COVER STORY FOR THE EGLIN AFB COVERT TRAINING FACILITY
Agency: ARMY
Originator: ARMY
From: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.
To: ALGER, CARPENTER
Document date: 09/13/1963
Document type: PAPER-TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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FROM: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR.

TO: ALGER, CARPENTER

TITLE: COVER STORY FOR THE EGLIN AFB COVERT TRAINING FACILITY

DATE: 09/13/1963

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SUBJECTS :

CUBAN EXILES - TRAINING FACILITIES

ANTI-CASTRO CUBANS

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September 13, 1963

MEMORANDUM FOR MAJOR GENERAL J. D. ALGER, USA

MAJOR GENERAL J. W. CARPENTER, ILI, USAR

(ALXIDAC)

SUBJECT:

Cover Story for the Eglin Air Force Base Covert

Training Facility

Reference:

CIA Memo, subject as above, dated 10 Sep 63

Altached is a CIA request for DOD approval of a proposed

cover bachatop and cover release story to be utilized in conjunction

with CIA use of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

The proposed backetop and coves story have been informally

coordinated with this office and Army and Ais Force action officers

and reflect the views of each.

Requeat comments on which to base a reply by the close of

business 17 Septezaber 1963.

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_ Joseph A. Califano, Fro

Joseph A. Califano, Jr.

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

WASHINGTON 25, D.C.

10 September 1963

MEVORANDUM FOR:

SUBJECT

HEE ERENCE

Office of the Secretary of the Army

(Mr. Califano)

: Cover Story for the Eglin Air Force Base

Covert Training Facility

: CIA Memo, Dated 18 June 1963, Subject:

Request

for Authority to Use Area in

Eglin Air Force Base for Covert Training

of Cuban Nationals

I. It is requested that authority be granted to use the

Commanding Officer, Us Army Ranger Training Camp, USAlS, &glIn

sover backstop

Al'3, Florida, as the cover backstop of the training project,

in referenced memorandum, and the personnel assigned this

project. The following are salient points in the cover story:

a.

Military personnel assigned to this project

will be placed on TDY to the US Army Element, Special

Activities Group (7754), Washington, D.C., and further

detached for duty to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

They will be attached to the Conmanding Officer, US

Army Ranger Training Camp, USAIS,

aglin ArB, Florida,

for quarters

and rations,

b..

Agency civilian personnel permanently assigned

this project will be assigned to the US Army Technical

Training Advisory Group (7764), Washington, D.C, with

auty station, giin Ars, Florida.

The Agency Chief of

Base will be designated

as Staff Coordinator and will

be responsible for the direction of this project. They

will also be attached to the 00, Ranger Camp, for

quarters and rations.

Agency civilian personnel proceeding on TDY

will use the aforementioned US Army Technical Training

Advisory Group as their cover.

• Authorized cover release story for the Commanding General,

Eglin AFB, is that he has been directed by Headquarters, USAF, to

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provide the Area for training, test and evaluation of survival

equipment and techniques. He is not authorized to make further

comment, and if a lurther statement is required of the Air Force,

this must come from Headquarters, USAT. It is suggested that

upon external inquiry Headquarters, Department of the Air Force,

decline any comment on the subject until the degree of inquiry

may be determined and a suitable reply be jointly prepared with

this Agency.

3. Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated

by this Agency.

FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PLANS:

JAMES W. FRANKLIN

GERALD E. MILLER

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