[1][104-10187-10103 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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[5]_ Do Not Reproduce
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[8]’ 1S cctober 1964 .
[10]ME‘AORANDUM
[12]Rp SUBJECT: ‘sien oe Oe vation | _ ,
[13]; a brieling Suc aom Pera) :
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[17]fitlig wad hold tn 0 email uxurtout ren
[19]gov C0 ice room an the afte aof FFiday . 06,086,274 .
[20]6 October 1964, lastlag-aéout 2 1/2 houre, (Chief of state 06099 60" *
[22]' Colonel. Peralta, Minleter of Government Colonel Serrano!
[24]. aod lutelyt nee Chief Coloral Porres attended for the Guate-
[26]i sone" Two Cia PRESEWT
[28]. sé 19 CIA officer
[29]_ +e. sat the request of the: ; =
[30]° prefaced the operational briefing with a brief description
[31]of how the U.S; bvalligesce esmoiunity operates, of the —
[32]; + yale of CLA, of the aséd-for compartm entation and security,
[33]oa - ‘and apectizally of how the foregoing considarationa wake
[34]BO - . ttémperative for tuc(Guatelnatsans) ts ‘adopt security pre-
[35]. : cautions which wil easare that the information we provide -
[36]"aad the joint operations we uadortake are eompartmented
[37]within thd Gasteniales fovernmoat (and, in fact, diaenssed
[38]by the temalan rovernnent exclusively with our re 2
[39]presentatives in the fisid),
[41]° 3. Following tho Introtactory remarks outlined
[42]‘ above,’ L briefed tha group cn the DG atructura, “the PCL
[43]operational techniques, ant apoctitcauy on DGI alus and
[45]+: | operations tn Guntesnalg The(presldent)lent close attention
[46]tarouchoat tho efing ami examined tho oxhthits closely, )
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[49]including the DCL inteliigence requirements ror(C Ke or(Gustemuia
[50]and the(Ealvadoran "Caso Zapote" file.)
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[53]4. After the tdregoing expcsition, I oxplatned
[54]“our aims in eplotting the intormativn 2
[56]~ pontoons in tais Consection ! assed for close couperation
[57]‘sod coordination of activities, promising that wo shall
[58]do our autmost and maitng relerence to ovr travel lists
[59]aud watea list.
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[68]a «The effaciivencss id hie oan. actions against
[70]guerrillao-La(Guate=ala)and Dts: determi inition ~ 1
[71]to “edt violence with vialence; ” Se a)
[73]an ' Recognition of the tinportaace of the information :
[74]covered ren es ete an of a envoys te,
[75]. . . t + a
[77]a . decision to Bold the isforiaaticn to those present.
[78]: ot ee A fa replyhig. to the reroarke.. lanl Pesta ®6
[79]“ae 7 I sald that. ‘wé. appreciate the ‘cooperation ; m
[80]OAS and that we: Bball be mest latsrested in (he gplottation .
[81]. of tha posaipilittes: ta-ths gresent casg, Ladded that tho matter
[82]Ss " of using forea against Cuba is a_policy watter oa whlcint was .
[83]-- _ * Bot competent to comment but that the decision, medo by the.
[84] .". United States Goverumsat are based oa careful atidy of
[85]: astatied information including information oa Soviet intentions
[87]and eapabittles, om G
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[89]OR the cope i.of iho meting; alata)
[90]aphed-for. by eopy of. esse uirements (whlch he already |
[91]. - “had gone over clooely) and the cony wita bin to stody ‘
[92]. on ~ . ‘farther.
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[113]BT ~ § “With releredce tol b case, tecduse ot
[115]- fo : |. Ob the developments. co ee Salvador, )lexpisines
[117]Se ”opetefly:thé status af TON cizaand the possibility .° ween ee
[119]iblaratsgaon OG to(Caat (This was taline = ; oe
[121]With the-dis loa falvadorie dich laciuded car” GBEB NCR .
[123]> ggepemeses, “ise Gres i the Oras itent's intellisence Roe
[124]. advisor, Calouwal’ MerRAn a Dasaed- that tre Guetems iH
[125]a ent taka ‘bo action | requested hy esident Ob
[126]F Catonel MEDRARO ML oak thit, UDALTON IG:
[127]foal probably would. eal te ;
[130]; rn: “‘tnkChiet of State Pers ea rather’
[131]tmpasioasd speech fa which be- ites following points:
[133]oe @, Ais own long experience in the OAS, in Cuba
[134]_— Ad In Central Aerie
[136]. b “Lite early warnings ant Casiro--qhich
[137]were disregarded; |
[139]@.”. The astont to which Seateuthte past lived wp
[140]to its obligations fa the GAS; to which it has
[141]cooperated in efforts asaisst Castro; and to
[142]which lt has loosed towand U.& leadership;
[144]ae oa The fallure of We U.S; to take aygressive
[146]L a : action against Cuba aad the reed for taking & .
[147]ot dard line, inchiding the use of force ia support of
[148]: _ military -aetivity by the free Cubans asd the other
[149]- American countries;
[151]@ His appreciation that-tsa Soviets will sot be
[152]_ willing to risS a nuclear war over Cuba;
[154]oe {, Condemnstion of Mealeo for her dealings with
[155]4 Cuba, for fatinre to abide by her oblizations la
[156]i tha OAS, aod for permitting the Castroites to
[157]: ooerate ‘out ‘of Mexico against other American
[160]i g. The neod for action agalast Mexico;
[162]‘Yn