CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR PROJECT OXCART

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• Publication Date: February 5, 1964
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'MME. ORANDUMM FOR: Director, MO
SUBJ.: .:CT : Contingency Planning for Project
OXCART
1. 1 am glad to note in your memorandum of January 29
that it appears feasible to hold all OXCART-type vehicles at
at least until January 1965. This will greatly assist
in helping to avoid surfacing until an operational capability
has been achieved, or until such decision may be taken by
the President for other reasons.
2. In this connection, at a meeting held at the White
House on November 29, 1963. with the Secretary of State,
the Secretary of Defense, the Director of Central Intelligence,
and the. SpeeW Assistant to the President for National Security
Affairs. the President decided not to surface at that time and
to review the matter again in late January or early February.
/s/
Marshall S. Carter
Lieutenant General, USA
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-CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Deputy Director (Science & Technology)
3 February 1964
MEMORANDUM FOR: General Carter
SUBJECT: Contingency Planning for
Project OXCART
1. McMillan's memorandum of
29 January on contingency planning for
Project OXCART has one significant
quotation:
..,...no decision to direct imple-
mentation will be taken without
the specific authorization from
the Secretary of Defense to surface
the R-12."
As the result of the event of Friday
last when McNamara attempted to do pre-
cisely "this, I 'believe we now understand
what McMillan had in mind. 'Fubini'.s role
in the DOD ploy, I presume,-, became clear
in his telephone;conversa'tionwith you.
I believe, we must also :.assume ;that:
McMillan was party to the affair.
2. Since we have laid down the law
to DOD on- this= matt_er,= I. ' pr._opose that
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you dictate a memorandum to'
McMillan setting him straight
on this point by making quite
explicit that it 'is-, the 'Director
of Central Intelligence who: will
make the basic decision as to
whether' the OX vehicle Will, be
surfaced."' Certainly after .the
eVent's of this past=:weekend
we are -on'ly reiterating the
position we :have 'now made quite-
Albert- D. Wheelon-.
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General Carter has read the attached and
asked that it be sent to you for your study
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