MORNING MEETING OF 15 NOVEMBER 1966
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15 November 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Morning Meeting of 15 November 1966
The Director asked Warner to be seated at the table as a member
of the Executive Committee.
DD/I reported that the figures on aid to North Vietnam will be
ready for Walt Rostow on Friday. He said he had explained to Philip
Kelleher, counsel of the House Armed Services Committee, that the
annual defense Estimate, NIE 11-3, will be approved by USIB soon,
after which the Committee will receive its customary briefing.
DD/I commented on the status of the war in South Vietnam, and
the Director suggested that he discuss his views with the appropriate
directorates and offices to determine the feasibility of publication.
Godfrey noted developments in the crash landing of a Pan American
mail plane in the East Berlin area and analyzed Brezhnev's statement
in Sofia.
Kent raised the subject of the timing of a briefing for the Director
on NIE 11-3. The Director said he will be in touch in the course of the
day.
Carver said that George Allen left this morning for Saigon and called
attention to a scheduled visit by General Carter to Vietnam.
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Bross assumed that the Director wants him and
up on the "twenty questions" paper with
agreed.
~to follow
The Director
A-DD/S&T noted that the OXCART/SR-71 study will be ready
tomorrow.
A-DD/S&T reported that he met with William McMillan, the re-
cently appointed science adviser to General Westmoreland.
The Director questioned the figure of 100, 000 Chinese in North
Vietnam as reported in the CBS newscast this morning. (See Action 1)
The Director initiated a discussion on the luncheon and briefings
at Headquarters today for Eugene Rostow, Under Secretary of State
for Political Affairs. DDCI presented the guest list for the luncheon.
The Director had no cavil with the choices and outlined his understand-
ing of what will be covered in the post-luncheon briefings. In this
connection, the Executive Director noted that the Awards Ceremony
scheduled for this afternoon should be moved to the USIB Conference
Room.
The Director reported on his meeting with Walt Rostow yesterday--
the President read NIE 11-8
Rostow is not disposed to take action on aid to Algeria at
The Director noted
He considered that
respondent on North Vietnam is worth a careful paragraph by-paragraph
examination.
1. In reply to a question from the Director, DD/I said that he will
call the State Department today to ascertain their position on the size
of the Chinese presence in North Vietnam.
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