REPORT ON THE CUBAN OPERATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001900160015-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 30, 2003
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: November 24, 1961
• Content Type: MF

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24 November 1961
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT : Report on the Cuban Operation
1. The report on the Cuban Operation, as is true of all Inspector
General reports, was prepared under my personal direction and worked
on by myself and my deputy, Mr. David McLean, as well as the three
officers who did the principal collecting of information and preparation
of the text: Messrs. Dildine, Shaffer and Shea. The final editing was
done by myself personally and the report represents the views of the
Inspector General.
2. In preparing the report we had access to all of the material
prepared by this agency and submitted to the Taylor Committee, as well
as the minutes of the Taylor Committee meetings, and a chance to see their
final conclusions and recommendations. In addition to this we had all of
the documentary material available in the WH Division, WH-4, and other
staffs and divisions of the agency who had cognizance of or prepared
material for WH-4. These particularly included ONE, OCI and Staff D
of the DD/P.
3. As is noted particularly in our report, we did not go outside
of the agency in any respect and tried to confine our inspection to only
internal agency matters, except where reference had to be made to outside
actions that affected the operation. In interviewing persons connected
with this operation, we talked initially to three of the top officers in the
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operation, commencing with Mr. Esterline and Colonel Hawkins, and
having our initial lengthy discussions with them within a week of the
operation. We interviewed all of the appropriate supervisors in the
DD/P, starting with the DD/P himself and including the.A/DDP/A,
Chief WH, Chief WH-4, and some 130 other officers and employees
directly involved in the operation. We kept extensive notes and material
of all of these discussions which are documented in our files.
cc: DDCI
DD/P
yman B. Kirkpatrick
Inspector General
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