“was signed by Tracy Barnes (Duty Officer, p. 28) The duty officer recalled seeing this cable, and testified that he had heard that Allen Dulles had countermanded the cable authorizing the possible assassination attempt against Paul Castro. (Duty Officer, pp. 29-30) The reasons for …”
“… ware of plots to assassinate Fidel Castro. The evidence set forth herein relates to whether their superiors in the Agency, in particular Allen Dulles and John McCone, authorized or were aware of the assassination plots. . Dulles served as Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) from 1 …”
“Harvey and Helms for not briefing McCone, are set forth in Section (c) below.) (b) Did Allen Dulles Know of or Authorize the Initial Plots. Against Castro?* Both Allen Dulles and his Deputy (DDCI), * This testimony relates to the ’'airp …”
“… Group Suggesting Contingency Plans for the Overthrow of the Casto Government, but Ruling Out "Elimination" of Castro. January 13, 1960, Allen Dulles, in what was apparently the first Special Group discussion of a covert program to over- throw Castro, emphasized that "a quick eliminat …”
“… s 'an intelligence operation', I think someone said, was that not a cover designation? But we would not under any circumstances have told Allen Dulles that this was an intelligence collection operation. If I said that on Monday, I must have given a wrong impression." (Bissell Tr. 6/11, …”
“… ad. "The Chairman: How do you know, Colonel, that the project had been approved by these two gentlemen? "Edwards : I personally briefed Allen Dulles .. and Cabell." (Edwards, 5/30/75, pp. 5-6) ;J In his interview with the Rockefeller Commission, Edwards testified (Edwards interview, …”
“… only Mr. Bissell (Director of Plans, CIA) and two others in CIA were aware of the Giancana-Maheu activity in behalf of CIA’s program and Allen Dulles was completely) unaware of Edwards contact with Maheu in this connection. He added that Mr. Bissell, in his recent briefings of Gen. Tayl …”
“… tement regarding Dulles' knowledge about the operation was wrong, and testified that "it is just flatly contrary to my recollection that Allen Dulles was unaware of these contacts, ■ as I have testified several times" (Bissell, 6/11, p. 27).A When asked to speculate on why Edwards would …”
“… tally, I have no recollection of briefing those two gentle men except as members of the Board of Inquiry that I have described, of which Allen Dulles him self was a member--it is quite implausible that I would have briefed them on a matter which had been going on for some months, and …”
“way, by either Allen Dulles or Richard Bissell. (Harvey, 7/11/75, pp. 67-71) The 1967 Report prepared by the Inspector General for Helms states that Harvey said: " …”
“… ntelli gence Agency In The Eisenhower Administration. 1. Summary As discussed in the preceding section, the evidence as to whether Allen Dulles, CIA Director during the Eisenhower Administration, was informed of the Castro assassination operation is not clear. Even assuming that …”
“… r (Assistant Staff Secretary and the President's son) and from Thomas Parrott (Secretary to the Special Group and special assistant to. Allen Dulles). In summary. the evidence was: (i) Bissell testified that he did not inform the Special Group or President Eisenhower of the Castro …”
“… l Group meetings shows that a query concerning a plan to take "direct positive action" against Castro at a Special Group meeting caused Allen Dulles' Deputy, General Cabell, to advise that such action was beyond the CIA's capability. Gray, Goodpaster and John Eisenhower all affirmed …”
“… Director to inform the appropriate persons outside the Agency. Thus, the question of President Eisenhower's knowledge rests on whether Allen Dulles personally informed him of the Castro plot. (b) Assumptions Concerning Dulles. Based upon his belief that Dulles had been briefed abo …”
“… med Eisenhower. (Bissell 7/17, PP- 38-39-) He said, however, that he based his assumption on his knowledge of "command relationship, of Allen Dulles as an individual, and of his [Dulles'] mode of operations". (Bissell, 6/11, p. 6.) As Bissell explained, his guess that Dulles informed …”
“… action to assassinate Castro (Gray, p. 6) and no such suggestion was made by Bissell. (Gray, p. 37.) Gray testified he did not believe Allen Dulles would have approached President Eisenhower without informing Gray. Gray stated: "I find it very difficult to believe, and I do not beli …”
“… e to a desire on his part." (Goodpaster, p. 7.) . Secondly, according to Goodpaster, the relationship between President Eisenhower and Allen Dulles was quite different from that between the President and”
“John Foster Dulles. He said John Foster Dulles was a confidant of the President while Allen Dulles was not. (Goodpaster, p. 8.) 3. Thomas Parrott. Thomas Parrott, a CIA officer, served as Secretary of the Special Group, from 1957 thr …”
“… enhower told him that the United States had developed the atomic bomb at a time when this was highly * Parrott testified: "I saw him [Allen Dulles] several times a week for hours at a time. I had known him somewhat before . . . but I got to know him very well indeed during these four …”
“… d of the NSC meeting of March 10, 1960 (at which President Eisenhower was present) states that Admiral Arleigh Burke, in- commenting on Allen Dulles' statement that the Cuba covert action plan was in preparation, "suggested that any plan for the removal of Cuban leaders should be a pac …”
“14 &2D-Ti LCL general covert action plan reported by Allen Dulles at that meeting and to the general consideration given at that time in the U. S. Government to identify Cuban groups with which the U.S …”
“… UPOLVAEM 1 15 Admiral Burke's reference to a "package deal" for the removal of Cuban leaders was in direct response to a. comment by Allen Dulles recorded in the minutes that "a plan to affect the situation in Cuba was being worked on." (Gray Ex. 2, p. 9; Gray pp. 13-14). Gray sai …”
“… hand knowledge of high-level decision making in the early phases of the Castro assassination efforts. Bissell testified that he believed Allen Dulles had informed the President (although Dulles did not so inform him) and that accordingly the plots had been approved by the highest author …”
“… Bissell said since Dulles was the DCI, he "left the question of advising senior officials of the government and obtaining clearances in Allen Dulles’ hands" (Bissell, 6/9/75, pp. 29, 33). As with President Eisenhower, Bissell said that, based upon his testimony that Dulles knew about …”
“… he Presidential logs from the Kennedy Administration indicate only one meeting before the Bay of Pigs invasion, at which the President and Allen Dulles may have met privately. This meeting took place on March 25, 1961. (There is no record of the meeting. We feel compelled to state that th …”
“… els,' and that was specifically with respect to the President, to protect the President. And, therefore, the way in which I believe that Allen Dulles would have attempted to do that was to have indicated to the two successive Presidents the ■ general objective of the operation that was …”
“… ge of the operation if it should surface. "My belief -- a belief based, as I have said, only to me knowledge of command relationship of Allen Dulles as an individual, and of his mode of operations -- is that authorization was obtained by him in the manner that I have indicated. I used …”
“… of...[the] failure" of the operation (Bissell, 6/9/75, pp. 42,45). The members of the board were Robert Kennedy, General Maxwell Taylorj, Allen Dulles and Admiral Arleigh Burke. The panel examined the Bay of Pigs failure for several weeks and issued its report on June 13, 1961. The "Tayl …”
“… failure of the Bay of Pigs. (Bissell, 6/9/75, pp. 44-46;6/11/75, p. 39).. Bissell hastened to add that he had no reason to believe" that Allen Dulles, himself a board member, did not discuss the plots with one or more members (Bissell, 6/9/75, p. 46). NW 50955 DocId: 32423539 Page 130”
“… e 14 "I have no recollection of briefing those two gentlemen except as members of the Board of Inquiry that I have described, of which Allen Dulles himself was a member." (Bissell, '6/11/75, p. 27). As mentioned above. (Section (e), supra), Bissell testified that his briefings to the …”
“… hat Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy had been circumlocutiously advised ■ by Dulles of the assassination plot. Edwards told the FBI that "Allen Dulles was completely unaware of Edwards’ contact with Maheu" in connection with Cuban opera- tions. Bissell's explanation for Edwards statemen …”
“… Indeed, Harvey indicated that his perception of the authorization for the 1962 assassination activity may have come from the period when Allen Dulles was DCI. As Harvey stated: "But I had every right to believe organizationally, humanly, whatever way you want to put it, that nothing t …”
“… d Bissell Testified That He "Strongly Inferred" That the Assassination Effort Against Lumumba Was Authorized By President Eisenhower and Allen Dulles... ............ 114 NW 50955 DocId: 32423539 Page 246”
“… Lumumba, but that the moderate President of the Congo still respected Lumumba and refused to consider assassination. On August 25, 1960, Allen Dulles attended .a meeting of the Special Group -- the National Security Council subcommittee re- sponsible for the planning of covert operation …”
“-6- The next day, Allen Dulles personally signed a cable * to the Leopoldville Chief of Station which stressed the urgency of "removing" Lumumba: ** IN HIGH QUARTER …”
“… tention to the importance and sensitivity of the matter discussed. ** As discussed in Section 5(c), infra, Richard Bisell testified that Allen Dulles would have used the phrase "higher quarters" to refer to the President (Bissell, 9/10/75, p. 48). HW 50955 DocId: 32423539 Page 252”
“… a sent from CIA headquarters in an extraordinarily restricted "Eves Onlv" channel- including two messages under the personal signature of Allen Dulles. The lethal substances were never used by the Chief of. Station. But despite the fact that Lumumba had placed himself in the protective …”
“-18- On September 24, Allen Dulles personally issued a cable to Leopoldville expressing in absolute terms his.desire to "eliminate" Lumumba: WE WISH GIVE EVERY POSSIBLE S …”
“… 9/10/75, p. 14). O'Donnell said it was "inconceivable that Bissell would direct 11 - such a mission without the personal, permission of Allen Dulles (O'Donnell, 9/11/75, p. 44). But the question of authorization • was never raised by Bissell: . I assumed that he had authority from Mr …”
“… ony is strong enough to permit a reasonable inference that the assas- sination plot was authorized by the President. It is clear that Allen Dulles authorized the plot. At the least, the chronological relationship between strong Presidential or other White House expressions, of hosti …”
“… c tivity which might contribute to getting rid of Lumumba. (Minutes of Special Group Meeting, 25 August i960) The next day CIA Director Allen Dulles, who had attended the Special Group meeting, personally cabled to the Chief of Station in Leopold ville that Lumumba's "REMOVAL MUST BE …”
“-84- Council, Allen Dulles stated that Lumumba "would remain a grave ' danger as long as he was not yet disposed of" (Memorandum, 460th NSC Meeting, 9/21/60). Five …”
“… "any particular kind of activity which might contribute to getting rid of Lumumba" (Special Group Minutes, 8/25/60). At this meeting, DCI Allen Dulles commented that he had taken the comments referred, to seriously and had every intention of proceeding as vig- orously as. the situation p …”
“… ssell/Tweedy to Chief of Station, 9/19/60; see Section 4(a), supra). On September 21, in the presence of the President at an NSC meeting, Allen Dulles stated that Lumumba "remained a grave danger as long as he was not disposed of" (NSC Minutes, 9/21/60; see Section 7(a)(iv), infra). Fina …”
“… ent "was not a direct order to have an assassination" (Dillon, 9/2/75, p. 33). ' But, he testified that it was "perfectly possible" that Allen Dulles would have translated such strong Presidential language about "getting rid of" Lumumba into authorization for an assassination effort (D …”
“… ility personally that maybe, some of his successors wouldn't have been. And so I think that this is a perfectly plausible thing, knowing Allen Dulles. (Dillon, 9/2/75, p. 34.) Marion Boggs, who attended the meeting of August 18, as Acting Executive Secretary of the NSC, stated after r …”
“… eard the President's statement-—records only a brief, general discussion of developments in the Congo (NSC Minutes, 9/7/60). As part of Allen Dulles' introductory intelligence briefing on world events, the Memorandum related his remarks on the situation in the Congo following Kasavubu …”
“… uglas Dillon's testimony, the President could have made a general statement about "getting rid of" Lumumba with the intent to convey to Allen Dulles that there was implicit authorization for an assassination effort.. Third, despite general discussions about removing Lumumba, the Pr …”
“… treatment of the testimony of Gray, Goodpaster and Eisenhower. ** There were four standing members of the Special. Group at this time: Allen Dulles, Director of Central Intelligence; Gordon HW 50955 DocId: 32423539 Page 347”
“… that might / be used to "get rid of" Lumumba (Dillon, 9/2/75, p. 42). Dillon noted that the reference in the minutes to the fact . that Allen Dulles stated that he "had taken the comments . referred to seriously" probably pointed to the President's statement at the previous NSC meeting …”