Date 09 30 93 Pagezl - JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM Eleased under the Kennedy ssassinatinn Records allectiun Act of 1992 44 USC 210 Note a3e# NH SSEDD Date AGENCY SSCIA RECORD NUMBER 157-10002-10102 RECORDS SERIES I MEMORANDUM AGENCY FILE NUMBER DOCUMENT INFORMATION FROM PARROTT THOMAS T0 THE RECORD TITLE MINUTES OF MTG OF THE SPECIAL GROUP ON OPERATION MONGOOSE- DATE 09 06 62 PAGES 5 SUBJECTS OPERATION MONGOOSE CUBA af' CASTRO BUNDY MCGEORGE DOCUMENT TYPE PAPER TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS REFERRED CURRENT STATUS DATE OF LAST REVIEW 09 30 93 OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS Box 245 Foner 12 NH 53244 Page 1 f General Carter pointed out that reference to support of all Cuban exile groups number 48 is impractical The word was changed to selected g Mr Martin'cautioned that reSults of number 50 actions to be undertaken by other Hemisphere governments would not be'expected overnight h General Carter urged that in connection with number 22 submarine broadcasts General Lansdale should be given more latitude in working up other deception possibilities Mr Bundy felt on the that particularly because of the possible Cuban counter measures which had been Outlined by Mr other hand Murrow the Group should look at other possibilities in some detail i General Carter felt that a determination should be made as to how far the U S is prepared to go in economic harrassing actions He emphasized that sabotage operations such as those under number 27 will not in themselves be especially effective in irecking the Cuban economyThe Group then turned to a discussion of number 32 agricultural seabotag gi General Carter emphasized the extreme sensitivity of any such Operation and the disastrous_results that would flow from some- thing going wrong there wene obvious attribution to a grab 51 He went on to say however that it would be possible to the paper accomplish this purpose by methods more subtle than those indicated in - not mint-N v-Lr'yw-j-I-vn r-7mrrx' - r' r 1' tram- r 1'11 5 -- IPROPERTY 0F A L 1 rpm NH 53244 DunIn 32231942 Page 2 THE WHITE HOUSE 1 n - was - 32 - a arr- 1 - Mr Bundy said that he had no worries about aREeariasitheiresultg fbcal5C ban disaffectio mor ofmamnatural disaster i A avoid external unless aftsuggestion was made that small explosives or incendiaries which could be distributed to Cubans should be infiltrated General Carter explained that the problem is not one of such supplies since they can be easily improvised but rather that the people have shown no inclination to use such materials despite many exile claims to the contrary 6 It was suggested that the matter of attacking and harrassing of Soviet personnel within Cuba should be considered 7 The Attorney General and Mr Bundy said that no reprisals against_ exiles who undertake active Operations on their own are contemplated 8 It was suggestedfthat the possibilities of counterfeiting be looked into further 9 General Carter urged again that a decision be reached as to how 'much latitude would be allowed the operating elements of the government within broad policy lines The Chairman indicated that it would not be a simple matter to delegate responsibilities of this kind to any great degree 10 Mr Bundy then raised the basic question of the entire Spectrum rof other contingencies beyond those envisaged in-the MONGOOSE program NH 53244 DucId 32231942 Page 3 mulTF mug 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