CUBA INVASION ORGANIZATION, PLANNING WERE MISHANDLED, ARMY, AIR FORCE OFFICERS SAY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600340004-8
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 1, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

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i~a?x a' raved" For Relea :2000/08/
4a lol1a
tie' Mishandled,
Officers Say
#litary. Men Believe Such an
Operation Would Have Been Con-
fueed, With Needlessly Heavy Loss
o#i Life.
BY AR 4.. ." ~M t-5 R. P HIMIPSI U.S.A. (Ret.)
;CPYRPH~"~' Aaatlyat eT i6e f~e,ttdiispatelt.
WASIIINGTCN. Nov. 30-
WE ORGANIZATION staid command and control Pans for as
invasion of Cuba Were mishandled and, if an invasion had been
may, would have caused great confusion with consequent ions
of Ufa seed deyyed s uxaesa, aenioc Army and Air Force officers
eotoAantd. -
nedp lutoaaay us me sup r? , p efbiiity t h r a u g h out the the show. The official Uoamwtftd ' Force Base, the
! Atlantic ocean area, the Carib- than to Opt there bad', ra o**
preaa,dtfoonred some now bead- ban on and part of the Indian time for Stare UQUVMQ to
gear cz never heard of before. ocean. It is almost exclusively take over the,e y. plat
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These were AFLA r~ rtj)
t
no Army farces," because these Marirw and "Na y;`tsbemen
and ARL,LNT FOY-wA D?
These designated the forward have been taken out of Iceland. necessary to auth"104perstleft
and only nominally is reaponalbl as the invasion ofCOW mile sot
, batanrrhatsd Posts for the Cuban for Air Force bases in Newfound- ina uded In the Strike Comasand.
lnveeaoa of tWO arEanizatian not land, Bermuda and the Azores. Thus It lacked tdie atfaortty, to
formerly knowwna; to be in exist- Adm. Robert L. Den , control those elements mid also
the staff and authority _ 0 plan
coos. Axraty, lbtamtic.Fleet, A" commander in chief. Atha that c,
t
ts besides that for "r eaynobtt
h
~
a
woar3 two
:Air Force, Antic Fleet,
reomnundar et `the tmlfted. tor- The Poat~ a ud deems
riavy nuaraac otunns-nu, ^.n. commander in chief, AtIsAt3 Namara why Wi
ARLANT is 440iautn
by Gen._ ,Flee. ,.,.11 as supreme ?alli Navy unsftibioes
,
4
I of C the Av ?y7s CoWnental Army IV o r At ht tlc 'Treaty Organ 1T The answer wets' that.
~.~ already unified wftbht
The U as t e d Stwbea Army vsabtl nnwtatr~t. ? The answer meant 1
f
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units ffasn tf s TLVIQ Airborne ltldf of naval atiOtQ, thing, With te h Iarg+Oo:
Stain and
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cot" .. sea' lam as infantry
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. And all their Na a 111 e"d commatatlK --lading' tine dried:.
1111000.1). , NATO. tial for its contingency
cambia cl bile Aer Force Tactical to ii what is called Joint T The Navy, ?AtlanticC
.Air comnwW, or!suoh units of Force Four. It makes coral lacks the Ate god Alp. scree
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d
It *; may be ogeded for a Parts_ gency Plans for groun opera staff to "plans aqd witted, opetettioai.' ; it is ~- } tieanti in the Atlantic such as
t h contingency
marpdt d by. Gen, Walter C. invaa on of Cuba. Lt. Gen. a operation Si tinsel
..,, ?~..._ rf..u.A c,.r.. ?,n,o required for "t a invasion of
_.
On the isle with President Ken- r. IMAtlantic comtrtand is a
14. ...41.*...,
? Fweaay Jr. ,.. . ? aortnpeitde Joint Task F
AN ATIaNTIC Command fact ;Four. He has only a plan
bases and urAft tihrottghoit the But Joint 9'aelc Force Pon parently as a remit of service
tree world,' such as the 4504th
doeA not appear in the prelim rivalry and compel tloar Tor an.
Tttaining Wing at Ur c
MiNfie
operations for invasions thority.
ry
do. Fiere ? ., Cuba. Although preparations f There was tan entirely differ:
Center, Fgl!ta Air Force e Base, I
vasion included Navy forc tent sort of confusion in Wash-
n
:'Fla., Air Fosga "tint tiwiainy Marine. ground and air fo + ington. The-clv (an t~etlt+t?-eteit
's and many Armforces and Air For t were trying to oo liner the operet-
etherlothers o oT .tmilmliaC lack of con-' forces, there was no urnficztio tion. It was they, and not ft.,
mend has taken over all tt4ct` nder of theXVIII,cc" i secretaries do not yet distinguish
arm ens ee.IMM r ass __ .., 1N fr' Ut 0,l 00600340004-8
41 their tnainina nteaa in he, _L_ n.._ ... lien rnyeYa m t
sequence to'te navy commn- or unified commend organic Joint Chiefs ttf WnO Wex*
.der in thief, Atlantic CINCL.ANT. tion, in existence at the stage at the end of trite to e lin}~
Atlantic command announce- wf 1rh nrenarations ceased. eh?inz orders. It is apparent to
stnu mm -
United States. ' designated as the joint tae ur.;??'l t,:kint .
t as com
der for y. Aga
. would not. ; hawevet, ham
ad any authority uttp be ,' .
Th. midm wOOd bay's
tdyy , Navy
haveoaudtad one
'I IS ALMOSTg u y,
=mbook. `7c
N&V 01
have come from Adm. Denni-
aan'a headquarters InrNorfof, Va.
The Strike Cana nd,ified
command consisting Army
and Tactical Air Force W W w"
organized in September-1961 to
tasks command and plan for just
ucit, it contingency oper'aKion as
could ha~e corm up in Gibs;
THUS BOTH .oat Doodti-wets