14-00000 CE Cav k. Y in a 24 May 1963 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Special Group 5412 Meeting - 23 May 1963 98 1. After general discussion the North Viet Nam paper as presented by Colby was approved with the exception of Item b. State took
hands of a special group." Jake Esterline and Jim Flannery (Executive Officer of the DDP at the time of the Bay of Pigs) both disclaimed knowledge of any memorandum prepared by Hunt. A search of WH/4 records failed to surface any such report. • 283 -
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 pr
of this kind within the bounds of necessity and capability. It was finally agreed that planning for the Congo would not necessarily rule out 'consideration' of any particular kind of activity which might contribute to getting rid of Lumumba. (Special Grou
20 done against Cuba. As soon as that was more or less agreed 21 upon, my understanding of this, as I told you, the three-man 22 group was disbanded or atrophied or went on to other things 23 and then the formal mechanism came in for approval, that is,
upward from the Agency or the Defense Intelligence 23 Services, which would come to the Special Group. 24 And the other was when the President had an interest-- 25 and I did have an interest from time to time in these TOP SECRET NW 50955 Docld:
12 sous ovs tror onryt voting 1 Mr. Schwars. Would you read into the record, Mr. Goodwin, 2 this is a memorandum for the files dated June 1, 1961, subject 3 Report of Point Raised at meeting with Vice President. 4 Would you read into the record the se
King, Chief, Western Hemisphere Division to the Acting DCI. Minutes of the Special Group of January 12, 1961. PERTINENT RELATIONSHIPS President Eisenhower Gray was the President's liaison to the intelligence community and the National Security Council (
TOP SECRET 2 P hone (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 1 The Chairman. The hearing will come to order. 2 I would like to ask Mr. Schwarz if he would give us a 3 brief synopsis of what we intend to question our witness 4 about this morning. 5 Mr. Schwar
DECKER 11 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 part of that Special Group. He called the meetings, he presided , 2 -he did a number of things. Q Were there any other occasions that you can recall in which the possibility or the subject of assassination of Fide
SECRET 11 : Phone (A rea 202) 5 4 4 6 0 0 0 -part of that Special Group. He called the meetings, he presided; he did a number of things. 5i Were there any other occasions that you can recall in which the possibility or the subject of assassination of
SECKE: 11 P hone (A re a 2 0 2 ) 5 4 4 -6 0 0 0 part of that Special Group. He called the meetings, he presided 2 ihe did a number of things. Q Were there any other occasions that you can recall in which the possibility or the subject of assassination
DE KE 11 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 i part of that Special Group. He called the meetings, he presided. 2 he did a number of things. Q Were there any other occasions that you can recall in which the possibility or the subject of assassination of Fide
l oc countries from obtai ning some strate gic politico- economic advantage in countries or areas of importance to U.S. global strat eg y. Paramilitary acti on programs. CIA clandestine and covert action annexes to U.S. Country Internal Defense Plans.3/ The 19
4 Phone (Area 202) 544-6000 TOP SECRET 1 for Political Affairs, the implication being that he would be 2 the Under Secretary for Political Affairs if the Under 5 Secretary, the number two fellow, handled the eocnomic area, 4 which Mr. Herter did, not
- 3 - 6. The principal members of the Special Group felt, after some discussion, that the CIA variant should be developed further for consideration at next Thursday's meeting of the Special Group. Mr. McCone was asked to stress economic sabotage, and to e
EYES ONLY 3- MGV 1. In this chapter Hamilton states that Barnes and others recommended that he visit Havana, and that the CIA Cover Staff provided him with the docu- iw, mentation for his operational alias of Edward J. Hamilton which he kept for * “the d
13-00000 24 February 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Minutes of the Special Group Meeting, 20 February 1964 PRESENT: Mr. Bundy, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Vance, and Mr. McCone. 98 C The "Proposed Covert Funding of the Somali Parliamentary Elections"
13-00000 Ten VP -2- Operation No. 31110: A sea rendezvous with Cuban fishermen for the purpose of establishing a ratline into Cuba. Operation No. 31112: An exfiltration operation to be . accomplished by members of the DRE using MRR-owned vessels.
between the key analytic correla tion of reports and the Special Group meeting can probably be attributed to the cumbersome processes of the administrative structure supporting the Special Group. This machinery was de signed to provide elaborate justificatio
Department sf siste and need not be again referred to the Special Group. - ' 9. Cuba . . Mr. Dalles stated that he wanted to raise in a general way at this meeting the problem nf the Agency’s relations with the exile groups, the payment to dependence of th
14-00000 -5- (ll) Special proupe to be contacted: thile sobjoot will be concerned principally vith the Local Communist party, it is not necessary for Mr. to have personal access to any special group. (5) Approximate annual incase to be attributed to coo
14-00000 % SECRET, Date REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OR INVESTIGATIVE ACTION (Alvays handeatiy 1 .no of this for”) PlgASE COUFtETE EACH aze rton AND AFTFOFRIATE Bt.ANK TO: CI/OFERAT JONAL APPROVAL AND SUPPORT DIVISION FRON: al Jeer - CHIEF. N7E5TICAT10N MNO
informed him that there had, in fact, been some delay in obtaining the approval. 6. Both the gentlemen asked for detailed information on the structure and workings of the Latin American Policy Committee (LAPC) and asked whether felt this committee in any
asked if McNamara meant NW 66000 Docld:32281892 Page 2 INTERVIEW AND MEETING SUMMARY Page of (1)(c) the President probably did not know of the gun transfer, but he said that the assassination and the U.S. role with respect to it would have come as no surprise
14-00000 4, 220 SECRET REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OK INVESTIGATIVE ACTION (Alwovn Daedesrev 2 cefv at thin form) PLEASE CORrLETE seen secrtos AND APPROrRlATS st.es 7 September 1968 TO: FROM: X CI/OPERATIONTAL APPROVAL AND SUPPORT DIVISION JP Oever CHIEF. I
dwin suspected that NW 66000 Docld:32281923 Page 3 5 FILE: INTERVIEW AND MEETING SUMMARY Page 3 of 6 the President probably did not know of the gun transfer, but he said that the assassination and the U.S. role with respect to it would have come as no surprise