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SECRET SENSITIVE Draft Memorandum to the DCI from William Harvey Dated 27 November 1962 This is not a controlled item RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce 913

14-00000 Prafti 13 Nov, 1952 SECRET SENSITIVE OPERATIONAL PLAN - СТВА Z. SITUATIONS A. The purpose of this plan is to outline the action to wa undertaken by the Central Intelligence Agency against the Castro/ Commmist government of Duba during 17-63 and for such longer period D. For the purpose of this plan the following assumptions are nada:

THIS DOCUMENT IS A SCUFCE REFERENCE IN CS HISTORICAL PAPER NO. -DO NOT DESTROY- National objectives wit essentially as follows Cuba Aze a. Isolate Castro/Commmion from other Western Hemisphere nations. b.Discredit the Castro/ Communist regime La Cuba the Hemisphere. 1. moderata economic and political pressara the Castro/Communist regins to retard develop ment of the OCuba economy and maintain a drain on Bloc resources. d. Maintain maximum coverage of Cuban intelligere requirements. Be prepared to capitalise on any significant uprising, split in Cubanр, от splin : SECRET Excluded from autematic Swagrading and ilcation SENSITIVE

14-00000 MISSION: تاینRET ENSITIVE -2- on Cuban-Blou relationships. Covertly support the above-cited V. 8. national objectives with respect to Cuba.

the maximen intelligence coverage of Coba with particular emphasis on the following: Capabilities and intentious of the Castrα government Activities of Cuben 0-2. : Soviet activities in Cuba, : State of resistance including the tone and temper of the population. Military and militia order of battle. Lotus of power and/or stress and strain scre the "power centers" in the Cuban govern 8. Soviet/Cuban and Chinese/Cohen relationships. h. Economic. Political: Assist and support Stats in any feasible action to develop active OAS and Latin-American country suppor for the containment, or overthrow of Castro. SECRET SENSITIVE CROUP 1 Excluded from automatic Sc ingrading and daciassification -

14-00000 TOP SECRET SENSITIVE tate in the development of post-Ca political groupe. to such schwe of the Cubm splitting the 1. Participate in inter-agency economic action planning and execution, 2. Prevent essential mat tial material and supplies from reaching Kazass Free World Trade with Guba. evelop, maintain ain, and exploit loit the will of the Caphen people to resist Castro/Communit 2. Discredit the Castre regime in Ovba, in the Mastere and elsewhere. 3. Develop and exploit tensions between Coba and Sar bloc assbers. Resistance: Be prepared to covertly provida limited personal. MOSECRET supporto any significant int SENSITIVE Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification

14-00000 a. resia SECRET SENSITIVE Be prepared group or uprisi to Pport approved D. S. military : against Caba. DOLB تو ESCZA would be r Intelligence elligencs of intel The foll mos asseta Loving types of nati ruiting/training of legally establ Cubans in Cuba mmisations will become mors critical es state cont κολs increase 2 spotting/recruiting/traini 23 of th Governm poli Cusan? third country astionale s resident in Cuba. ? 32 Spotting/recruiting/training of legal travelers who have mtial access 45 Expansion on who can pro Lon of commicati cam provide significant operational sport, to sis significant informat Intelligence particula Ay in th the G-2, police, and adlitia nets. (This primary problem) SENSITIVE CROUP 1 Exclude: fr: automatic dow rat ng and sing

14-00000 SEC SENSIT 34 Maintain refuges Maximize utilization Psychological Warfar The progran must pri reach the Cuban populati warfare activities are ball pol he program will b 2 maintaining a minimaa event of a significant implementation of : The following prog 1. Maintain the SENS

14-00000 SENSITIVE amounts of 2. Maintain sufficient covert assets to mat raqala nents levied on CIA in approved U. S. Militanzy Where internal asseta Axa ESTIMATED COST TO GIA: my be held externally. SECRET SENSITIVE ARGUP 1 Excluded from automatic pho...

14-00000 ! SECRET SENSITIVE F T 27 November 1962 Note: Discussed 27 November 1962 by DD/F with IFCI and approved genera in principle by ICI. Fully concurred in by DD/P. MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence. THROUGH: SUBJECT: Deputy Director (Plans) Operational Plen for Continuing Oporrtions Against Cube 1. Action: This memorandua is for your information and pursuant to your request. Recommendations for action rre contained in Paragraph V below. The purpose of this memor is to delineate an operational plan for the action which wr believe should be taken by CIA against Cubs for the predictable future. In summary the plan provides for continuing, even intensifying, the intelligence effort against Cuba and for the reorientation of the current effort into & long term denied area type of operation of the highest priority. I. ASSUMPTIONS: A. The United States Government will give public assurances that, provided no nuclear or offensive weapers present or re-introduced into Cuba, and provided Cube doen not take action to threaten the perce and security of the Western Hemisphere, the United States does not intend to invade Cuba or support an invasion of Cuba. 1. SECRET - SENSITIVE THIS DOCז דיזיי A SCUTOR IN CS PAPER NO. -DO NOT ROK

14-00000 : B. These assurances will preclude any meaningful CIA action on "on a phased basis to provoke a revolt inside Cuba, since unless there are major changes in operational and internal con- ditions in Cuba, such a revolt if provoked would be totally destroyed by Cuban counteraction in a matter of hours or, at most, a few days unless supported by a major United States Military commitment. In addition, the non-invasion assurances as a practical matter will preclude invading Cuba on the pretext of a contrived provocation such as an attack on Guantanamo. C. CIA operations involving a high noise level and a distinct element of attributability, particularly paramilitary, guerrilla, and commando type operations will be unacceptable as a matter of policy. D. The Castro-communist regime will remain in power for the indefinite future with its security and control apparatus relatively intact and with the capability not only of crushing unsupported resistance activity, but of making operational conditions in Cuba increasingly difficult. While it is possible that recent and future developments including the Soviet action in removing the offensive weapons from Cube may serve to weaken and discredit Castro, there is as yet no hard indication that the control of the Castro-communist regime over Cuba has been substantially weakenod. E. The United States assurances of no invasion and no support of an invasion will, in effect, constitute giving to Castro and his regime a certain degree of sanctuary. This will !. -2-

14-00000 i i severely damage the morale and motivation of anti-regime Cubene both inside and outside of Cuba, which will make it incressingly difficult for us to recruit agents, maintain agents already recruited, and continue or intensify our intelligence and other efforts against Cuba and the Castro-communist regime. ... ٠٠ F. Despite the above factors, Higher Authority probably will continue heavy pressure on the CIA for a maximum effort against Cuba and may even continue to contend that the ultimate objective is the overthrow of the Castro-communist regime. This is an unrealistic objective, however, except, on a very long-term basis as the United States Government, we believe, will be unwilling in the immediate future to commit troops to support such an overthrow. The United States Government in its overt dealings with the Cuban exiles probably will not express the above factors to them in the context or with the bluntness stated here. G. In view of these factors, the so-called "Track Two", course of action, 1.6., unlimited support of Cuban exiles and exile groups with no real control or objective purposes in the hope that these groups will be able to shake the Castro regime will, although unrealistic, become increasingly attractive at various levels in the United States Government. H. As a matter of policy, political pressures and economic pressures short of blockade, raids, and aggressive sabotage against Cuba will be continued. !. -3-

14-00000 : 4 I. In view of the above assumptions prramilitary, comman and sabotage operations, except in rare selective instances will serve little purpose; also they will be counter-productive since, if undertaken, they will make the collection of intelli- gence more difficult and should only be undertaken in those very few instances. where an unusually high return can be demonstrated. Regardless of what other pressures are placed on CIA for action against Cuba, it would appear clear that Higher Authority will insist on a continued, even intensified, intelligence coverage of Cuba. J. In view of the policy factors, an increased use of facilities, real estate and basing outside the United States, particularly in Latin America, will be both necessary and desirable. K. Adequate aerial reconnaissance of Cuba will continue. II. OBJECTIVES: : Based on the above sssumptions, the following objectiven appear to be proper for continuing CIA operations against Cuba: A. Take all feasible clandestine action to isolate and assist in isolating the Castro-communist regime in Cuba from the rest of the Western Hemisphere and the rest of the Free World. B. To the maximum extent possible, discredit the Castro- communist regime in Cuba and in the Western Hemisphere and the rest of the world. :

14-00000 C. Maintain through clandestine means, short of commando and guerrilla type operations, the maximum economic and political pressures on the Cuban regime and economy not only for the purpose of hampering the Cuban regime, but for the additional purpose of insuring the maximum possible drain on Bloc resources used to support Cuba. D. Maintain maximum possible intelligence and counter- intelligence coverage of Cuba, including particular emphasis on: 1.. Capabilities and intentions of the government. 2. Activities of the Cuban G-2 and its other security organs. 3. Soviet and Bloc activities in Cuba. 4. State of potential resistance, including the morale and temper of the populace. 5. Militia and military order of battle and equip- ment. 8. The loci of power and of possible stresses and strains in the power centers in the Cuban government. 7. Relationships between Cuba, USSR, Red China, the Bloc, Latin American nations and other Free World and uncommitted nations. 8. The level of and the weaknesses in the Cuban economy. -5-

14-00000 : R. Iske maximum action to induce a split in the Cuben regime and maintain the capability of capitalizing immediately through clandestine means to the extent possible on any significant uprising, revolt, resistance, split in the regime, or strains and stresses among Cuban leadership or in Cuben/ Bloc relationships. III. OPERATIONAL PLAN: A.. Espionage and Intelligence Collection - All feasible effort should be undertaken to continue and intensify intelli- gence collection concerning Cuba. The status of our intelli gence collection and related operational activity at the present time and its development during the past six months is delinested in detail in Attachment A, which was preprred to serve as the basis for the IG's report on this particular matter to the President's Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence. You will note that this lengthy document breaks down under numerous sub-beadings the intelligence coverage which has been developed by the Clandestine Service. Set out below are specifics of operational action it is proposed to take to continue and, as possible, increase In- telligence coverage of Cuba. 1. Intelligence Exploitation of Refugees: As you know, with the quarantine and the cessation of air travel the heavy flow of Cuban refugees has dwindled almost to nothing. In view of this and in connection -6- 1.

14-00000 ١٢١٠ with the contingency planning for supporting any ponsible military action in Cuba, the Opa-Locka Interrogation Center as such was dismantled, although the personnel of the Center have been retained intact. In order to re-establish. the flow of intelligence from refugees, it is proposed that Pan American Airways and KLM be induced to reinstitute their regular flights from Havana to Miami. This should be done as soon as possible after the settlement of the current negotiations and UN discussions. Coincident with this, the Opa-Locka refugee interrogation center will be re-established with the same personnel. 2. Resident Agents in Cuba: Every effort will be made to continue to exploit to the fullest, preserve the viability of and, where necessary, re-establish communica- tions with the 131 recruited agents now resident in Cuba. To an extent, the speed and effectiveness of this effort will of course depend upon the stringency of future Cuban security and control action, which it is impossible as yet to accurately forecast. 3. Third Country Operations: The priority on re- cruiting agents in third countries for dispatch to Cuba will be reiterated and strengthened and every effort will be made to increase this coverage, both through the development of additional resident agents in Cuba -7-

14-00000 : and through the development of additional legal travellers. 24: Liaison Operations: We will continue to press 24 the liaison services who are assisting us in the effort against Cuba for additional coverage, including the recruiting of agents within their own areas for joint 24 dispatch to Cuba. The [services most effectively co- operating at this point in this connection are the 24 British, British, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, Greek, Norwegian, Danish, West German, Mexican, Argentinian, 24 Uruguayan, Canadian, Chilean, and Israeli. Direct approaches to several of these services] either by you personally or in your name, as you prefer, are 24 being separately recommended. Personal representation by you to the services underlined above would be useful. 24 In addition, we will re-survey all other liaison services] with which we are in contact and reiterate to those appearing to have any assets usable against Cuba our 24 extreme interest in maximum coverage of this problem. In connection with the liaison] problem generally, we will endeavor to induce all of the lia [Liaison services to make 24 24 greater use of their [national] assets, both inside and 24 outside of Cuba. Particular attention will be given to possible utilization of the (Vatican 5. Maritime Operations: In addition to increasing efforts to get at seaman agents and other maritime 24 assets through liaison services, we will continue our 1.. unilateral third country efforts to recruit seamen and

14-00000 prrticularly Cuban seamen, to increase the twenty officers and crew members aboard six Cuban vessels we are now running as controlled agents. 6. Penetration of Cuban Installations Abroad: At the present time we are running 12 Cuben diplomats stationed outside Cuba as controlled agents and have viable operations aimed at an additional 20 Cuban diplomats. We propose to continue and intensify the current progrem of attempting to recruit or defect every Cuban official representative abroad to whom we can gain access and concerning whom we have any reason to believe a 24 susceptibility to approach exists. These additional penetrations will be attempted both through unilateral operations and where appropriate in conjunction with [liaison services.] 7. Audio Penetrations of Cuban Installations Abroad: At the present time we have audio and/or telephone tap coverage of Cuban officiel installations 24 in Chile, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, England, Uruguay, Greece, Spain, France, and Canada, No major expansion of this coverage is presently contemplated, but we will continue to survey additionsl targets of opportunity and wherever possible install coverage in those cases where the additional intelli- gence from this type of source over and above what we 1 are now receiving would appear to make such installation ! worthwhile. -8- 3 羞

14-00000 ; n. Communications Intelligence: Wo will continu our present CIA Close Support coverage from the KOLA 10 station in Mia in Miamist at the same level and will continue to press NSA for additional coverage of Cuban communion. tions. As the current situation "normalizes" it should be possible for NSA to reinstitute and perhaps even 'increase their seaborne intercept coverage of Cuban communications. 9. Communist Party Operations: A complete survey has been made world-wide of all Communist Party penetration operations and wherever any such penetration can be directed against Cuba either by dispatching the agent to Cuba or by pointing the agent against Cuban targets, this will be done, except in those cases where such action would result in unacceptableprejudice to the operations in the area where the agent is now based. It is believed that the most lucrative field for the redirection of such operations to the Cuban target will be Latin America where there are 65 penetrations of various communist parties. Of this 65, the survey we have conducted indicates that 23 have some direct pertinent access to Cuban targets. All of these 27 wi!! be directed against these targets unless in any case The there are overriding reasons to the contrary. :: remaining cases in the total of 65 are bein individually examined to see if they can be diverted to Cuban targets. -10- m

14-00000 10. Illegally Infiltrated Agents: The two successful black infiltrated teams (COBRA and ANTORRID) which have produced substantial intelligence will be continued, resupplied, and reinforced but pointed primarily at continued intelligence collection and at the recruitment for intelligence collection purposes of other Cubans who already are legally resident in Cuba in the areas where the teams are operating (Pinar del Rio and Oriente). In addition, on the most carefully selected basis, where it appears feasible, additional agents and teams will be infiltrated black into Cuba in an effort to duplicate the performance of the COBRA and AMTORRID teams and particularly to recruit and, es possible, train additional agents legally resident in Cuba. 11. Exfiltration: As feasible, agents and potentirl recruits now in Cuba will be exfiltrated for training, indoctrination, supplying with communications, and motivation. They will then be re-infiltrated intr Cuba, primarily on intelligence missions. Where possible, this will be done through legal travel channels, but where this is not possible, it will be done wherever feasible through our black infiltration-exfiltration facilities, primarily our maritime assets. -11-

14-00000 B. Much of the above effort as noted will be primarily directed towards developing all possible evidences of stress or strain within the regime and between the regime and other antions, particularly the Bloc. An intensive program will be continued to take advantage of any possible opportunity to weaken, subvert, or split the regime in any possible. fashion. This is basically a long term effort. A great deal of work slready has gone into this and the current status of this program and the proposed further expldtation of the numerous leads we have developed is being made, in the interests of brevity in this memorandum, the subject of a separate compilation. The effectiveness of assets aimed at actually splitting the regime, i.e., a palace revolt, will of course depend, to an extent, on the willingness of the United States Government to support them and it is entirely possible that any such effort might fail unless supported with militery forces which on the basis of the assumptions in Paragraph I above would appear unlikely. C. Sabotage: On the basis of the assumptions set cut above, commando type sabotage, minor sabotage, and other acts of sabotage inside Cuba would appear to serve little purpose and should not be undertaken except in the rare instances where an opportunity is presented with acceptable risk to do major damage to the Cuban economy. It is proposed to continue searching for such limited opportunities, but no active or wide scale program is contemplated. 1. -12-

14-00000 : D. Paramilitary, Commando, and Guerrilla Type Operations: Given the assumptions in Paragraph I above, no wide scale program of such activity should be undertaken. However, we propose to maintain in being our present facilities and the capability of undertaking such operations in order to "fully exploit any substantial change in internal Cuban con- ditions or any substantial revolt or uprising which might occur. : E. Economic Warfare: It is proposed to continue and intensify the program already undertaken to deny through clandestine and covert means critical materials to the Cuben economy. This consists primarily of denial operations, possibly some preclusive buying and inducing friendly U.S. and allied firms and governments to prevent the shipments of strategic materials to Cuba. F. Counterintelligence: The current counterintelligence and counterespionage program against the Cuban G-2 and related services will be continued and as possible intensified. This program has developed substantially and it should be possible within the coming months to increase its effectivenesa considerably in countering not only Cuban but Bloc intellt. gence operations mounted against United States interests from Cuba. G. Political Action, Propaganda, Psychological Warfare: In this field the following tasks will be continued and where appropriate intensified: !. 1. Assist and support State in any feasible action. -13-

14-00000 to develop and exploit current OAS and Latin American attitudes favorable to the containment and/or overthrow of the Castro-communist regime. 2, Assist State in the development of post-Castro concepts, leaders, and political groups. 3. Stimulato, support and guide covertly the propaganda and political action activities of the CRC and other Cuban political groups and individuals, es appropriate, who offer a potential for impact inside Cuba. 1 4. Develop, maintain and exploit the will of the Cuban people to resist Castro-communism, making maximum use of the downgrading of Castro and his regime during the missile crisis. 5. Discredit and ridicule Castro and his regine in Cuba, in the Hemisphere and elsewhere, with emphasis on the theme the missile crisis demonstrated con- clusively that Castro is nothing but a mere pawn of Soviet imperialism. 6. Continue "Radio Americas" and other CIA- sponsored Cuban exile radio broadcasts &s appropriate. 7. Launch propaganda balloons after an operational capability has been established and policy authority is granted to conduct propaganda balloon operations. 8. Continue the infiltration of propaganda material into Cuba via open mails, legal travellers and couriers, 'with special emphasis on selective black operations. -14-

14-00000 H. Exploitation of Exile Groups: We will continue the clandestine exploitation of exile groups for intelligence collection, psychological warfare and other approved missions. As feasible, we will act to mount as much of this effort as possible from areas outside the continental United States, and particularly from Latin America. If Higher Authority decides on a "Track Two" concept or on any similar concept which contemplates heavy uncontrolled and only generally directed action operations of Cuban groups against Cubs, it is believed that efforts should be made to transfer as much as possible of the responsibility for this non-clandestine, non-intelligence type operation into the political field, which is the province of the Department of State. In this connection, it is believed it would be advisable to press for the creation within the Department of State of an office of Cuban Exile Affairs to handle the overt government relationships with Cuban exile groups. IV, ORGANIZATIONAL AND PROCEDURAL CHANGES: Maximum implementation of the above plan which provides for the most intensive feasible collection of intelligence, the implementationof related programs as outlined, and the maintenance of capabilities to exploit targets of opportunity as well as take advantage of any future substantial changes in internal Cuban conditions will, it is believed, permit and make advisable the following: 1. -15-

14-00000 M : A. A gradual but substantial reduction in the expenditures and personnel of Task Force W. B. Consideration of the re-positioning of Task Force W within the Clandestine Service, possibly as a major component of the WH Division under different direction. C. The abolition of the operational Mongoose mechanism. D. The removal of the past framework which required detailed consideration by the Special Group (Augmented) of even minor operational details and decision by committee on points which it is believed are completely within the purview of the DCI and those officers to whom he delegates decision. V. RECOMMENDED ACTION: A. Your concurrence in the above general operational plan is recommended. B. It is recommended that you discuss this plan with the Special Group (Augmented) and secure its concurrence. C. It is recommended that you secure from the Special Group (Augmented) policy approval to attempt to induce Fan American Airways and KLM to resume their flights between Miaal and Havana at the appropriate time. D. It is recommended that if any "Track Two" concept is proposed, you endeavor to transfer to the Department of State all possible overt aspects of this type of uncontrolled -16-

14-00000 subsidy and support of Cuban exile groups. B. It is recommended that the Mongoose operational mechanism be abolished. 1. If you concur in this concept, specific recommendation: vill be made to you concerning the re-positioning of Task Force W within the DD/P. 1. -17- WILLIAM K. HARVEY Chief, Task Force W 7