“… SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 42 H 25 July 1962 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SPECIAL GROUP (AUGMENTED) From: Brig. Gen. Lansdale Subject: Review of Operation Mongoose This is the Operations report at the end of Phase I. It has been compiled to assist you in reviewing Operation Mongoose thus far and in det …”
“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”
“this has been a remarkably quiet operation, well within the "noise" and "visibility" limits imposed. Higher authority has been kept informed of progress through the Special Group (Augmented), by frequent reports. The Special Group has provided policy guidance, as required, in Pha”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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”
“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 (”
“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”
“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 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”
“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”
“heads of these departments and agencies are responsible for performance through normal command channels to higher authority. _ (Guideline for Operation Mon goose, March 14, 1962, p.2) * The initial draft of these. Guidelines had referred to the President but was later ame”
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“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”
“"Operation MONGOOSE", dated 5 March 1962, on file in Gen Craig’s office 4 Enclosure A TOP SECRET-SPECIAL HANDLINGNOFORN-”
“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”
“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.”
“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; ”
“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”
“ssile crisis, the Special Group (Augmented) was disbanded. ( ・HARVEY #2 THE WHITE HOA A i 10 April 1 962 迟 MELIORANDUM FOR: THROUGH: SUBJECT: Director of Central Intelligence Deputy Director (Plans) - Operation MONGOOSE Appraisal of Effectiveness and Results which can be Expected”
“- 26 - At the same time, however, the record shows that the Special Group Aug- mented turned away from proposed sabotage arid similar violent action throughout 1962, including the period of the Missile Crisis. (See p. above.) Thus, Helms noted in a memorandum of a meeting”
“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." Lookingaintorproposal to-subsidize icon: Oulo purchaser ofL Dominicamosugars Japanese nm:==**t*”
“lson (USIA). My assessment of the organization, planning, and actions to reach the goals in Phase I: Intelligence. CIA had the main assignment to acquire the "hard-intelligence" desired. The headquarters and field staff of CIA are now well organized for a major effort for this as”
“c. CIA Organization for Mongoose. In late 1961 or early 1962, William Harvey was put in charge of the CIA's Task Force W, the CIA arm for Mongoose Operations. Task Force U operated under the Special Group Augmented and em ployed some 400 people at CIA headquarters and at t”
“support costs. Although McCone was skeptical about the aims and operations of MONGOOSE, he believed the CIA bore a special responsibility to collect intelligence on Cuba. He therefore told the President that this collection effort had produced a substantial amount of hard in”
“$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 ”
“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 ”
“- 25 - Bundy, speaking to the Group, 11 made it clear that this did not constitute a blanket approval of every item in the paper, and that sensitive ones such as sabotage, for example, will have to be presented in more detail on a case by case basis. 79 (Memo of Special ”
“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”
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“11 6/13/75 14 August 1962 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director (Plans) SUB JECT Operation MONGOOSE 1. Action. None. This memorandum is for your information. 2. Reference is made to our conversation On 13 August 1962, concerning the memorandum of that date from eneral Lansda”
“- 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”
“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”
“Mu0° wa 7 TO0T9FYY bim vistal t -44- event, McCone went no further. He issued no general order banning consideration of assassination within .the Agency. One of the. programs forwarded to General Lansdale by the Defense Department in the Mongoose program was entitled ”
“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”
“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”
“0 -29719767N -44- ri4 2*Lal- 1 event, McCone went no further. He issued no general order banning consideration of assassination within the Agency. One of the programs forwarded to General Lansdale by the Defense Department in the Mongoose program was entitled tt Operati”
“UMBER : 157-1 0014-10103 RECORD S SERIES: MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS OF THE CHUR CH COM MITTTEE AGENCY FI LE NUMBER : 07-M-09 ORIGINATOR : SSCIA FROM : TO : DOCUMENT I NFORMAT ION TITLE: FDB: O PERATION MONGOOSE DATE : 00/00/75 P AGES: 4 6 SUBJECTS: OPERA TION MONGOOSE DOCUMENT TYPE: ”
“subsidy and support of Cuban exile groups. i* Xt is recommended that the Mongoose operational mechanism be abolished. F. If you concur in this concept, specific recommendation will be made to you concerning the re-positioning of Tysk Force *within the DD/Psy-; r° WILLIAM K”
“If Goodwin's recollection was as uncertain as he swore it was in his testimony, it is difficult to understand how he could have spoken in the terms he testified he did to the author of the magazine article, particularly in view of Goodwin's statement that "it's not a light mat”
“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”
“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 ”
“OPERATION MONGOOSE DATE : 00/00/75 PAGES: 46 SUBJECTS: OPERATION MONGOOSE DOCUMENT TY PE : SP EC IA L GROUP REP ORT CLASSIFICATION : TOP SECRET RESTRICTION S : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS: POSTPONED IN FULL DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 01/05/99 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS: CCBOX 450 1 NW 66”
“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”
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“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”
“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”