“… eadquarters. In this early * Unlike Some suggestions that had been forwarded by the WH/4 Finance Officer, Michael King, the Director 's Memorandum placed budgetary responsibility with the DDP and Chief, WH Division. Chief, WH/4 was not even included on the routing, for the”
“Director’s Memorandum. The WH/4 Financial Officer, on the other hand, had suggested that certain of the responsibilities for approval of funding be given to t …”
“… try of Cuban defectors. 61/ As attempts were being made to establish the parameters for the operations against Castro, a most prescient memorandum was directed to Chief, WH/4 from Paul Oberst, Chief, Covert Action, WH Division. Oberst apparently had been associated with PBSUCCESS, t …”
“… c- cording to Dave Phillips who made the presentation apparently was paid to Mr. Oberst's proposals. About the same time that Oberst’s memorandum was going forward, the DDP was calling for WH/4 to prepare daily progress reports as one way Of eliminat ing the need for crash-type re …”
“… n fact, was the major cause of the project's over-obligation. It was the opinion of all concerned that such property should be held on a Memorandum Receipt basis without cost to the project, and that charges, if any, should be reflected as direct costs only if property was found uns …”
“… . On 25 March, for example, Roy Rubottom, Assistant Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs, was the originator of an elaborate memorandum which provided a check list of current operations and ten categories of activity related to developments in Cuba. From the tenor of the …”
“… sit well with the Agency; and after the matter had been surfaced at a meeting of the Special Group on 28 April, Chief, .WH/4 prepared a memorandum stating in part with reference to Dillon: The Agency would not look with favor on this arrangement. Mr. Barnes and the Director, theref …”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET a memorandum for the Acting Director of Central In telligence that: . A thorough investigation has been made . of the relations between the Havana …”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET the memorandum he had prepared on this subject was being held in the files should questions about this particular Bureau activity ever be raised. King …”
“… been involved in some of the prior discussions concerning the anti-Castro activity in his capacity as Assistant Secretary for * In his memorandum of a meeting with the President on 17 August 1960, Gordon Gray noted that in discuss ing the CIA meeting planned for 18 August, that in …”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET a memorandum for the DDP indicating that the need for training bases to be located in the southern part of the United States should include an infantr …”
“… SECRET This frame of reference concerning Guantanamo Bay led the Executive Officer of WH/4, Ed Stanulis, to prepare an extremely sharp memorandum for Chief, Western Hemisphere Division raising some questions which are as pertinent to CIA today as they were when they were raised in …”
“… dressees agree). I realize that consider- able discussion could be waged in terms of legally and/or logically presenting our case. This memorandum is not intended to meet these requirements. One observation that might be included is the fact that the current Chief of Naval Operati …”
“… uiring adequate personnel for the JMATE operation, on the very day that President Eisenhower was approving the anti-Castro program, a memorandum was being sent to the Deputy Director for Plans from the Chief, Western Hemisphere Division noting that two individuals assigned to the …”
“… also appeared to draw blanks in terms of Cubans willing to volunteer for the strug- gle against Castro. In response to a November 1959 memorandum to all WH field stations and bases asking that they supply the names of Cubans who would be willing to work as agents against the Castr …”
“… e 158 who were then on duty — making a new total of 198. Although Mr. Bissell approved the recommended increment, he nonetheless wrote a memorandum to C. Tracy Barnes, the ADDP/A, suggesting that Barnes and Dick Helms (surprisingly) take a close look at the JMATE staffing pattern to …”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET Even before Mr. Bissell’s memorandum of early November 1960, indicating the possibility that experts in certain areas might no longer be available from within the Agency, pr …”
“… Although Mr. Bissell approved the request, he made this interesting comment: What is disturbing is that the overrun reported in your memorandum seems to have occurred long before you could be feeling any effect of the (planned expansion] in [PM] plans. 10b/ Contrary to suggestio …”
“… s detailed an estimate as can be made will be forwarded to DOD if the paramilitary concept is approved.) 18/ Col. King then closed this memorandum to Mr. Bissell by noting that if the paramilitary concept was approved, certain policy approvals would be re quired. These were listed …”
“… exactly had been decided as a result of the high level meeting [the meeting with the President] of the day before. 4/ According to the memorandum on the meeting, there was agreement that the US would deny its partic ipation in any training activities in Guatemala, that there wo …”
“… as a private US citizen. 53/ Following the President's suggestion of 29 Novem ber, Acting Secretary of State Douglas Dillon forwarded a memorandum for President Eisenhower on 2 December 1960 recommending that, because of the differences in responsibilities, two senior officials, rath …”
“… nted "to devote full time to the direction of the Agency’s program with respect to Cuba, and to concert with Amb. Willauer." 6/ Dillon’s memorandum then went on to recommend that the members of the Special Group — Dulles, Gray, Douglas, and Merchant — should continue to exercise gene …”
“… mas A. Parrott who acted as secretary for the Special D illon paopend Group meeting transmitted a copy of the draft of Dulles’ /r.t se memorandum -to Tracy Barnes, Parrott had been made aware of the possibility that Eisenhower was in favor of raising the position”
“… the problems that he anticipated the President wanted him to handle. Ap- parently it was an inauspicious beginning, for accord ing to a memorandum of the meeting: Mr. Willauer stated that his role, as explained to him by Secretary Herter, was to be that of the chairman and major sh …”
“… arly that it should not be left-oriented. Michael Haider, Standard of Jersey’s Vice President for Latin America, for example, forwarded a memorandum to Col. J. C. King in early January 1961 identifying as members of an extreme leftist group which had. formed in Miami to oppose Castro, …”
“… ther gratuitous insult that Lansdale would have forwarded this kind of paper to Bissell. 19/ What response, if any, Bissell made to this memorandum is not known. The Special Group held its last meeting of 1960 on 29 December, and there were, in addition to the standing problem of the …”
“memorandum which Barnes wrote. to Jake Esterline. It began as follows: "It has been a little while since we have had an internal DDP hoe down on yo …”
“… involved in planning the anti-Castro operation and contributed nothing in particular to understanding of any of them. Similarly, Barnes' memorandum for the DCI in prep aration for a 3 January policy meeting, rehashed the .same information that Barnes had presented to Chief, WH/4, ju …”
“… debate over the breaking of diplomatic relations was taking place within the Eisenhower ad ministration, Col’. Jack Hawkins addressed a memorandum to Jake Esterline, Chief, WH/4 which provided an ex- cellent summary of the policy decisions which needed * Authorization for complete …”
“… -00000 TOP SECRET to be made if strike operations were to be conducted against the Castro government. In the course of his eight page memorandum, Hawkins reiterated the need for resolution of the problem that had particularly bothered the Special Group — that was whether the Kenne …”
“… ises. 233 Part VI Mr. Nixon’s Role - - 241 Part VII The Question of Assassinations .. 277 Part VIII Conclusions 290 Appendixes A. Memorandum for the Director of Central Intelligence from J. C. King, 11 Dec 59 296 B. A Program of Covert Action Against the Castro Regime, 16 Mar …”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET Page D. Memorandum for Assistant Deputy Director (Plans) - Action from J. D. Esterline, 2 May 60, sub: Liaision with US Agencies on JMARC Activities - 332 …”
“… s would employ primarily radio broadcasts and other means of propaganda, and at informing the Cuban masses of the truth. 1/ Col. King’s memorandum pointed out that repre sentatives of various of the Cuban opposition groups organized in the United States had requested Agency assista …”
“13-0000.0 TOP SECRET King’s initial memorandum contained no information about potential locations of transmitters, personnel security, inter-Agency coordination or costs. Almost immed …”
“… nction. 3/ ■ By early February of 1960, however, an equivo cal agreement apparently had been reached with Presi dent Betancourt, for a memorandum from WH Division indicated that: One pilot [anti-Castro] tape has been made and has been played, for the benefit of President Betancour …”
“… paganda activity that was intended to offset the planned 1 visit of Nikita Khrushchev to Cuba in the summer of 1960. In an Eyes Only memorandum to the Director of Central Intelligence, Col. J. C. King informed Allen Dulles that it had been learned that Khrushchev had accepted …”
“… E AND NEWSPAPER ASSETS. SUGGEST HOWEVER NOT (REPEAT NOT) CONTACT NON-KUBARKERS UNTIL HEADQUARTERS CAN FOR WARD OPERATIONAL PLAN. 34/ A memorandum on the outgoing cable quoted above went to Chief, WH/4 from Rudy Gomez, the Deputy Chief of .WH Division on 24 August 1960. Gomez's mem …”
“… n has said that he had a 3 1/2 hour meeting with Castro on 19 April 1959 and that as a result of the meeting, he prepared a 4-page secret memorandum and sent copies to President Eisenhower, Secretary Herter and to Allen Dulles. * 1/ In part at least. Mr. Nixon's version of the meetin …”
“… s Office. Cushman made it clear that the Vice President was * It was only after making a direct request to Mr. Nixon that a copy of the memorandum was obtained. No copies were found in the files of CIA, State, or the Eisenhower Library. The copy obtained was from ..... Mr. ... ’*”
“Nixon s personalThe memorandum was, in files. fact, classified CONFIDENTIAL rather than SECRET. A copy of the memorandum is attached as Appendix F . 2a/ - 243 - TO …”
“… had provided the Vice President about both Ambassador Bonsai and William Wieland of the Bureau of American Republic Affairs. Col. King's memorandum provided no details about the nature of this information, but the probability is that both were accussed of being too tolerant of Castro …”
“… sell, or, perhaps, whether it was Col. King who actually briefed the Vice President on 2 March 1960. A stamp on the copy of the original Memorandum for the Director reads: "Noted by DCI 28 March 1960." This copy was sent to the DCI through the DDP and carries Mr. Bissell’s initials. T …”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET dated 8 March 1960 and was revised to read: For the Director's use at the NSC 5412 Representatives Meeting which will con sider the Cuban covert action program paper. (This paper was used for Mr. Nixon’s briefing.) This would seem to imply that perh”
“… now should be most carefully coordinated with Chief, WHD and Chief, Branch 4 to avoid any *flaps. 8/ * Esterline also mentioned in his memorandum that Pawley had provided some information on the Dominican Republic which he asked Esterline not to pass beyond CIA until he, Pawley, ha …”
“… e President Nixon. 11/ By the first week of June 1960, however, Jake Esterline apparently had reached the end of his tether, for in a Memorandum to the DDP, he wrote: It is our firm conviction, based on months of discussion, that Mr. Pawley’s views on the Cuban”
“… o either Havana or to Miami, presumably because of op position from Col. J. C. King who had noted and ini- tialed on his copy of the Memorandum from Jake Ester- line recommending that all contact with the Rubio-. Pawley group be "immediately and finally severed" the following: …”
“… on of the FRD and the fact that Mr. William Pawley's candidate, Senor Rubio, had decided not to join the Frente. According to Esterline's memorandum: Dr. Rubio's failure to join the Frente, however, has not held up progress in form- . ing the junta, and/or the other important aspects …”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET memorandum that he immediately informed the Deputy Director for Plans, and the Assistant Deputy Director for Plans, Mr. Bissell and Mr. Barnes, resp …”
“warding this memorandum read: "I believe Mr. Bissell reversed this position?” To this query King noted "Yes” on the buck slip. - 265 - TOP SECRET”
“… y 1960, follow ing the Democratic convention, Allen Dulles briefed Sen., John Kennedy, and on 28 July Senator Lyndon Johnson. In his memorandum to President Eisenhower, who had directed that Dulles give these briefings, the DCI reported that in the two hour period for each brie …”