REVIEW OF COUNTERINSURGENCY PROGRAMS, VENEZUELA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001300080054-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: February 21, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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SECRET
THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF
WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
CM-327-63
21 February 1963
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. U. ALEXIS JOHNSON, CHAIRMAN
SPECIAL GROUP (COUNT ERINSURG.ENCY)
SUBJECT: Review of Counterinsurgency Programs, Venezuela
1. The current intensification of Communist pressures in
Venezuela, coupled with the President's assurances to Sr.
Betancourt of our determination to support this government,
suggest that it may be desirable to review the counterinsurgency
effort which we are pursuing on behalf of that country.
2. What I have in mind is less a progress report on existing
programs than an over--all appraisal, by each Special Group
Member, of the Venezuela situation as seen from the viewpoint
of his agency, Finally, I suggest that each appraisal should con-
clude with recommendations for change where, in the view of the
member, change is indicated in the magnitude of intensity of any
of our programs.
JCS review(s)
completed.
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MAXWELL D. T. YLOR
Chairrr_an
ILLEGIB
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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
22 February 1963
Memo for Mr. Knoche:
Attached is a memorandum
from General Taylor to Secretary
Johnson which is self-explanatory,
and I think my note at the bottom is
also self-explanatory. Please check
these out with Tom Davis, the
Secretary, and take appropriate
action accordingly.
cc: t DCI w/cy att
Executive Director w/cy att
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