INTERDEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION FOR CUBAN AFFAIRS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000100120033-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2002
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: January 8, 1963
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE WHITE HOUSE ER 63-160
WVASHING TON
January 8, 1963
NSC REFERRAL NOT REQUIRED
NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 13
TO: The Secretary of State
SUBJECT: Interdepartmental Organization for Cuban Affairs
The President has approved the following organizational arrangements
to facilitate the coordinated management of all aspects of our current
policy toward Cuba; final policy responsibility of course remains with
the President, working with the Executive Committee of the National
Security Council when necessary.
1. Day-to-day coordinating responsibility will be vested in a
Coordinator of Cuban Affairs in the Department of State, acting as
Chairman of an Interdepartmental Committee on Cuba. The Coordi-
nator will be responsibile to the Secretary of State for State Department
business, and under his guidance to the President and the Executive
Committee for interdepartmental coordination.
Z. The Interdepartmental Coordinating Committee shall consist
of the Coordinator and representatives of the Department of Defense
and the Central Intelligence Agency. Representatives of other depart-
ments will be associated with the work of this committee as necessary
in particular cases. Officers shall also be detailed to the Office of the
Coordinator from the Departments of State, Defense, Justice, HEW,
CIA, and USIA. Other departments and agencies may be requested to
participate in the work of the Interdepartmental Committee and in the
work of the Coordinator's Office as appropriate. A White House officer
will maintain liaison with the Coordinator and with his Interdepartmental
Committee.
3. The President and the Executive Committee will look to the
Coordinator for effective coordination of the execution of policy decisions,
and for timely recommendations on new courses of action. The Coordi-
nator will work through his assigned officers and with the Interdepart-
mental Committee in meeting these responsibilities.
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.M'cG e; o rg e4 Bundy
cc: The Secretary of Defense
The Attorney General
The Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare
The Director of Central Intelligence
The Director of the U. S. Information Agency
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4. The Coordinator's authority will not supplant the responsi-
bility of other operating departments or agencies for the management
of their assigned tasks or their right to be consulted before their
resources are committed. Differences which arise will be promptly
referred to higher levels for resolution.
5. The Coordinator will na.rne a full-time representative who
will open an office in Miami to represent the U. S. Government in
relations with Cuban refugee organisations and coordinate the imple-
mentation of all Feral programa being carried on in the area,
relating such programs to State, local and private programs.
6. The Coordinator will assume the same responsibility for
covert operations as he does for overt actions. However, he will
report on covert matters to the Special Group which will be guided
by broader policy established by the President through the Executive
Committee.
/s/
M[cGeorgee Bundy
cc: The Secretary of Defense
The Attorney General
The Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare
The Director of Central Intelligence
The Director of the U. S. Information Agency
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