</s>157-10014-10100 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK Assassination System Date: 7/7/2015 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: SSCIA RECORD NUMBER : 157-1001-1010 RECORD SERIES : MISCELLANEOUS RECOROS OF THE CHURCH COMMITTEE AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 07-07-06 AGENCY FILENUMBER : MISSELLANEOUSCORDS OF THECHURCH CONMITTEE Document Information ORIGINATOR: SSCIA FROM: SCHWARZ, FREDERICK A.O. JR. TO: TITLE: NOTES ON GORDON GRAY DATE: 07/04/1975 PAGES: 72 SUBJECTS: ASSASSINATIONS CIA TRUILLO LUMUMBA, PATRICE GRAY, GORDOM DOCUMENT TYPE: REPORT CLASSIFICATION: REPORT RESTRICTIONS : 1B: IC CURRENT STATUS : Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 05/05/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : CCBOX 450 1 V01 NW 50955 DocId: 32423488 Page 1

Key points:

* President Eisenhower's Special Group considered providing small arms to opponents of Trujillo in the Dominican Republic and planning for "how the U.S. wishes to move again against Castro."
* Gordon Gray, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from 1958-1961, represented President Eisenhower at Special Group meetings.
* The questioning of Gordon Gray should focus on documents such as Special Group Minutes, November 3, 1960, and Memorandum of July 1, 1960 from J. C. King, Chief, Western Hemisphere Division to the Acting DCI.

Pertinent relationships:

* President Eisenhower and Gordon Gray as liaison to the intelligence community and the National Security Council (including the Special Group)
* DCI Allen Dulles and Gordon Gray met in the Special Groups
* DDP Richard Bissell and Gordon Gray knew each other well, with Bissell initiating the CIA-Gambling Syndicate plot to assassinate Castro and the EXECUTIVE ACTION capability

Exhibits for the examination of Gordon Gray include:

* Castro: Special Group Minutes, November 3, 1960
* Lumumba: Special Group minutes, August 25, 1960
* Trujillo: Memorandum of July 1, 1960 from J. C. King, Chief, Western Hemisphere Division to the Acting DCI

Key individuals:

* John F. Kennedy
* Allen Dulles
* Richard Bissell
* Thomas Parrott
* Joseph Scott
* Robert Gray
* James Douglas
* George Lansdale
* Henry Cabot Lodge
* William Pawley

Dates and locations:

* 7 April 1960, Washington D.C.
* 23 November 1960, Washington D.C.
* 30 November 1960, Washington D.C.
* Guatemala
* Cuba
* Saipan
* Nicaragua
* Panama Canal Zone

Significant events or activities:

* Meeting of the Special Group to discuss Cuban situation and potential actions
* Discussion of U-2 flights over Cuba
* Plan to move bulk of Cuban trainees to Saipan
* Evacuation plans for trainees in Guatemala
* Consideration of using DOD facilities for training

Connections to JFK, the assassination, or related investigations:

* None mentioned in this document summary

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