GEN. TAYLOR'S BACK IN UNIFORM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700480009-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2004
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 28, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

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Oren. Taylor's. Back in Uniform
Just what Gen. Maxwell 17.,Tay-
lor's job as military adviser to
President. Kennedy will entail
probably is a secret between the
general and his boss.'Th post is a
new one. .Presiden Eisenhower
was his own best military adviser.
He didn't need anyone? to weigh
his military problems.
It's presumed that Taylor's
first big task will be Ito,examine
the Berlin problem.` This supposi-
tion apparently, is based' on the
fact that Soviet Premierrush-
chev has been threat{ezing to des-
ignate Berlin as a tI, it,arized
city 'all on his own. ' former
U. S. commander in Perlis
and army chief of st for four
years, Taylor is an 'hand at
juggling the German Issue.
B u t certainly Mr. Kennedy
would' not have summoned the
general from retirement-if the
Berlin problem were all he had
in mind.; A good guess would be
that the PzkAi eai feels..the need
of con vise,, on military
ma eers generally and the joint
chiefs of staff and Intelli-
gerce.,a,cy_ specifically.
Two of the three men on the
joint chiefs of staff are being re-
placed within the next two
months. That will leave only Gen.
Lyman L. Lemnitzer, the chair-
man, whose chances for being con-
tinued in that post next year are
considered slim by some Washing-
ton .observers. Rightly or wrong-
ly, Lemnitzer has been vigorously
criticized for failure of the Cuban
invasion. It inconceivable that one
of Taylor's main responsibilities
for the next several months will
be to act as liaison officer between
the President and the Pentagon.
Taylor ,ikely will have ,a major
role to play in the anticipated re-
,or gariization oe ~, since it
wale o-headed the study of
that agency after-the Cuban fias-
co. It i ay be assumed that ifs, ar-
amil? y uerrlla tactics:'. sub-
versls ite,) activities are taken
aw y f o i 11.T_aylor will have
a gr ;t. caj.to, say about where
they will go-which could be the
joint chiefs, or even a brand-new agency.
One thing is certain-Taylor is
not returning to official Washing-
ton to serve as anyone's window
dressing. He's a b out o_ ken
soldier who is prone to a e a
critlea ao C at everyone around
ail move and below him.
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