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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP64B00346R000200140031-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2004
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: October 22, 1962
• Content Type: PREL

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UNITED PRESS OCTOBER 22, 1962
INTERNATIONAL
(POLICY)
WASHINGTON---PRESIDENT KENNEDY SUMMON130) SOME TOP CONGRESSIONAL
LEADERS BACK TO WASHINGTON TODAY AMID REPORTS THAT A NEW U. S. FOREIGN
POLICY MOVE WAS IN THE MAKING.
THERE WERE MANY INDICATIONS THAT A CRISIS HAD DEVELOPED.
THE WHITE HOUSE HAD NO IMMEDIATE COMMENT. BUT ALL SINS POINTED
TO A CLARIFYING STATEMENT WITHIN A MATTER OF HOURS.
SENATE GOP LEADER EVERETT M. DIRESEN, R.-ILL,, WAS ONE OF THOSE
SUMMONED BACK TO WASHINGTON BY THE PRESIDENT. AN AIDE SAID IN CHICAGO
THAT "THE SENATOR WAS TOLD AT 0: 45 A. M. (9:46 A, M, EDT) THAT THE
PRESIDENT WAS SENDING A JET PLANE HERE TO PICK HIM UP FOR THE RETURN
TO WASHINGTON. I UNDERSTAND HE TALKED TO THE PRESID DIRECTLY."
MHE AIDE SAID THAT A SIMILAR SUMMONS HAD BEEN ISSUED TO LESLIE
ARENDS9 HOUSE REPUBLICAN WHIP, WHO ALSO IS CAMPAIGNING IN ILLINOIS.
THE AIDE SAID THAT "WE HAVE NO MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRISIS
THAN WHAT WE HAVE LEAFNED FROM NEWS REPORTS." HE SAID THAT "WE
AREN"? WORRIED RIGHT NOW ABOUT CAMPAIGNS. THIS SUMMONS TO WASHINGTON
APPEARS TO BE FAR MORE IMPORTANT."
10/22--Tn 1?35 AEt)
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