OUTLINE OF COVERT OPERATIONS
Agency: BUCHEN/DAN
Originator: DOD
From: RECORD
To: LANSDALE, EDWARD
Document date: 10/31/1962
Document type: MEMORANDUM

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ORIGINATOR: DOD

FROM: LANSDALE, EDWARD

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RECORD

TITLE:

OUTLINE OF COVERT OPERATIONS

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10/31/1962

ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVITIES

CIA

CLANDESTINE OPERATIONS

KENNEDY, ROBERT

LANSDALE, EDWARD

OPERATION MONGOOSE

DOCUMENT TYPE: MEMORANDUM

CLASSIFICATION: Secret

RESTRICTIONS: IA

CURRENT STATUS: Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/28/1993

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

WASHINGTON 25, D.C.

31 October 1962

FOR THE RECORD

By Brig. Gen. LansdaleSt

Subject: Outline of Covert Operations !

Last night, Deputy Secretary Gilpatric asked me to give him a

brief outline, by this morning, of Operation Mongoose in the light

of current US-USSR negotiations re Cuba. I was to cover present

status of operations, resources, and sketch in future possibilities.

I wrote the outline, based on current reports from the Mongoose

operations team and my staff. Only two copies were typed.

I showed the outline to Mr. Gilpatric this morning as he rode

out to the airport, to catch his flight to New York.. I noted the

exceptional sensitivity of the information in the outline. He acknowl-

edged its sensitivity, said the outline was precisely what he had in

mind, and that I should hold the paper rather than his taking it. He

then asked me to show it to Secretary McNamara and to the Attorney

General. I did so, today.

The outline was read by Mr. Frank Hand, Mra Bruce) Cheever,

and by Lt-Col Patchell. I gave its general information to General

Johnson. Cheever said that the figures were the same he had given

me, for CIA operations; he noted that CIA intelligence reporting

was spotty now, due to lack of mail deliveries from Cuba.

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