MEMORANDUM ON SPECIAL GROUP (5412) MEETING ON 28JUNE 1962

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001900120002-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 29, 1962
• Content Type: MEMO

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29 June 1962
SUBJECT: Memorandum on Special Group (5412) Meeting on
28 June 1962
1. All peripheral activities and the forecasted CIA air
activities were approved. A substitution of one ARGON or one
CORONA shot during July was approved if decided upon by USIB.
The necessity of fivine all of the "back-up" South China and
North Viet Nam flights was discussed and the Committee
expressed the view similar to that expressed by USIB, namely
that these flights should only be flown if operational requirements
indicated an absolute necessity. No authorities were withdrawn
however. The Group recognized that they had authorized two
high-priority U-2 flights opposite Formosa and are willing to
grant an additional flight upon request after one authorized flight
had been either alerted or flown.
COMOR paper on targets was reviewed and Special
Group expect the details on the number of flights necessary to
cover targets after COMOR Committee has acted upon USIB
instructions to review targets under Tab C and Tab D and determine
how many of these targets have been covered by prior flights and
the indicated flight patterns necessary to complete the surveillance
desired by SecDef.
ACTION: COMOR should be prepared to submit to the
Special Group on Thursday, July 5th, at least two comprehensive
flights. I suggested one cover remaining Northeast China targets
and one cover remaining or the highest priority Central China
targets and that COMOR also indicate on overlay map the number
of targets listed in Tabs C and D which have been recently and
satisfactorily covered and therefore further surveillance of these
targets can be deferred for six months. The Special Group agreed
that targets which have recently been under observation and on which
sati sfactory Photography is in our hands should not be again
covered at this time. This however does not apply to targets under
Tab A nor the South China area which will be covered under the
authorized three South China flights.
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2. The CIA counter-insurgency planning for Viet Nam was
reviewed and approved and the Group agreed that the question of
CIA versus DOD jurisdiction should be referred to appropriate
representatives of the two Departments who would discuss the
subject and present an operational plan. I took the position that
CIA had no fixed position in this matter; that we wished the program
to proceed; that we felt CIA had certain unique and special knowledge
in this field and that this, together with Defense's very considerable
ability, must be used under any plan which is drawn up.
ACTION: FitzGerald should meet with DOD and JCS
representatives to resolve this matter.
ACTION: DDP ask State to communicate at once with
the Ambassador if approval has not already been given.
4. Other Items
ACTION: Senator Russell had expressed
keen interest in this subject
and should be advised.
General Taylor presented and discussed a cable, Nolting
to State #18691, June 25th, which contained information not prior
received yet.
JAM/mfb
JOHN A. McCONE
Director
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