</s>178-10003-10016 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK ASSASSINTATION SYSTEM Date: 8/27/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY : ROCKCOM RECORD NUMBER : 178-1003-1001G RECORD SERIES : ASSASSINSATION FILE AGENCY FILE NUMBER: ASSASSINAATION MATERIALS-MISC. ROCK/CIA (10) AGENCY FILENUMBER : ASS ASSASSination MATERIALS-MISC. ROCK(CIA (101) Document Information ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM: CIA TO: TITLE: MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE SPECIAL GROUP, 30 AUGUST 1962 TITLE : DATE: 08/30/1962 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS: CUBA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Secret RESTRICTIONS: Consulted CURRENT STATUS: CURRENT STATION: Withhold DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/15/1993 DATE of LAST REVEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : V9.1 Nw 309955 DocId: 322045999 Page 1 25

Summary  
This document contains minutes from a meeting of the Special Group held on 30 August 1962. The discussion focused on various military and intelligence operations, including reconnaissance flights over Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam; resupply missions to Cuba; Soviet signal intelligence ship activities; and assessments of U.S. involvement in Chile and the Dominican Republic. Key topics included peripheral flights, ELINT operations, and considerations for low-level photography of Cuban targets. The meeting involved officials from the CIA, Department of State, Defense Department, and other agencies.  

Key People  
- General Taylor  
- Mr. Johnson (likely Robert F. Kennedy or another senior official)  
- Mr. Gilpatric  
- General Carter  
- Colonel Steinberg  
- Mr. Bundy  
- Colonel Steakley  

Key Locations  
- Thailand  
- Laos  
- Cuba  
- Vietnam  
- Dominican Republic  
- Chile  

Key Events  
- Approval of reconnaissance flights over Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam.  
- Discussion of resupply missions to Cuba and restrictions on photo flights over Laos.  
- Review of Soviet signal intelligence ship activities.  
- Assessment of U.S. involvement in Chilean and Dominican Republic operations.  
- Consideration of low-level photography for Cuban target surveillance.  

Key Organizations  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- Department of State  
- Defense Department  
- Special Group (undisclosed composition, likely a high-level interagency committee)

JFK Declassified Files

178-10003-10016.pdf

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