15 yam-UK 9 Alana MAM wok Wag 0 4 new 300d I963 M53 Wiapm Cot keg 3 466% 1' - I NARA 3 R645 2100 values 10% doses I SECRET 30 October 1962' URGENT - MEMORANDUM FOR General Marshall Carter At the Executive Committee meeting this morning the President directed as follows 1 CIA do everything possible to insure no refugee or emigre provocative actions against Cuba are undertaken with or without our knowledge during the next several days The Miami station- and the MONGOOSE Task Force should be alerted to exercise every precaution to see that no unauthorized attempts are made This should be done without discussion or disclosure to the refugee groups 2 cm shouldiattempt toestop Alpha 66 actions during the next several days 'The President was inf-omen by DCI we have no contact with or control over Alpha 66 DCI was instructe'd'to attempt through every- resource available to in uence Alpha 66 to stand dawn operations during the next several days 3- The activities of Operation MONGOOSE are to- he stopped during the next several days and therefore all prior approvals for sabotage infiltrations guerrilla activities caching of arms are to be - temporarily suspended The direction of Operation MONGOOSE will he resons idered aft-er current negotiations are completed NOTE After the meeting McCone Bundy and the AG discussed the approved plan of sabotaging Cuban ships or shipping Item 2-53 of Lansdale s 'memorandmn of 10 26 and it was the opinion Bun-dy 136-1 and the AG that these operations should he Suspended for the neat se ve ra-l days NOTE 'General Lansdale was informed by 1361 by grey phone oil - 2 and 3 above 10 30 at 11 00 4 The President reqixestedthat all the principals who are attending Executive Cemrnittee meetings and those in the Departments who were in intimate contact with-the Committee's procedures and decisions not Contact anyone of the Press for the nest se Veral days Press Contacts are to be made by Salinger and Sylvester and a representative of State Any necessary Press contacts by CIA and these must be kept at 'a very minimum perhaps should be made by Col Grogan 'I'his was not mentioned in the Executive Committee meeting Il' u 1 - 3 3 rm The above hats be n communicated to #611 by telephone This memorandm serves 150' confirm decisions which require hnplementan tion by you HN A MCCONE This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu