</s>157-10002-10001 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 Date: 08/15/92 JFK ASSASSINTATION SYSTEM Page:1 IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY NUMBER : 157-100022-100001 AGENCY INFORMATION RECORD NUMBER: 157-100002-100001 RECORD SERIES : INDEX CARDS RECORDS SERIES # 1 AGENCY FILE NUMBER # DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : SSCIA FROM : TO : TITLE : DATE : 06/00/75 PAGES : 491 SUBJECTS : CASTRO AL OPERATION: MONOGOGUE DOCUMENITY TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : T RESTRICTIONS : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST-REVIEW : 09/28/93 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Box 133 Index Cards - June 1975 and July 1975 [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED NW 50955 DocId: 3221841 Page 1

Summary: The document contains records from the JFK assassination investigation, focusing on CIA operations related to Cuba. It details discussions about Operation Mongoose, a covert plan to overthrow Fidel Castro, including internal CIA communications and planning activities in 1962. Richard Helms, then CIA Deputy Director, testified about the operation's goals, emphasizing efforts to "get rid of Castro or the Castro regime" without explicit restrictions on methods. The text references pressure within the CIA to pursue various schemes, including economic warfare tactics like disrupting Cuban supply chains and intercepting bus deliveries. It also mentions internal debates over assassination methods, with discussions involving the Special Group Augmented and other agencies. Specific dates (e.g., 1962) and personnel names (e.g., William Harvey, Walter Elder) are noted in context of planning and operational directives. The document includes references to intercepted communications, such as a telephone conversation between Lansdale and Cheever on October 30, 1962, and mentions of other operations like CORBA and Matahatchee.  

Key People: Richard Helms (CIA Deputy Director), William Harvey (CIA officer), Walter Elder (CIA operative), James P. O’Connell (testifier), John F. Kennedy (President), Fidel Castro (target of operations).  

Key Locations: Cuba, Madrid, Copenhagen, South America, United States.  

Key Events: Planning and execution of Operation Mongoose (1962), internal CIA discussions on assassination methods, economic warfare tactics against Cuba, telephone conversation between Lansdale and Cheever (October 30, 1962), testimony by James P. O’Connell regarding project secrecy.  

Key Organizations: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Special Group Augmented, Cuban Missile Crisis context, Joint Chiefs of Staff, National Security Council.

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