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

handle is hein.jfk/jfkarch47600 and id is 1 raw text is: 14- 008-10082 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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