REQUEST FROM ADMIRAL FRANKEL FOR INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING OF HEBERT SUBCOMMITTEE OF HOUSE ARMED SERVICES ON SOVIET CIVIL DEFENSE FALLOUT SHELTERS

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• Publication Date: June 4, 1963
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4 June 1963
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Request from Admiral Frankel for Intelligence Briefing of
Hebert Subcommittee of House Armed Services on Soviet
Civil Defense Fallout Shelters
1. In meeting with Mr. Robert W. Smart, Chief Counsel,
House Armed Services Committee, concerning a possible date and
time for our regular monthly Committee briefing by the Director,
I mentioned the fact that the DOD had made a request that the
Agency prepare a briefing on Soviet Civil Defense and Fallout Shelters
and present the briefing to the Hebert Subcommittee later this month.
Mr. Smart indicated that he saw no reason. why the Agency should
become involved in the matter: the DOD. is perfectly capable of
presenting the agreed intelligence findings with regard to Soviet
civil defense. It is his recommendation that the Agency not become
involved in such matters.
2. In announcing the hearings by the Subcommittee on
Department of Defense fallout shelter incentive program, Congressman
Hebert stated in part:
Because of the strength of opinion and the dearth
of knowledge. . I am most anxious that these hearings
be held in an atmosphere of complete objectivity.
Interest in appearing before the Committee as
witnesses has been expressed by some of the best
known names of the country. . . . We intend to hear
them all.
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3. A paper entitled, "Staff Study for Subcommittee No. 3,
F. Edward Hebert, Chairman, " written by Philip W. Kelleher,
Counsel to the Subcommittee, was provided DOD representatives
prior to the first session which occurred on Tuesday, May 28th.
On the following day, May 29th, in the beginning of that day's
session, Mr. Hebert announced to the Committee in part as follows:
The response of Mr. Pittman (yesterday) to
the staff study was exactly the kind of thing the Sub-
committee is looking for. It is my sincere hope that
the same kind of reaction will be forthcoming from
the other witnesses. . . .
The study itself indicated its deliberate slant
against the program and indicated, I think quite
clearly, the reason for this. . . .
The very purpose of presenting these objections
is to have them answered. . . .
. . . the staff study does not represent a
Committee position. It is intended only as a
provocative document and exists for the very
purpose of being answered.
4. In conversation with Col. Roger Carter of Army L and L,
who is handling the Army phase of the presentations before the
Committee, the Colonel advised that the membership of the Subcommittee,
other than the Chairman, almost to a man, would like to avoid this
present Committee activity. Thur.: mail from constituents is very
strong, either in exact opposition, or completely in favor of a fallout
shelter program. The comments of the Committee members as the
Colonel has related them would indicate that in their individual
opinions the present hearings as established will serve little
useful purpose.
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