ACTION IS TAKEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00318R000100790090-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 29, 2013
• Sequence Number: 90
• Publication Date: May 6, 1961
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Action k Taken
President John F. Kennedy has ordered an
all-embracirkg r.eviesv oi the CeritraQnteUence
Age-ritsytrrii kindred government units lhat corn-
pile foreign information. The comprehensive
study should clarify why there was such er-
roneous information that led to the abortive Te-
1 Cuba.
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the Tieaed topic of lie momen
The President's ri'itler for a sweeping explora-
tion of this hush-hush agency will meet with
the approval of evetyone.
At the same time the executive order was
issued the President also announced that he
was naming a board of consultants on foreign
intelligence activities. Serving as chairman will
be Dr. Jomes R. KilIp Jr. of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
? Doctor Kilian was. the first chairman of a
similar board establi'shed by former President
1 Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956. Serving with the
doctor on this important board will be General
Maxwell D. Taylor, former army chief of staff.
Others named include Dr. William 0. Baker,
Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle, Dr. William L.
Langer and Robert D. 'Murphy. The President
explained that the board may be expanded to
include others in the near future.
At least action has been, instituted to try
to salvage and shore up our foreign information..
L_ Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/05/29: CIA-RDP67-00318R000100790090-3