MORNING MEETING OF 30 DECEMBER 1965

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001500100021-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2007
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: December 30, 1965
• Content Type: MFR

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30 December 1965
Morning Meeting of 30 December 1965
Mr. Helms was in the chair as Acting DCI.
reported on SIGINT evidence that the ChiCom
MIG which downed a BLUE SPRINGS drone over North Vietnam
on 24 December did the job with an air-to-air missile.
tabled tracks of yesterday's reconnaissance
missions in the NVN-Laos area by tactical U. S. aircraft.
reported nothing new on Shelepin's visit to Hanoi.
There is no evidence that he has yet left Moscow. In answer to
A/DCI's query, DD/P said that various stations have been put on
the alert to gather information on this mission.
I Inoted a CIB item today on the Bolivia situation,
I I report on the growing insurgency threat in
Thailand, and the current situation in the Dominican Republic.
I ioted that Bill Bundy had called yesterday to
commend the recent memo produced by OCI on Cambodia. The
memo is being sanitized and reduced to the Secret level per the
Department's request.
Kent commended a recent memo done by the DD/I Research
Staff dealing with ChiCom, Soviet, and NVN developments. It was
agreed that DD/I would consider sanitizing this report for wider
dissemination.
Sheldon noted that weather is not expected to permit a
TACKLE mission over South China today. Steps will be taken to
get explicit 303 Committee approval for forthcoming TACKLE oper-
ations in view of the fact that current approvals expire at the end
of the month.
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Sheldon noted that the Soviet attempt to launch a vehicle
for a soft landing on the moon appears imminent. said 25X1
this had been covered in a recent President's Daily Brief.
Mr. Helms reported on a telephone call from the DCI
yesterday. The DCI will be in town on the evening of 3 January.
Mr. Helms requested that, as was the case during the
Christmas holidays last week, all senior officials and their associ-
ates should ensure that the Watch Office knows of their whereabouts
during the coming weekend.
1. OCI is requested to ensure that intelligence highlights
are sent daily to the President during the coming three-day holiday
weekend. (DD/I)
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