ANTARCTICA PROJECT - LT. HAMPTON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05597A000200040043-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2009
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: November 3, 1955
• Content Type: MFR

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1. ? A call was received on ?ue~sday morning, 1 November, from
Lt. Hsmpt'on; wide to Adunis'al` Byrd: ? ?He expressed a desire. to sttaad-
the NIS Coms~itte~ l,,ieeting scheduled for that morning and thought that
the Antarctica Project would be discussed. I informed hiss that the
meeting had been postponed. ?
2. '? He then stated that thane. was another drrte Bt rdton t~NIS on
discuss: He said that. for purposes of briefing A y
the ~rat$rctica ~soject ha v+as vary desirous of obtaining information on
the~paapls who were actusl2y'working on the project in the va?rics-agencies.
He stated that he would like to have the number of 3eople working ~ this
project in the various agencies, their names, and also information as to
ai+hether any ~of them had participated in any of the expeditions to L'ne
Antarctica.: He advised fuzther that he }gad discussed this briefly with
Capt~ -Styies of Navy-buff had not received?an7- de#iaite camrnitznsat from
him:' He asked -whether.it arould? ba: more desirable to obtain that information
from.ibe various NIS Committee Members or whether a direct approach to
the agencies would be rr:ore appropriate. ~ ~ .
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3:. I informed ~Lt: Hamptod that the information he was seeking ~ .
appeased to be Navy's concern '~~ the internal affairs of .the agencies .
engaged in the project znd that we had never made it a practice to request
such information, primarily because I did not f at the tee oral agenciethsority
to get into matters of this load. I pointed out th
engaged in this project had production reapongibility far the elements
involod by National Security Council Directive and that as coordinators
of the program CU sad this Office had no jurisdiction over the working
groups arnployed by the agencies in fulfilling their responsibilities. To
sons it np, I told him that I did not #:el that it rwas a matter for the Committee
or for this Office to get into. sad that a hoz?everppthat I .r+cxsld disc sis it
seemed to be the proper aia4s. I stated.
with the several Commute, azannbers involved and obtain their views.
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Astaretieat . Lt. Hampton
' ''~ ;. i fisat rs~lad for Gapt. Styles, bat is his absence Cmdr. madden
said; that he was a~aa~re~.ol Lt. Hampton's cones=sation with Capt. Styles,
and he infarmed:me that Gapt. +Sty2es?toek afsather dirn wiaw of Lt.:Hampton's
requeat for information on the capabilities they were assigning to the project
and the qualifications- of the people engaged in it. ~rn3r. Madden said he
would diseuas it further-- wtth=Capt. Styles- when he returns and call me back
which he did, and said that. Capt. Styles agreed .that it was not a Committee.:;
matter and that sny such request from Lt.~ Hampton's office should be
n~ads directly- to Navy and that -they would determine what action they .wanted
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. _ ~~-=5 i zlso discussed it with DaA Clinton and he stated that he also
tilt that at vraa certainly-not-a Committee matter and that Lt. Haaaptoa
should be roferred directly to tha various coordinators in tha agencies
for the t e of information that he was requesting. I passed this information
oa to 'and he agreed that if Lt. Haaapton called he would discuss
the matter with him and cooperate in complying with any reasonable request.
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- ` 6: ? Several rnc~re calls fzom Lt.: Hampton mere received,.. snd I
sdvised hirr~ that?the appropziate approach s-eemed to be to the a aneies
concerned, which ~he aatd h?would do. ~ i advised Clinton and ~ of
this s o that they are awaiting his call.
7. *hav?a feeling that Adm. Byrd :nay have,~otten_v_~nd of the tact
that has ha.1 a hand in some of the arrange;r:ents for tha NIS
pro ect and thet ht is trying: to get a check~on wh ~ her or not Oand
any others who may have feelings similar to are join to have a
part in p.regaxfng .the IYIS+~ ? bo the. event he findsy ??' t ~or any others
who are personally nongrata to him are invohad, ;;]~,~-ili probably be dis-
trustful of anything that appears in the NIS. However, this is just a
personal view.
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