THE UNEXPECTED ACTION FOLLOWED A CLOSED-DOOR MEETING BETWEEN TWINING AND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700450055-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2005
• Sequence Number: 55
• Publication Date: February 9, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

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THE UNEXPECTED ACTION FOLLOWED A CLOSED-DOOR MEETING BETWEEN TWINING AND
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE PREPAREDNESS AND SPACE COMMITTEES.
THE SECRET SESSION WAS ORDERED WHEN SYMINGTON HAD CONFRONTED TWINING
WITH APPARENTLY TOP-SECRET FIGURES ON RELATIVE U.S. RUSSIAN MISSILE
STRENGTH. TWINING DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THE FIGURES IN PUBLIC.
IN HIS PREVIOUS PUBLIC TESTIMONY, TWINING SPLIT SHARFL'Y WITH OTHER U.S.
MILITARY CHEEFS IN THEIR DEMANDS FOR MORE MISSILES, MORE POLARIS SUBMARINE AND
SWIFTER ACTION TO SET UP A CONTINUOUS AIRBORI BOMBER ALERT.
DETAILS OF THE, GENERAL'S SUBSEQUENT CLOSED-DOOR TESTIMONY WERE NOT MADE
PUBLIC, BUT PREPAREDNESS CCHMITTEE CHAIRMAN LYNDON B. JOHNSON D-TEX.)
SAID IN A STATEMENT ISSUED LATER THAT THE MEETING "WAS DEVOTED PRIMARILY TO
INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES. et
JOHNSON ALSO SAID IT HAD BEEN DECIDED TO PUT OFF THE SCHEDULED TESTIMONY
OF DEFENSE SECRETARY THOMAS S. GATES JR. ON THE MISSILE CONTROVERSY "PENDING
FURTHER TESTIMONY BY DULLES. fr
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