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104-10308-10082 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (2/9/1964)

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              AMWORLD Meeting in Baltimore, 9 February 1964

              SUBJECT:  Est.imate.of Operational Readiness Status.


                   1.  Based upon discussions with AMJAVA-4 on 9 February 1964,
              I estimate AMWORLD at approximately three months away from being
              ready to conduct operations against the target area.  This
              estimate is based upon the description of the project by AMJAVA-4,
              including personnel assets, level of organization, state of
              training, condition and location of equipment, transportation,
              communications, logistics, construction of housing and training
              facilities, leadership and technical personnel available, and
              relations with host governments in Central America.  My own
              experience in 1960 in establishing and managing similar personn 1
              and physical facilities, for what was planned, initially at lea t,
              as a quite similar program in the same area, has also been con-
              sidered in the above estimate.  A brief discussion in each subject
              matter field follows.

                       a.  Personnel assets.  A cadre group is in Costa Rica
                   and in Nicaragua at present.  They appear tobe sufficient
                   to proceed with the development offacilities, but in Nicaragua
                   at least, a period of construction and organization is
                   necessary before more people should be recruited and shipped
                   to the camps.  A-4 feels the situation in Costa Rica is
                   probably about the same.

                       b.  Level of organizatio    The leadership and managerial
                   assets now on board in the pilgram are spread very thin.  A
                   time for testing and training, fitting people and organiza-
                   tion together is required.  A program such as this one cannot
                   risk having the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong
                   time.

                       c.  State of training.  This varies from a few thoroughly
                   trained, experienced, and capable men  (to my personal
                   knowledge) down through the degrees to completely inex-
                   perienced recruits.  Various levels of training, from basic
                   training, up to refresher training for experienced men must
                   be accomplished before competent, functional teams and units
                   are developed.  After that point, more operational training
                   for specific missions must be done before teams or units can
                   be committed.  I would strongly recommend that no operation
                   be launched until the operational plan and all elements

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