MORNING MEETING OF 29 NOVEMBER 1966

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001500080022-2
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: April 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: November 29, 1966
• Content Type: MFR

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29 November 1966
Morning Meeting of 29 November 1966
ADD/I said that he contacted General Carroll on the status of the
proposal to reduce photographic coverage of Cuba. The proposal is in
the JCS coordination process, and General Carroll felt that, in the
unlikely event there are no roadblocks, it could emerge by the end of
this week.
Godfrey called attention to a Reuters ticker on Israel's claim to
have downed two Egyptian aircraft. He discussed last night's coup in
Burundi and said that a post-mortem is in process.
Godfrey called attention to Senator Clark's plans to contact the
North Vietnamese delegation in Prague. He passed the Director a
written analysis of the Shulman article on Soviet policies in the Sunday
Washington Post.
Abbot Smith reported that the last footnote of NIE 11-3 had been
adjusted, that the Estimate has gone to the printer, that it should be
ready for dissemination in the next few days, and that a Top Secret 25X1
text is under preparation this morning. The Director asked that publica-
tion of NIE 11-3 be expedited.
noted that one of the three agenda items for the NRO
Executive Committee Meeting on 16 December will be the SR-71/
OXCART appraisal. (See Action 1)
DD/S proposed to issue guidance on Christmas activities at Head-
quarters along the same "low-key" lines as last year. The Director
agreed.
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DD/S briefed the Director on arrangements worked out by the
Office of Logistics to obtain necessary materiel for operations in
Southeast Asia.
Carver called the Director's attention to a cable from Ambassador
Lodge discussing the use of U. S. forces in the Delta.
Warner noted an Agency cable from
He reported that Representative
Ogden Reid will receive a current intelligence briefing tomorrow and
that Philip Kelleher is scheduled for a visit to
Warner said that Congressman Rivers is still concerned about the
Soviet ABM program and that OCI is preparing documentation on what
the Agency gave to the Committee on this subject in the past. The Di-
rector indicated that either he or the DDCI should have a look at this
paper before it is released.
A-DD/S&T called attention to peculiarities in the last space shot.
He reported that a paper on the ChiCom missile threat is in preparation
in response to a request from John Foster. Following a discussion the
Director indicated that this subject must be thoroughly and carefully
examined. (See Action 2)
DD/P noted that he is going tol this afternoon in connec-
tion with Radio Liberty and that the ADD/P is leaving tomorrow for
The Director noted that the year-end double issue of Life magazine
will feature photography and that he has agreed that NPIC and Lundahl
can be identified but will not be tied to the Agency.
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1. The Director asked~for the alternatives as set forth
in the Advanced Reconnaissance Aircraft Study, which appraises the
OXCART and SR-71 aircraft, within the next three to four days. He
will consider whether a meeting of the principals might be advisable
prior to the 16 December NRO Executive Committee Meeting.
2.. The Director asked A-DD/S&T to brief the Executive Committee
Friday morning on ABM's.
3. The Director asked that John Clarke brief him on the schedule
of discussions with BOB on reclamas. (D/PPB by COB, 29 November)
4. The Director asked OCI to prepare a paper describing the
organizational details of the various Middle Eastern terrorist groups.
(OCI by 1 December)
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