◆ SpookStack

PET COPY 15 March 1961 REVISED CUBAN OPERATION 1. Political Requirements: The plan for a Cuban operation and the variants thereof presented on 11 March were considered to be politically objectionable on the ground that the contem- plated operation would not have the appearance of an infiltra- tion of guerrillas in support of an internal revolution but rather that of a small~scale World Wear IT type of amphibious assault. In undertaking to develop alternative plans and to. judge their political acceptability, it has been "necessary to infer from the comments made on the earlier plan the charac- teristics which a new plan should possess in order to be politically acceptable. They would appear to be the following: a. An Unspectacular Landing: The initial Landing "NS should be as unspectacular as possible and should ‘have neither immediately prior nor concurrent tactical air support. It should conform as closely as possible to the typical pattern of the landings of small groups intended : to establish themselves or to join others in terrain suited for guerrilla operations. In the absence of air support and in order to fit the pattern, it should probably be at night. a : woo 3 2S #176622- Copy. :