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Helms testified that the aim of the Cuban operations Wvas to
rid of Castro or the Castro regine in Cuba ; lets put it that way 3na] no
1imitations Were placed on the means In fact T ncver recal having bccn toldl hy
anybody dlo not do this, do not dlo that do not
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thc othcr thing; _ 10 (26) (Thc
ahove stntements re fer to Mongoose .) Helms testified that 1 the pressure Iv;1S ve 1Y
intcnse and I remenber vivid- it Wvas very intense _ 01 The pressure ledl t0 several
2| vcry mtty schemes (26) He lms testificd thc pressurc hilt 4I[) to the 0 f
'1nd then liy dormant for ahile ancl intens ified again towara the Cnal o f 1961 adl
1962 The Cuhan Missilc (risis itself Was the period 0 f grcatest intensity AEtcr-
wardls intcrest tapcred 0ff , although He lris recalled cfforts in 1963 involving
"cconomic War fare" such a $ turning o[f oil Jcliveries an2d stqpling hus dleliveries
including an attempt to stop the sal e by_theLeyland Bus Comnany Iw Sia Jn @ f huses t'
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"CIA has initiated action to contaminate POL supplies for Cuba although visible results
(stopage of some Cuban transports) is not expected until mid-1962 _ CIA is introducing_
"lubzol a corrosive additive to Cuban locomotive diesel fuel oil rthrough comerciale?
uppTiers_un Beligwwg A similar project was noted for jet fuel storage tanks in Cuba
~Lansdale noted that the CIA had concluded that its realistic role should be to at least
create the illusion of a popular movement_ to win external support for it to inpprove
CIA operational capability and to help create a climate which will permit provocative
actions in support of a shift to overaction Lansdale wanted then to reevaluate
to see whether or not could make a greater effort__ An outline of what the 33 tasks
are for each of the entitities involved then follows in Lansdale 1 5 memo The memorandum
notes that the President directed that the Chief of Operations conduct the project through
the appropriate organizations and departments of the goverment _ In this regard the memo
notes Also, CIA apparently believes that its role should be to create and expand a popular
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The planning for Operation MONGOOSE was prepared on a format of geparate
planning for each . department ad agency involved Revised planning along that line was submitted with this memorandum _ Activities already approved were marked with an asterisk_
Approved were dispatching
one intelligence agent operation
to a area selected by the CIA = (' of the agents infiltrated into Cuba will be trained for paraili skills
as well as intelligence collection_ However CIA has noted that once the agents are inside Cuba, cannot be controlled
effectively from outside
Cuba although every effort
will be made to attempt such control.") (00207) CarribbeanAdmissions Center Cpa-Locka ,
Florida Periodic intelligence estinates _
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in con - taminating locamotive lubricants two teams of. agents dispatched to Cuba approved for
March 16-31 1962 develop intelligence potentiai of Cuban "colonies' in U.S. develop
additional interrogation centers in other areas by 31 March 1962 in South America
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Gubag edle jeieler in Naw York GIty in Copenhagen (85) WAIINHRRIGHJreported
that the term assessinate was used in the discussion OfAM ZASH S future role
in Cuba and It visibly upset Z TMZ TASH Who: preferred the ter Teliminate 785)
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tion TA .M. LASH7 physical elimination mission as requirement but recognized
this some thing he could
or might try to carry out on his own initiative (85)
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WILLtsONzy cable on_18 August: "Strongly
concur that no physical elimination-missions be given [A.M. LASH/ (85)
(enthaz 644)
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Gen. Lansdale Mr _ Ilalpern Nov . 21 1962 Special Group Augented
Walter Elder CtFEVep Operation Mongoose
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With regard to paragraph 2 of Lansdale 5 memorandum to SGA dated 14 Nov _
1962 Harvey states 'The statement that_Operation Mongoose had had no inforation on
this operation since early October was patently false _ Specific references made to the
pen ultimate paragraph and Lansdale S ,memorandu concerning a report for the CIA which he
as a basis for memorandu dated 31 Oct. 1962 to Oswald Kirkpatrick: This refers to
a telephonic conversation on the evening of 30 Oct_ 196.2 betiveen Lansdale and Checver
which is referred specifically in paragraph 2 on pages 7 and 8 of my reference memorandu _
I have discussed this matter in detail with Cheever and clearly recollects that his
conversation With Lansdale on that date took place as reflected in mY reference memorandu _
During this conversation there Was nO
discussion of previous operations except a brief
discussion of thc COBRA andFNORID teams and Lansdale did not ask according to Cheever' s
recollection any specific_questions_concerning assets insidc or prior operations which
SOURCE would TogicaTly have Ted to the 7tscusslons at thetmP STAFF
8| of the Matahanbre operation-
Phul Iallach
Pleperandun dated Nov _ 21 1962 (01151)
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