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OPERATION NORTHWOODS---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Operation Northwoods was a 1962 plan by the U.S. Department of Defense to stageacts of simulated or real terrorism on USsoil and against U.S. interests and then put the blame of these acts on Cuba inorder to generate U.S. public support formilitary action against the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. As part of the U.S.government's Operation Mongooseanti-Castro initiative, the plan, which was not implemented, called for variousfalse flag actions, including simulated or realstate-sponsored acts of terrorism on U.S. and Cuban soil. The plan was proposed bysenior U.S. Department of Defenseleaders, including the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lyman LouisLemnitzer.BEGIN ACTUAL DOCUMENT TEXT HERE:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Operation northwoods - Text Version - Page 01---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TOP SECRET SPECIAL HANDLING NOFORNTHE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFFWASHINGTON 25, D.C.UNCLASSIFIED 13 March 1962MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSESubject: Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba (TS)1. The Joint Chiefs of Staff have considered the attached Memorandum for the Chiefof Operations, Cuba Project, whichresponds to a request of that office for brief but precise description of pretextswhich would provide justification for US militaryintervention in Cuba.2. The Joint Chiefs of Staff recommend that the proposed memorandum be forwardedas a preliminary submission suitablefor planning purposes. It is assumed that there will be similar submissions fromother agencies and that these inputs will be
 
used as a basis for developing a time-phased plan. Individual projects can then beconsidered on a case-by-case basis.3. Further, it is assumed that a single agency will be given the primaryresponsibility for developing military and para-militaryaspects of the basic plan. It is recommended that this responsibility for bothovert and covert military operations be assignedthe Joint Chiefs of Staff.For the Joint Chiefs of Staff:L. L. LEMNITZERChairmanJoint Chiefs of Staff1 Enclosurememo for Chief of Operations, Cuba ProjectEXCLUDED FROM GDSSYSTEMATICALLY REVIEWEDBY JCS ON 21 May 84CLASSIFICATION CONTINUEDEXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATICREGRADING; DOD DIR 5200.10DOES NOT APPLYTOP SECRET SPECIAL HANDLING NOFORN---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Operation northwoods - Text Version - Page 02--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP SECRET UNCLASSIFIED COPY NO. 1JCS 1969/321 SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION12 March 1962Page 2165NOTE BY THE SECRETARIESto theJOINT CHIEFS OF STAFFonNORTHWOODS (S)A report* on the above subject is submitted for consideration by the Joint Chiefsof Staff.F. J. BLOUINM. J. INGELIDOJoint Secretariat
 
* Not reproduced herewith; on file in Joint SecretariatEXCLUDED FROM GDSEXCLUDED FROM AUTOMATICREGRADING; DOD DIRECTIVE5200.10 DOES NOT APPLYTOP SECRETJCS 1969/321 2165 UNCLASSIFIEDTOP SECRET---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Operation northwoods - Text Version - Page 03---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TOP SECRETTOP SECRET UNCLASSIFIED COPY NO. 1JCS 1969/321 SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION14 March 1962Page 2165JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFFDECISION ON JCS 1969/321A Note by the SecretariesonNORTHWOODS (S)Note by the Secretaries1. At their meeting on 13 March 1962, the Joint Chiefs of Staff approved therecommendations in paragraph 8 of JCS1969/321.2. In that the Commandant had expressed direct concern of the Marine Corps in thismatter, the provisions of Title 10, USCode 141 (6), applied and were followed.3. This decision now becomes a part of and shall be attached as the top sheet ofJCS 1969/321.F. J. BLOUINM. J. INGELIDO
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