, specifically.

I commented that I had just received a copy of a memorandum

from him to the Attorney General, the Sec/Def., etc., dated today,

saying that Cla was still awaiting word from me on sending in 20

teams by submarine for intelligence collection, after l'd determined

JCS and State requirements. I said that I had been told by McGeorge

Bundy on Sunday, 28 October, to hold up action on this for 24 hours

and had promptly notified CIA, and that yesterday, upon receipt of a

memorandum from Bruce Cheever on this same subject, I had taken

it up again with Bundy -- and Bundy had told me that he would tell

McCone to have CIA hold everything. I presumed that Bundy had so

informed McCone. Also, Havey had called me Sunday night, asking

my permission to discuss CIA assets with CINCLANT and JUWTF

for contingency planning; I had given Harvey permission to assist

in this planning, if he felt that the U.S. military needed more planning

help from CLA.

After the talk with McCone, I talked with Bruce Cheever who

assured me that he had similar orders from Carter and that all militant

actions under CIA were being held at a stop. I gave similar orders to

General Johnson for Defense /JCS. It-Col Patchell concurrently

informed State and USIA along the same lines.

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