NOTE TO COLONEL WHITE (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001500090070-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2002
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: February 17, 1966
• Content Type: NOTES

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17 February 1966
Colonel White:
I have left out DDCI's discussion about Bundy, the President's Board,
and the charge to Houston to draft a letter on this subject. Believe you will
agree that this is best omitted.
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17 February 1966
Morning Meeting of 17 February 1966
DDCI was in the chair. DCI was out of town.
DD/I noted and tabled a copy of a recent DIA newspaper advertise-
ment seeking recruits.
DD/I noted completion of a memo assessing the recent articles by
NVN Party leader Le Duc Tho. The memo will be disseminated outside
the Agency.
DDCI commended the work done in responding to the recent Presi-
dential request for information pertaining to the Dominican Republic
crisis last spring. The study has been delivered to White House officers.
Kent noted receipt of a letter to the DCI from the Secretary of
Defense requesting an NIE
Kent had called
attention to an estimate on this prepared as recently as late January.
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Kent noted receipt of a letter from of DIA. L3AI
will retire soon and is seeking a position i the Agency. This
led to a discussion of similar requests from retiring military officers.
Executive Director pointed to the need to speak frankly and bluntly to
these officers when they undertake to seek employment from us. The
prospects that we can hire them are quite dim. DDCI concurred with
this and asked that all such requests be responded to frankly and promptly.
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DD/S noted the Agency's interest in obtaining some of the property
owned by the Bureau of Public Roads near the Headquarters building.
We have written to GSA about our interest and now appear to have the
principal claim for perhaps as much as two hundred acres in the event
they become available. Executive Director noted that the Federal High-
way Administrator indicated recently that the BPR is not likely to make
the property available.
DD/S reported that response to Agency recruitment ads which attribute
the need to the Agency specifically draw a greater quantity of responses
than those which do not attribute the need to the Agency. The responses
are under analysis to determine whether the quality of those responding
is commensurate with the quantity.
DDCI noted commendatory statements made by McGeorge Bundy
recently concerning Bundy's admiration for the Agency's personnel
policy. DDCI said he had explained to Bundy the unique Agency re-
quirements for select personnel. DDCI urged that the Agency's
personnel activities continue to function well.
for SAVA reported on the highly successful
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carried out in the field recently. DD/S noted and it was agreed that
these tests and their results as well as their possible future applica-
tion are highly sensitive and require continuing security. It was noted
that there will be further testing carried out at in the
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coming weeks. We intend to brief General Peers, SACSA, since
SACSA facilities have supported our testing program. (See Action 2)
reported that SAVA provides the Agency representation
on the Economic Warfare Subcommittee of the Unger committee on
Vietnam. A member of the staff of the House Subcommittee on
Government Operations will meet with the Economic Warfare Subcom-
mittee today. The House Subcommittee is looking into AID aspects.
will attend and play the matter in low key.
Houston noted that General Taylor today and Secretary Rusk to-
morrow will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for
further discussions of the Vietnam policy.
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Ledford briefed on the loss of a U-2 while on 25X1
a training mission 25X1
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Acting DD/P noted Ambassador Bruce's cable concerning the use
and the PFIAB's recommendations.
Bruce in sum urged that this matter be kept out of political/ diplomatic
arenas.
Acting DD/P noted that an Agency officer, a JOT, at an exposed
site in Laos is holding out with Meos under attack by enemy forces.
The officer has burned his records. The beleaguered group is being
supported by friendly jet strikes.
Acting DD/P noted that Ambassador Lodge is a bit unhappy about
the manner in which the appointment of John Hart as Chief of Station,
Saigon was handled.
DDCI noted that he would be making the closing address to the
Midcareer Course tomorrow and would be addressing himself to the
status of morale in the Agency which is contrary to that reflected
by recent press articles.
DDCI noted that the Agency has now touched base with Senator
Russell, Representative Mahon, and the White House on the question
of surfacing the Hungarian defector. Only the State Department re-
mains.
ACTIONS:
1. DD/S&T (Chamberlain) is requested to debrief Science Advisor
Hornig and to do appropriate notes for the record on the debriefing.
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DD/S&T will then confer wit
to de
termine whether
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January estimate on[
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is in need
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vision. A response to Secretary McNamara's request for an esti-
mate on this subject is to be prepared by DD/S&T in consultation
with C/BNE. (24 February)
2. DD/S is to confer with DDP/CI Staff and to have the CI Staff
contact Mr. Sullivan of the FBI to fill the Bureau in on the
nd to invite FBI attendance at the forthcoming tests at
(DD/S - In the course of the day)
SAVA is requested to send a paper recapping the results of
the recent tests to for the DCI.
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