A SHAKEUP IN THE CIA?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00318R000100780064-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 17, 2013
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: May 1, 1961
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/05/17: CIA-RDP67-00318R000100780064-3
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There now is no doubt.; at Fresident
confidence in the Crrlittligence Agency=been
, by .tl . an fiasco. ,(
The CIA, which masteridnded4be rebel: attack on
Cuba, therefore is likely to ur;deigo a'sliakenv
Apparently the .role it playe41. in garnering:jnforma-
tion wasn't faulty, although some kdministratitln!. leaders
claim it was. It now appears more likely tlp,re 'Were orne
astro agents among the rebel :forces, wi .,11i.e.:?ehilt that
the Cuban dictator was not only able tO s 'rit'-the invad-
ers with force but also to clap he underg lea4ers be-
hind bars. -
On the other hand, Def46' Sec Mclqamaia
and the Joint Chiefs of .,Staftik ao10.0u nvolYesd?in the
Cuban military exercise, .we4'kt4iinel iutious,in their ,
, advice.
What is now considered...12/44,441appen is that the
President will t s -40.me.?44,.-the
operati
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its would be in keeping witirliitispelief that all forins
of warfare?from all-.ont'.4ftack ,thr subverSiveovi,
fare and civil defense =L..: 'Auld becentrahie4.,iti:"tfie
Pentagon. , -
There has been a feeling in the White House that the
super-secret CIA should not have gone beyQii t bounds
of an objective intelligence-gathering agencyi*