MC CONE PAPERS  NOV. 24, 1961 - DEC. 31, 1964
Agency: ROCKCOM
Originator: ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION
Document date: 04/22/1975
Document type: LIST

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JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Agency Information

Date:

8/27/201

Released under the John F. Kennedy

AGENCY:

RECORD NUMBER :

ROCKCOM

178-10002-10312

RECORD SERIES: ASSASSINATION FILES

AGENCY FILE NUMBER: A-I(K) MISC.--ASSASSINATIONS

Document Information

ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION

ORIGINATOR:

FROM:

10 :

TITLE:

MC CONE PAPERS NOV. 24, 1961 - DEC. 31, 1964

DATE: 04/22/1975

PAGES:

12

SUBJECTS :

DOCUMENT REQUEST, ROCKEFELLER COMMISSION

CUBAN EXILES

KENNEDY, ROBERT

MC CONE, JOHN

OPERATION MONGOOSE

CIA

WARREN COMMISSION

ASSASSINATION, FOREIGN LEADERS

ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVITIES

DOCUMENT TYPE: LIST

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS : Consulted

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

06/29/1996

OPENING CRITERIA:

COMMENTS :

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MC CONE PAPERS

NOVEMBER 24, 1961 - DECEMBER 31, 1964

REFERENCES TO CUBA ASSASSINATIONS,

WARREN COMMISSION MATTERS

BOX 2:

MEMORANDA FOR RECORD

File:

November 29, 1961 - April 5, 1962

December 5, 1961, Meeting with Attorney General Kennedy -

"Lansdale operation" mentioned in paragraph 12.

December 27, 1961, Meeting with Attorney General Kennedy -

"Lansdale operation" mentioned in paragraph 5.

January 22, 1962, Meeting with

Attorney General Kennedy -

Reference to a "Lansdale paper" to be discussed by the 5412

Committee plus Robert Kennedy•

April 5, 1962, Memos on Special Group/Mongoose Project -

General discussion of possible military intervention in Cuba.

File: April 7, 1962 - August 21, 1962

(40) - April 10, 1962, phone call to Bundy explaining that

Attorney General upset that Perrez was apparently telling

people in Miami about his five meetings with the Attorney

General. Cardona was to meet JFK that day.

(61) - JulY 3, 1962, meeting with Attorney General -

included a short discussion of

"Reuther plan"

for labor

operations apparently in Italy.

(86) - August 21, 1962, meeting with Rush, McNamara, Alexis

Johnson, the Attorney General, Director of Central Intelligence,

General

Taylor, Lemnitzer, and M. Bundy - a general discussion

of Cuban situation and possible courses of action if MRBM's

are discovered in Cuba:

"McNamara expressed strong feelings

that we should take every possible aggressive

action in the fields of intelligence, sabo-

tage and guerrilla warfare, utilizing Cubans

and do such other things as might be indi-

cated to divide the Castro regime.

(emphasis added):

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File: August 24, 1962 - December 31, 1962

(97) - October 5, 1962, Meeting between DCI and Bundy:

McCone wanted to be more activist toward Cuba - Bundy was

more conservative.

(No specifics)

(118) - December 17, 1962, DCI memo re Earman Report on

Cuba [MISSING]

[Apparently not a meeting or phone call)

(Comments on Report on Missile Crisis, according to Elder)

(119) - December 18, 1962, DCI memo re. Earman Report on Cuba

[MISSING]

(120) - December 19, 1962, DCI memo re Earman Report on Cuba

[MISSING]

File: June 1, 1963 - February 9, 1963

(12) - January 21, 1963, phone call between DCI and

Eisenhower (transcript) about Cuba. (No mention of

assassination.)

File:: February 9, 1963 - April 9, 1963

(36) - March 5, 1963, Memo of DCI discussion with Attorney

General [No one

to see without DCI permission

[DESTROYED]

[According to Elder, dealt with wiretap of newsmen.)

(38) - March 7, 1963, Memo of conversation with Attorney

General at Hickory Hill (No one to see without DCI permission]

[DESTROYED]

(52) ~ March 30, 1963, DCI discussion with Eisenhower and

Lundahl on "current status of Cuba" [DESTROYED]

File: April 15, 1963 - June 1, 1963

(68) - Memo of DCI on Cuban Policy: "Random thoughts

developed by DCI on various aspects of the Cuban

problem

and the discussions at Standing Group prepared for

use by

representatives of DCI at meetings on this subject during

his absence from the country," April 25, 1963, contains.

the

following:

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"I agree with the ONE estimate that

Castro's political position will im-

prove within the next year (barring

assassination). "

The context clearly indicates, however, that DCI is not

proposing this.

(77) - DCI memo of May 18, 1963, on Haiti: contains this

statement:

"Apparently Duvalier, in the absence of assassi-

nation, will survive the efforts of internal opposition

elements...

" Context indicates DCI was not proposing or

considering assassination.

(61) - April 15, 1963, Memo of meeting between Attorney

General and Director of Central Intelligence

Angleton operation, Cuban sabotage proposals "about "Helms!

[DESTROYED]

(62) - April 17, 1963, Meeting of DCI and Rusk about:

"Helms/Angleton Project..."

(DESTROYED]

File: June 5, 1963 - July 20, 1963

Nothing Relevant

File: July 23, 1963 - November 26, 1963

(133) - August 20, 1963, Luncheon with DCI, Colonel Grogan,

Tom Ross of Chicago Sun Times [MISSING]

(138) - September 5, 1963, DCI and Bundy, "After Special Group"

[MISSING]

(138) - September 7, 1963, DCI and Papich [MISSING]

(138) - September 12, 1963, DCI and J. Edgar Hoover at

Justice Department

[MISSING]

Kennedy's house

[MISSENGI

(168) - November 26, 1963, DCI and

Bundy on message about

Kennedy assassination

[MISSING]

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(168) - November 15, 1963, DCI and Rusk: Sukarno had said

that British and CIA were plotting to kill him.

Rusk asked

if CIA had any information about a plot by British. DCI

said no.

File: November 27, 1963 - December 31, 1963

[Entire contents of file missing.]

From titles, nothing here appears relevant.

File: January 1, 1964 - February 11, 1964

Nothing. relevant.

File: February 12, 1964 - April 5, 1964

[Entire contents of file missing.]

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(25.5) - February 19, 1964, DCI and Fitzgerald:

"White House

Meeting - Situation Room - Re: Cuba"

[DESTROYED]

(36.1) - March 14, 1964, Meeting of DCI, Bundy, Helms

[DESTROYEDIg

(46) - April 5, 1964, Meeting of DCI and Rusk:

"EYES ONLY

NO DISTRIBUTION - FSO Richard Fredericks; Carl Rowan;

Republican Platform of 1960." [DESTROYED]

File: April 6, 1964 - July 8, 1964

(49) - April 16, 1964, Meeting with:

DCI, Justice Warren,

Senator Cooper,

Stern, Rankin, Willens of subject:

"Met in

DCI's Office"

MISSING

(58) - May 14, 1964, DCI, Rankin, Helms - Subject: "Warren

Commission

(accompanied by Mr. Helms).

Helms

saw commission

transcript and returned it to the commission."

"No MR

expected"

[MISSING]

(69) - Jüne 12, 1964, DCI, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Luce:

"Memos

used at lunch re:

Cuban

article in TIME" - NO DISTRIBUTION -

nothing on assassinations.

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File: JulY 8, 1964 - August 12, 1964

(No file under these dates.)

File: August 12, 1964 - September 10, 1964

Nothing relevant.

File: September 11, 1964 - October 31, 1964

(138) - October 15, 1964, DCI, Sam Papich - "NO DISTRIBUTION -

discussion re Walter Jenkins' matter." (DESTROYED]

(143) - October 22, 1964, DCI, Robert Kennedy: "In

Presidential Suite, NYC - Personal discussion EYES ONLY

JAM - NO DISTRIBUTION" [DESTROYED]

File: November 1, 1964 - December 31, 1964

Nothing relevant.

BOX 8: MEMORANDA OF MEETINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT

File: October 25, 1961 - July 31, 1962

(B) - December 14, 1961, at a meeting with the President

and General Taylor, DCI advised Kennedy that there were

possible dangers that he might be the subject of an assassi-.

nation attempt on his planned trip to Colombia and Venezuela,

which the CIA could not guarantee the safety of.

(6) - February 11, 1962, at a meeting with the President,

Bundy, and Taylor, DCI discussed efforts to convince one

Charles Murphy not to write a certain article for Life

magazine on some subject related to Cuba.

Apparently,

the

article was revised to DCI's satisfaction and then published.

(12) - May 7, 1962, at a meeting with the President and

Taylor, DCI discussed Operation Mongoose in some detail.

No mention of assassinations.

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File: July 31, 1962 - November 29, 1962 [actually covering

through Dec. 18, 1962]

(28) - July 20, 1962: At a meeting with the President,

Taylor, and Alexis Johnson, Mongoose was discussed.. No

mention of assassination.

(52) - October 26, 1962: At a meeting of NSC Executive

Committee, DCI discussed Mongoose.

No mention of assassination.

(55) - October 30, 1962: "Memo to DDCI outlining Presidential

Directive to CIA; no provocative actions by refugee groups;

estop Alpha 66; stop Mongoose ops; no contact with Press."

[MISSING]

(70) - November 29, 1962:

At a meeting of the NSC

Executive Committee (President absent), DÇI discussed

Mongoose. No mention of assassination.

File: January 1, 1963 - March 31, 1963

(7) - January 23, 1963 (4:30 p.m.): Meeting with President,

DCI, and Helms."

No memo present.

Listing does not indicate

whether or not memo was prepared, even though it generally

indicates when memos were not prepared.

Secretary's note

of 1/27/72 (MB) notes:

"No MR in file"

(8) - January 23, 1963 (4:45 p.M.): Meeting between DCI

and President - missing memo; same situation as #(7) above.

(28) - March 25, 1963:

In meeting with President, DCI

"reviewed the requirements for telephonic and audio surveillance

intelligence at selected embassies and foreign residences: within

the United States..."

President suggested that the DCI talk

with J. Edgar Hoover on this matter.

File: April 1, 1963 - July 1, 1963

(33) - April 16, 1963: In meeting with the President, DCI

discussed two methods of dealing with Castro:

(1) "Working

on" Castro to turn him from Soviets; (2) Pressuring USSP to

remove from Cuba and "then to bring about the downfall of

Castro by means which could be developed after the removal

of Soviet troops..."

No mention of assassination.

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(43) - May 27, 1963: In meeting of President, DCI, and

others, policy towards covert operations against Haiti were

discussed.

No mention of assassination.

(50) - June 19, 1963: In meeting with the President and

others, DCI discussed plans for covert operations against

Cuba, including "external sabotage."

Vague memo of record

Dy Desmond FitzGerald, but no mention of assassination.

File: July 1, 1963 - November 12, 1963

(74) - November 12, 1963: At a meeting of the President, DCI, .

and others, 'McCone

emphasized that to a very considerable

extent these [Cuban exile groups] are uncontrollable and

forecast that once Artime was in business, we might expect

some

events to take place which were not exactly to our liking."

(This was in a general discussion of covert actions against

Cuba; no mention of assassination.)

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File: November 23, 1963 - December 31, 1963

(1) November 23, 1963 (memo of November 25): DCI tola

GER

Lyndon B. Johnson of information received from Mexico City.

DCI later called Rusk to tell him of information from Mexico City?

...the holding of a Mexican employee of the Cuban embassy

by

Mexican officials for interrogation concerning Lee Oswald."

(4) November 25 and 26, 1963 (memo

of November 26): In

meetings with the President and the DCI, the President expressed

"contempt"

at Justice Department

suggestion of independent inves-

tigation of John F. Kennedy's assassination.

He instructed the

DCI to insure CIA cooperation with the FBI report.

(4) November 29, 1963: In a meeting with DCI, Lyndon B.

Johnson, McNamara, and Bundy, the DCI apparently gave latest

developments in Mexico City

investigation of Oswald.

A list

of "late developments" is in file, to be used for this

purpose.

(Obtain copy.)

File: January 1, 1964 - April 2, 1964

Nothing relevant.

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File: April 3, 1964 - May 20, 1964

(19) - April 7, 1964: Meeting of DCI, President, and others

re Cuba Covert Action.

Here DCI advocates strong program to obtain overall objective

set forth in a paper of June 8, 1963:

"The ultimate objective

of this policy would be to encourage dissident elements in the

military and other power.

centers of the regime to bring about the

eventual liquidation of the Castro/communist entourage

and the

elimination of the Soviet presence from Cuba.

'" (emphasis added)

[OBTAIN COPY]

File: May 21, 1964 - October 5, 1964

September 30, 1964: Meeting of "DCI; President; et al" to

discuss "Warren Commission Report - (to set up Presidential

Committee)" - No memo indicated to have been prepared.

File: October 6, 1964 - December 28, 1964

Nothing Relevant.

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BOX 1: 303 COMMITTEE, COUNTERINSURGENCY, SPECIAL GROUP,

CHRONO (1962)

File: 303 - January - December,

1963

Several sets of

minutes have the following notations after

paragraphs dealing with Cuban operations:

"See special

minutes for additional items.

" - No such "special minutes"

appear to be contained in this

file.*

However, this same nota-

tion appeared in connection with other subjects.

This file contains several discussions of the Haitian problem.

Although it's clear the participants would like to be rid of

suvaller, there is no mention of assassination.

Nothing else relevant.

File: January - December, 1964

Contains discussion of Haitian problem, and CIA agreed to

"explore methods of dealing with the Duvalier problem in

the immediate future."

(May 12, 1964)

*Other than certain memoranda prepared by McCone.

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The minutes of the June 18, 1964, meeting (dated June 22, 1964)

contained the following:

(OBTAIN COPY]

(signed by

Peter Jessup)

"A paper was discussed on alleged plans which involve

the underworld to assassinate certain Cuban leaders.

Mr. McCone was somewhat skeptical of the reported plots and

stated that he would like to go into the matter further..

Others, including Mr. Bundy, felt that the United States

was

being put on notice and should do everything in its power to

ascertain promptly the veracity of the reports and then under-

take prevention.

It was decided that Mr. Bundy would call the

matter to the Attorney General's attention as a matter of law

enforcement."

Mr. McCone's personal memorandum for the record on this

meeting (dated) June 18, 1964, contains substantially the same

information.

(OBTAIN COPY] It refers to a June

- 10, 1964, CIA

memorandum "reporting plans of Cuban exiles to assassinate

leading Cuban government leaders.

This memo apparently had

been sent to Special Group members and the Attorney General.

[OBTAIN COPY]

McCone's memo contains the following:

"ACTION:

Discuss with General Carter and Mr. Helms steps we

should

take to establish the credibility of the report; also

communicate with the FBI through Mr. Papich. Also I should

call the Attorney General

personally."

The official minutes of the July 30, 1964, 303 Committee

meeting (dated July 31, 1964) (referred to in 1967 IG report)

contain no mention of assassination or even of Cuba.

Mr. McCone's personal memorandum (dated July 31, 1964) had

only the following reference to Cuba:

"Proposed infiltration/exfiltration operations into Cuba

for

August were approved and the July operations were noted."

File: Counterinsurgency - January - June, 1962

Nothing relevant.

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Envelope - "Cuba Loose Ends"

Much information on Mongoose.

No mention of assassination.

Envelope containing FBI report of October 16, 1963, entitled

"Communism and

the Negro Movement - A Current Analysis"

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contains comments on Dr. King's personal life.

Relayed by

J. Edgar Hoover to! McCone.

File: "Cuba - Background Material"

This file contains only material relating to the Cuban missile

crisis. It contains no references

to any assassinations.

File: "White House"

This file, covering 1962 and 1963, contains correspondence

to,. from,

and of interest to

the

White House.

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BOX 5: MISCELLANEOUS

The file entitled "Cuba Package" does not appear to be in this

box.

The name of this file, however, appears on the page which

purports to list the files in the box..

File: Cuba 1962

Nothing relevant to assassinations.

File: Cuba 1964

February 21, 1964, memorandum for the Director of Central

Intelligence from

Desmond FitzGerald, Chief, Special Affairs

Staff, entitled "Spectrum of Courses of Action with Respect

to Cuba."

This nine-page memorandum outlines many possible

courses of action which the U.S. Government could take with

respect to Fidel Castro even including measures as drastic as

an actual invasion of the island by U.s. military forces.

however, contains no mention or reference to possible assassi-

nation of Castro.

BOX 6: MISCELLANEOUS

File: Presidential Briefing, December 22, 1964

Nothing relevant to assassination.

File: "M" File

Nothing relevant to our subject of interest.

File: "D" File

This file contains papers dealing with the services of Allen

Dulles as a consultant to the Agency after his retirement.

There is no mention of the subject in which we are interested.

File:

"W" File

Nothing relevant.

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BOX 4: MISCELLANEOUS

From the listing of files contained, nothing appeared likely

to contain relevant information.

Therefore, the files in this

box were not examined.

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