MORNING MEETING OF 4 MARCH 1966

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Publication Date: March 4, 1966
• Content Type: MFR

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4 March 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Morning Meeting of 4 March 1966
DD/I noted the forthcoming visit to the U. S. by Sir Kenneth
Strong.
DD/I noted the latest monthly report dealing with shipping to
NVN. January's total of 46 port calls is the highest monthly figure
since May 1965, but it is still not a major amount in the light of past
shipping patterns.
DD/I noted background pertaining to the article this morning by
Joe Alsop rebutting recent New York Times reporting on fighting in
Vietnam.
DD/I noted the problem of overhead reconnaissance coverage of
NVN and said that it has been recommended to COMOR to plan the
next satellite mission in such a way as to provide maximum coverage
of the China border area, Hanoi, and Haiphong.
noted concern in the State Department over a current
military operation by South Vietnamese forces in the DMZ. This
was an operation planned unilaterally by General Thi in the I Corps
area and was not checked with Saigon. It is in reaction to recent
Communist activity in the vicinity. There was a clis igainn of +l,a
implications of Thi's action. Acting DD/P noted
report that Prime Minister Ky believes Thi may be engaging in anti-
government maneuvers.
Kent reported on the talk made by before the Princeton
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Kent reported that) I of the ONE staff will receive a
one-year fellowship from the Council of Foreign Relations.
salary will be assumed by the Council, and he will be allowed to
travel. He will undertake a study of India, Pakistan, and the great
powers. DCI said he wanted to send a note of congratulations to
Warfield noted various recent letters received by Air America
commending the courage and abilities of Air America pilots. This
has boosted Air America morale.
Houston noted that the DCI will appear before the full House
Armed Services Subcommittee on 7 March.
Houston reported that the Zablocki Far East Subcommittee of
the House Foreign Affairs Committee is planning hearings. Rusk
and Bill Bundy will appear. The DCI has been asked to start off
the hearings with a briefing on China on 15 March. Houston reported
that Agency officers met with Senator Clark yesterday and displayed
photography on Vietnam.
Bross reported on the meeting with Pat Coyne yesterday in con-
nection with arrangements for the briefings on Middle East matters
of General Taylor and Professor Langer on 7 and 8 March. Coyne
reported that the next PFIAB meeting will be 21 and 22 March.
Bross and Coyne discussed the subject of the role of the Board in
undertaking to refute charges made against the Agency.
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to proceed well. The weather in California is still bad, and there
has been no progress in the search for the U-2 wreckage in the
Sierras.
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At DCI inquiry~ said that DD/S&T has briefed John Foster
on the capabilities of the HENHOUSE radars. DCI asked to 25X1
ensure that Fink of DOD DD/R&E is also briefed.
Acting DD/P reported on his and deSilva's meeting yesterday
with Governor Harriman on Thailand. Harriman urged that the
Agency submit its views on the way to combat the subversive threat
there to Cooper and Komer of the White House staff, and he recom-
mended that the DCI raise this at a future meeting of the Special
Group CI or its successor.
DDCI noted a telephone call from Secretary Vance. McNamara
and Vance would like to pay a call on the Agency tomorrow to discuss
our assessment of the U. S. bombing effort. Kent explained the
status of work on this project. It will not be in final form for about
one more week. DCI said it would be useful to try to defer the meet-
ing with McNamara and Vance for another week and indicated that he
would call the SecDef.
DCI noted that he will attend a noon meeting of Cabinet-level
officers with the President to discuss a new NSAM which will estab-
lish a new Government procedure for dealing with matters previously
the responsibility of the Special Group CI.
ACTIONS:
2. DCI requests a copy of the transcript of the appearance of the
Hungarian defector before the Rivers subcommittee. (OGC - When
the transcript is available)
3. Noting plans to begin an Agency-wide study of our publications
on 15 March, DCI requests that D/DCI/NIPE be prepared, upon com-
pletion of the Agency study, to undertake to look into this throughout
the Community.
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