Office of the Historian

360. Memorandum From [name not declassified] of the Central Intelligence Agency to the Chairman of the Contingency Coordinating Committee1

Washington, May 12, 1967.

SUBJECT

  • Summary of Contingency Plan for Haiti
1.
The Contingency Coordinating Committee (CCC) Study on Haiti anticipates that the United States may be confronted with one of two basic situations: (a) loss of control by President Duvalier, resulting in chaos throughout the country or (b) the demise of Duvalier from natural causes or otherwise. In either case CIA will support the overall U.S. effort and provide coverage of intelligence requirements.
2.
To this end, the CIA contingency plan covers the following aspects:
a.
Administrative and Logistics: In either contingency it is planned to effect an immediate build-up of personnel [1 line of source text not declassified]. Provision of logistics support to satisfy CIA infiltration and exfiltration requirements is currently under active study.
b.
Intelligence: Coverage of the developing Haitian situation will be reported by internal and external assets. [4 lines of source text not declassified] All available information on known or potential subversives in Haiti and abroad has been collated for ready use by the Intelligence Community.
c.
[4 lines of source text not declassified] Additionally we have compiled a list of Haitians, located both inside and outside Haiti, which has been made available to the Departments of State and Defense to assist in the selection of individuals deemed suitable for use in the reconstruction period.
d.
[3 lines of source text not declassified]
3.
For the duration of the contingency close liaison would be maintained with both the Department of State and the Department of Defense.
[ name not declassified]
C/S/CIA Representative
  1. Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, Country File, Haiti. Top Secret; Eyes Only.↩