“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”
“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”
“SE EASTED STATESURAMEDIC $ OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON 25. D. C. 11 April 1962 203 The Department of State has no objection to the release or declassification of this document in full under the provisions of the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (”
“NW 50955 DocId: 32203777 Page 11 As .NO OBJECTION UNCIL exersel NATIONAL SECUHITY/Gou NN 10/5/94 No DoD objection to public disclosure pursuant to P.L. 102-526.6604/ 3/12/94 PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: CATEGORIES: GENERAL LANSDALE, MCGEORGE BUNDY 4 Sept 1962 MONGOOSE (Pha”
“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”
“expected on June 22, 1962. SOURCE: Memorandum for the Special Group Augmented STAFF: from Lansdale re: Progress, Operation MONGOOSE, 20 June 1962 (00397-00398) di Genova FILE: DATE: July 1, 1975”
“as to how much latitude would be allowed the operating elements of the government, within broad policy lines. The Chairman indicated that it would not be a simple matter to delegate responsibilities of this kind to any great degree. 10. Mr. Bundy then raised the basic q”
“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”
“TbrD TOP SECRET-NOFORN — T 0, SPECIAL HANDLING IS 0 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON 25, D.C. 13 August 1962 MEMORANDUM FOR WILLIAM HARVEY, CIA ROBERT HURWITCH, STATE CEN. BENJAMIN HARRIS, DEFENSE■ 1«X DON WILSON, USIA From: Brig. Gen. Lansdale Ed S”
“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”
“OF MEETING OF SPECIAL STAFF: DiGenova GROUP AUGMENTED ON PROJECT MONGOOSE, 3 MAY 1962. (00023) FILE: DATE: 7/2/75”
“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”
“17 1 CAM - Hove ash2***** TOP, SECRET 154 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 chi 1 appointment by the President a year ago. 1. 2 "The Attorney General then stated that in view of this 5 lack of progress, he was going to give Operation MONGOOSE more 4 personal attention. In or”
“for different categories of programs. The coordinator was 20 General Lansdale, and' the Chairman of the Committee was General 21 Taylor. 22 Mr. Schwarz. Would you turn to Lansdale Tab 38, please?i 23 Where is the August 8 document that transmits the new 24 guidelines fo”
“State has concurred in the theme and content of the broadcast. They wi11—take_p1ace-around-the-end of the-month.—No-proposals—for-actions-by-the Department— of State have been submitted since the appointment of State's special representative, Mr. Hurwitch. They are expected on”
“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”
“TOP SECRET 1-4 32 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 1 Senator Baker. Which documents? 2 Mr. Bundy. Documents which the Committee staff 3 has provided. 4 Mr. Schwarz. We have them. 5 Senator Baker. Tell me what they are. 6 Mr. Schwarz. November 30, 1961, Tab — is that Tab H 7 or ”
“SECRET - SENSITIVE - 6 - 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, 196”
“HW 50955 CIAHASNOOBJECTIONTO DECLASSIFICATIORAND/OR RELEASEO FTHISD OCUM ENT ASSANITIZED ' - DocId: 32203776 Page 17 1 0 Je Dec93 ( I) (A ) PERSONS/ENTITIES : DATES : CATEGORIES : RFK / WALT ELDER GENERAL LANSDALE 9/14/62 MONGOOSE MCGEORGE BUNDY (VI)) G2MS3H3”
“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”
“atproscr ng esun C 0 inH, 8 • % DRAFT MONGOOSE Minutes 9/6/62 TAP /mm Le 9 MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD SUBJECT: Minutes of Meeting of the Special Group (Augmented) on S0 3 178-10003-10090 178-10004-10264 Operation MONGOOSE, 6 September 1962 PRESENT: Mr. McGeorge Bundy; ”
“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”
“NW 50955 DocId: 32203777 Page 2 NO OBJECTICOUNCIL on to CIA defora 93 deletion d i c i t e d 3 DEC NATIONAL SECURITY COUNT defer to NSA MOOT 1/5/94 JC informinitio 0 A NSA delete Bracketed Grace Mas 3/1/94 Alc 6(1)(c) PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: CATEGORIES: SPEGHAL”
“A3 bs OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON 25, D.C. 13 August 1962 MEMORANDUM FOR WILLIAM HARVEY, CIA !7.ROBERT HURWITCH, STATE GEN. BENJAMIN HARRIS, DEFENSE -< «S BON WILSON, USIA From: Subject: Brig. Gen. Lansdale Alternate Course B Ed Wtye>U.S k . ”
“HW 50955 D o c Id : 32203777 NO OBJECTION Page 15 ITO Cl D/OR NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL 33 DU UMENT IZED AS DEC 93 Je PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: CATEGORIES: WALT ELDER / RFK GENERAL LANSDALEL. 9/14/62 MONGOOSE MCGEORGE BUNDY Special Group Augmented BRUCE. C-55090 (CI”
“NW 50955 DocId: 32203777 Page 14 ■ CIAY NO 004 • DECUS (lh DOCUMENT NO OBJECTION as excised NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL RELER -VED AS Sh 0 DEC 23 1/5/94 T1/11 8 PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: Walt ELDER, RFK, GENERAL LANSDALE, CATEGORIES: 9/14/62 MONGOOSE ~ MOGEORGE B”
“HW 50955 ( O C3 7 DocId: 32203777 € 1 $ 5 $ Page 4 % As NO OBJECTION am s SECURITY COUNCIL NATIONAL bclU ■ / a No DoD objection to public disclosure Roan 10/5/94 pursuant to- NOLO P.L. 102-526, 6t00plor 13/12/94 PERSONS/ENTITIRS: DATES: CATEGORIES: GENERAL ”
“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”
“13-00000 / TOP SECRET supported the notion of dynamic action, but urged that such action not be reckless. Consequently, he recommended that the Lansdale group report to the 5412 oversight committee, which was properly qualified to give political guidance and evaluate propo”
“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 ”
“7 NW 50955 u (z DocId:32203768 Page 9 PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: CATEGORIES: Oct. 6, 1960 Special Group MONGOOSE OCCURRENCE: Cont) Card 3 of 3 Presidential Authorization smorudineasomeaGernanssinathis group and that weawouldstalk informally s emphasized that he was as”
“[178-10003-10090] 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK Assassination System Date: 8/27/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY : KISS/SCOW RECORD NUMBER: 178-10003-10090 RECORD SERIES : CHURCH COM. AGENCY FILE ”
“need for summaries of results "and a statement of future al- boking ternatives open to the .U.S, should be developed." LLoolk into proposal to subsidize. .................. JaponeQuTime McCone-said from thaths ____ ___ ____ ___ — hadhcts ___ experts nformed him - • "from a”
“SOURCE: Memorandum for the Special Group Augmented-S STAFF from Lansdale re: Institutional Planning, Operation MONGOOSE, 13 March 1962 (00206-00213) «pi l(iidi Genova rit PARES July 1, 1975 FILE: VG 00 TO GPOR DE 31 Dec 93 DocId: 32203776 Page 45 AS S 14 ge (1) (0)”
“excluding the participation of other Agency members within the strict security guidelines laid down by the President. Further, McCone directed the Board of National Estimates and the DD/I to undertake a continuing evaluation of MONGOOSE, viewing such precautions as a major st”
“13-00000 ( C A. A gradual but substantial reduction in the expenditures and personnel of Task Force W. B. Consideration of the re-positioning of Task Force W within the Clandestine Service, possibly as a major component of the WH Division under different direction. C. Th”
“13-00000 6. 11. Mr. Gray then asked if the situation in January looks different than it did in August, would there be accelerated operations. The Director said he would re-open the whole question if that was the case. Mr. Pace returned to the subject of Guantanamo and s”
“14-00000 A, A gradual but substantial reduction in the expenditures and personnel of Task Force W. B. Consideration of the re-positioning of Task Force W within the Clandestine Service, possibly as a major component of the WH Division under different direction. C. The abol”
“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”
“- 23 - an opportunity to debate and decide after weighing the strengths and weaknesses of any given proposed action. (Harvey, 6/25, pp. 114, 124). a. The Documentary Evidence The documentary evidence illustrates the tight control pro cedures set out for Mongoose by the”
“$2.5- M iS e m % 2. " TOP SECRET Phone (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 56 *153 1 © Mr. Smothers. Mr. Bundy, I am going to read through this 2 memorandum and ask you a couple of questions. about that. It’s 5 a memorandum from Helms for the record on MONGOOSE. mite 4 ”
“16 DATE EXEMPTED? JS RE-REVIEW DATE: 310207037 OKAY TO TRELEASE AS TUEDACTICA [R] ITEM IS RESTRICTED The Department of State has no objection to the release or declassification of this document in full under the provisions of the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (”
“NW 50955 D ocId: 32203777 Page 5 NSA Delete bracketed NO 0BJECT0COUNCIL porti on m6 (D(c)Bmas 3/ 1/ 9 4 NATIONAL SECURITYASM PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: CATEGORIES: LANSDALE, General 9/14/62 MONGOOSE Special Groups Augmented OCCURRENCE: As reflected in the 14 Sept. 196”
“ng Operation Mongoose thus far and in determining the best course of U.S. action for the future. 156 This Operations report contains the contribution of each major participant, on objectives, on the planning and operational activity to win these objectives, and on future possibil”
“14-00000 MONGOOSE (Operation) 1. BLAKEY Request, 12 Sept 77 (OLC #77-3890) ...this will also confirm the oral request for all Agency files on the following.... Operations "MONGOOSE” and ”COBRA”... 2 O/SECURITY MEmo No RECORD (GAMBINO, 19 OCT 77) to OLC”
“NW 50955 DocId: 32203771 P age 3. TOCI) (B) Asexci NO OBJECTIOMOUNCL s ed CIA HAS DECLASS** RELEASE JECIION MONT eghio ARD/OR DETHIS DOCUMENT C NATIONAL SECURITY COB AS SANITIZED 7/12/93 NM 1/6/94 Lee PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: f CATEGORIES: ! Oct. 6, 1960 Special ”
“approved for March 16-31, 1962, develop intelligence potential of Cuban "colonies" in U.S., develop additional interrogation centers in other areas by 31 March 1962 in South America and SOURCE: Memorandum for the Special. Group Augmented 7 ASRAFER from Lansdale re: Institutio”
“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”
“0 HW 50955 Docld: 32203773 CIAHASNOOBJECTIONTO Page 9„ DECLASSIFICATIONAND/OR RELEASEOFTHISDOCUMENT ASSANITIZED ' C )(4 ) /a Mar9% PERSONS/ENTITIES: DATES: CATEGORIES: WALT ELDER • 9/14/62 MONGOOSE I (VID) THSASE BRUCE Special Group Augmented use -3 0 N 9 8 4 0 0 ”
“A. A gradual but substantial reduction in the expenditures and personnel of Task Force W. B. Consideration of the re-positioning of Task Force within the Clandestine Service, possibly as a major component of, the WH Division under different direction. C. The abolition of the”