“ci- pant is appended, to ensure that you have access to the exact reporting as submitted. OBJECTIVES As desired by higher authority on 30 November 1961, the U.S. undertook a special effort "in order to help Cuba overthrow the Communist regime." After a review of operational plann”
“h 1962 1. Action: This memorandum contains the conclusions reached as a result of the reassessment o f the MONGOOSE operational plan, c ondu cted pursuant to your oral instructions to Mr. Helms on 5 April 1962. The recommendations for action are contained in Paragraph 11 below. 2”
“NW 50955 DocId: 32203768 Page 18 objection to public disclosure No DoD 00 P.L. 102-526, except for creto- pursuant NO OBJECTION PERSONS/ENTITIES: present NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL NorK 2/23/94 22 K 8/10/98 DATES: 2/8/94 CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND”
“BP 3°CAlREp Eon %a^>1^ d -40- Mongoose that "you're in a combat situation where we have been given full command". Secretary of Defense McNamara confirmed that "we were hysterical about Castro at the time of the Bay of Pigs and thereafter". Many of the plans that were dis”
“nting the Operational Plan Approved at the Meeting of the Special Group (Augmented) on 16 March 1962 1. Action: This memorandum contains the conclusions reached as a result of the reassessment of the MONGOOSE operational plan, conducted pursuant to your oral instructions to Mr. H”
“infiltration teams for resisitence purposes into Cuba "will of course depend upon policy approvals by higher authority and the amount of support we can count on thereunder." "It is our opinion that there is an excellent chance such a revolt could be incited SOURCE: STAFF: (CON”
“Tana 3 1 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON 25, D. c. JZ 0 33 31 %ay 1962 OPNOTIVE CLOAHD FOR THE SPECIAL GROUP (AUCH ENTED) From: Drip. Gen. Lansdale Sd Subject: Operation Mongoose Progress Intellience build-up by CIA includes efforts to recruit a Cuban ”
“to use propaganda and economic pressure--both covert to build ultimately toward a hoped for and ove r. through s abotage internal revolt of the Cubans themselves. Liberal use was made of Cuban exiles, initially primarily infiltrated for intelligence gathering purposes and later f”
“by Castro in the hemisphere. A complete review of MONGOOSE was set toward the end of July. Taylor emphasized need for summaries of results "and a statement of future al- ternatives open to the U.S. should be developed, 11 Looking into proposal to subsidize Jagoe purchases of D”
“the overthrow of the Castro regime. The plan was to use propaganda and economic pressure--both cove rt to build ultimately toward a hoped for and over. through sabotage internal revolt of the Cubans themselves. Liberal use was made of Cuban exiles, initially primarily infiltrated”
“Cuba." The Navy states that the new area is feasible and State has concurred in the theme and content of the broadcast. They will take place around the end of the month__ No_proposals for actions-by—the-Depa-r-tment- of State have been submitted since the appointment of State'”
“NW 50955 DocId:32203771 Page 8 NO OBJECTION as NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL excised CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RV 1/6/94 RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT dec 7/12/93 PERSONS/ENTITIES: LANSDALE, - *, 1 DATES: MONGOOSE CATEGORIES: Special Group Augmented”
“PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: CATEGORIES: .Special Group Augmented LANSDALE,’ 1 MONGOOSE Mar 13, 1962 CUBA Y, Card 1 of 2 OCCURRENCE: The planning for Operation MONGOOSE was prepared on a format of separate -planning—for-each-department and-agency-involved.—Revised-planning-alon”
“50955 D o c Id : 3 2 2 8 1 8 4 1 10 Oral 0 .rt Page 4 Co6039e 2s) or3 -K ZEU 94 02 00 CAN 2 Chle 18 9- PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: CATEGORIES: Special Group Augmented LANSDALE, I MONGOOSE, Mar 13, 1962 CUBAN OCCURRENCE: Y, Card T of Z The planning for Operation MON”
“cument No. No.20 20 OPERATION MONGOOSE PRIORITY OPERATIONS SCHEDULE 21 MAY 30 JUNE 1962 TASK PURPOSE CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT AS SANITIZED 23JURE98 6(1)(B)(C) OSAI NO OBJECTION AS RASTEN 17 May 1962 CONSIDERATIONS (DOC #214 12 PP PO”
“101.) pr^^rT -40- 3 0e 0981i Mongoose that "you're in a combat situation where we have been given full command". Secretary of Defense McNamara confirmed that "we were hysterical about Castro at the time of the Bay of Pigs and thereafter".. Many of the plans that were discus”
“TOP SECRET ■ NT 29:-390N - * 1 ■ The Chairman askedfthe DCI whether' the MONGOOSE.activity : presented ' any particular"intelligence problem in the Cuba- that it had McCone-said that situation. Mr. McConesaid had not. He said that in the MONGOOSE activity the Special Group ”
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“Castro govern ment by internal means without direct U.S. military intervention, and that the Special .Group Augmented favored a more agressive Mongoose program. (Memo from Taylor to President.) Shortly thereafter, on August 23, McGeorge Bundy issued NSC Memo Number 181 to ”
“13-00000 SECRET 30 October 1962 URGENT MEMORANDUM FOR: General Marshall S. Carter At the Executive Committee meeting this morning, the President directed as follows: 1. CIA do everything possible to insure no refugee or emigre provocative actions against Cuba are underta”
“nded. ( ・HARVEY #2 TH E WHITE HOA A i 10 April 1962 迟 MELIORANDUM FOR: THROUGH: SUBJECT: Director of Central Intelligence Deputy Director (Plans) - Operation MONGOOSE Appraisal of Effectiveness and Results which can be Expected from Implementing the Operational Plan Approved at t”
“plans and actions to the SGA for approval. This prior approval was the core of the SGA's role. .. -- Mongoose aimed for the overthrow of the Castro regime. The plan was to use propaganda and economic pressure--both covert to build ultimately toward a hoped for and over. through s”
“io ns to the SGA for approval. This prior approval was the core of the SGA's role. .. -- Mongoose ai med for the overthrow of the Castro regime. The plan was to use propaganda and economic pressure--both covert to build ultimately toward a hoped for and over. through sabotage int”
“13-00000: SECRET 30 October 1962 URGENT MEMORANDUM FOR: General Marshall S. Carter At the Executive Committee meeting this morning, the President directed as follows: 1. CIA do everything possible to insure no refugee or emigre provocative actions against Cuba are und”
“the MONGOOSE program. Mr. McNamara questioned whether we cannot separate the building up of agent assets within Cuba from actions that would hurt the U.S. in the eyes of world opinion. This led to the sug / gestion by General Taylor that we should consider changing the over”
“HARVEY 3 5 Ver Janie 2x18 7-0-75 MONGOOSE 18 10 August 1962 1 MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD SUBJECT: Minutes of Meeting of Special Group (Augmented) on Operation MONGOOSE, 10 August 1962 PRESENT: State: Mr. Rusk, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Martin, Mr. Goodwin, Mr. Hurwitch # White”
“Gen. Lansdale, Richard Goodwin re"...summary of the major decisions which have been made in regard to the Cuba Operations" from Goodwin. M. 8/10/62 Memorandum for Record re "Minutes of Meeting of Special Group (Augmented) on Operation MONGOOSE, 10 August, 1962. N. 8/13/62 M”
“available assets. to help Cuba overthrow the Communist regime". (Lansdale Ex. 17, Memorandum to the Secretary of State, Defense, et al., November 30, 1961). aw Important organizational changes were made in establishing Operation MONGOOSE. a. The Special Group Augmented.”
“TMENT OF DEFENS ΕΠΙΟ STATENULAURICA UL OLULI OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON 25. D. C. Status of Operation Mongoose Report to Policy Group, 11 April 1962 By Brig. Gen. Lansdale 11 April 1962 We are in the fourth week of the Special Group's revised plan for Operation”
“NW 50955 DocId: 32203774 OBJECTANO/OR Sssa AS SANITIZED -lee- Page 18 11-4-94 PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: CATEGORIES: SPECIAL GROUP AUGMENTED, MONGOOSE, June 27, 1962 Special Group Augmented LANSDALE, TAYLOR, JOHNSON, GIL- June 21-25, 1962 MONGOOSE Harris / Craig 7/1/62”
“D. Operation Mongoose 1. The Creation of Operation Mongoose. In November 1962 the proposal for a major covert program to overthrow Castro was' developed. Richard Goodwin, a special assistant to President Kennedy, and Edward Lansdale, a military officer with experience in ”
“subsidy and support of Cuban exile groups. E. It is recommended that the Mongoose operational mechanism be abolished. F. If you concur in this concept, specific recommendations will be made to you concerning the re-positioning of Task Force W within the DD/P. WILLIAM K. HARV”
“13-00000 TOP-SECRET ) early June, McCone suggested forming a committee to negotiate such a release. Robert Kennedy was generally sympathetic, but did not at that time request covert support for the project. The subject was left for further discussion, with an agreement tha”
“Mongoose, designed to culminate in October, 1962, with an "open revolt and overthrow of the Communist regime." (Lansdale Ex. 11, Program Review of the Cuba Project, 2/20/62, p. 2). As one of the operations for the "Resistance" phase proposed for September, 1962, Lansdale ”
“TOP SECRET OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON 25, D. C. A 73311 0 4 SENSITIVE MEMORANDUM FOR THE SPECIAL GROUP (AUGMENTED) From: Brig. Gen. Lansdale SL 12 March 1962 CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO 8/3 $ Subject: Policy Questions, Operation Mongoose DECLASSIFI”
“Helms Ex Z. OV 12 — 6/13/75 25a 13 C 0% 14 August 1962 MAR MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director (Plans) 1 W SUBJECT :Operation MONGOOSE 1. Action. None. This memorandum is for your information. 2. Reference is made to our onversation on 13 August 1962, concerning the”
“AMrtizeo MARV21 68 3 1 41 94 CIA HAS NO OBJECTION R 00 DEFEASEOF IMSB000Mp0 I(e) 3 May 1962 M4 MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD SUBJECT : Minutes of Meeting of Special Group (Augmented) on Project Mongoose, 3 May 1962 PRESENT: General Taylor; Mr. Kennedy; Mr. Johnson; Mr. Gilpat”
“IVl VLOILI Mr. Clifford said he had run across the phrase, MONGOOSE, on several occasions, and asked what this involved. The DCI then explained briefly the MONGOOSE project and how it was set up. He said that after his discussion with the President and Attorney General last f”
“om USIA, Robert Hurwitch from State. NW 66000 Docld:32423491 Page 8 NW 66000 Docld:32423491 Page 9 6 Beginning in August 1962, but particularly in October 1962, the Mongoose plan for a build up toward a Cuban revolution was upset by the Cuban missile crisis. For the first time Cu”
“NW 50955 DocId: 32203778 Page:23. CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT AS SANITIZED JC 6 Apr 94 (D)CA) PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: CATEGORIES: SPECIAL GROUP-AUGMENTED, MONGOOSE, July 19, 1962 [ Special Group Augmented TAYLOR,RFK, JOHNSO”
“imately code-named "Operation Mongoose," 4/Interview with Bromley Smith, May 8, 1975. NW 66000 Docld :32423491 Page 7 5 was under the overall policy direction of the Special Group (Aug- mented) ("SGA"). The SGA was chaired by General Maxwell Taylor, who had conducted the study of”
“Cuba and the reasons fo r the failure of the Bay of Pigs a nd operatio n. Attorne y Gener al Robert Kennedy was also a vigorous participan t in its activities and to many seemed the principal driving force.5/ General Edward Lansdale was personally selected by the President as the”
“NW 50955 D ocld:32203771 P a g e 11 NO OBJ-C COUNCIL - NATIONAL SECURITAS Revived on by NSA 1/10/94 GME To Mon 1/6/94 defer Release in Part X Should be Marked SECRET SPOKE PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: CATEGORIES: SPECIAL: GROUP-AUGMENTED, MONGOOSE, July 11, 1962 Special ”
“NW 50955 DocId: 32203774 Page 17 OBJECTAND/OR CIAHASNEICATION AND/OR DECEASE OF THISIP AS SANITIZED DOCUMENT 00 1-4-44A (1) (B) PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: CATEGORIES: SPECIAL GROUP AUGMENTED, MONGOOSE, June 27, 1962 Special Group Augmented LANSDALE, TAYLOR, JOHNSON, GIL”
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“s to Cuba, at a number of free world ports, have been estab- lished. Mr. McCone can provide details. In the more dramatic sector, the infiltration of teams into Cuba, CIA reports one team in place, a second team on the way, and two more ready for next week. The pace was adjusted ”
“NW 50955 DocId:32203771, Page 12 CIAHASME DBJEv1 ON TO (C) DECLASSKOF THIS DOCUMENT . NO OBJECTION L RELEAJE7ED AS SANITIZE 7/12/93 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL lee PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: CATEGORIES: 1 LANSDALE, HARVEY, MONGOOSE, SPECIAL July 24, 1962 MONGOOSE . 062 GR”
“ey could be "plausibly denied" by the U.S. Government, or at least by the President. As Ric hard Hel ms stated before the Select Committee: ...(the) Special Group was the mechanism...set up ...to use as a ci rcuit-breaker so that these things did not explode in the President's fa”
“NW 50955 DocId:32203771 Page 9 o (1/NV183) N/04- ENT CIA Do NO OBJECTION NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL A In 7/12/93 PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: CATEGORIES: SPECIAL GROUP AUGMENTED, MONGOOSE, June 20, 1962 • Special Group Augmented l Lansdale, TAYLOR, JOHNSON, GIL- July-31”
“NW 50955 2 DocId: 32203768 1 1 Page 1 2 PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: CATEGORIES: _Etul07 UMAGUMBNsLLy-NG0GGE, July 11, 1962 Special Group Augmented —LANSDALE,TAYLOR, JOHNSON,-GIL= MONGOOSE y - PATRICK, MCCONE, RFK,LEMNITZERT OCCURRENCE: Notice to Special Group that op”