Office of the Historian

300. Memorandum From the Officer in Charge of Cuban Affairs (Hurwitch) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (Woodward)0

Washington, February 1, 1962.

SUBJECT

  • “Cuba Project”

Attached for your urgent consideration is the latest version of the basic paper relating to the “Cuban Project.”1 There is also attached a memorandum to each member of the group from General Lansdale.2 A number of tasks listed in the basic paper have been assigned to the Department. Although I have done a little preliminary work on some of these tasks, I have been reluctant until now to proceed very far both because of uncertainty as to the final outcome of the Punta del Este meeting and in the absence of your guidance.

I shall appreciate an early opportunity, in view of the deadlines imposed, to discuss the paper with you and obtain your views as to the best manner of proceeding, particularly with regard to Task #9 (page 5).3

  1. Source: Department of Stare, Central Files, 737.00/1-2062. Top Secret.↩
  2. Document 291.↩
  3. Document 293.↩
  4. Woodward responded, in a handwritten note on the memorandum, directed to Hurwitch and Goodwin: “I believe we can now forge ahead on all items feasibly attainable.”↩