RESUME OF OCB LUNCHEON MEETING, 13 JANUARY 1960

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R002700020054-4
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2014
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: January 13, 1960
• Content Type: MFR

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Mr. Allen solicited the views of the Board on M. Pinay's
resignation. Mr. Dulles and Mr. Merchant agreed that the principal
factor was opposition to de Gaulle's stand on NATO.
3. Appointment of OCB Chairman
Mr. Harr informed the Board that the President would very
shortly issue two letters. One will appoint Mr. Gray as Chairman
and the other will assign designated studies to Mr. Harr, who will be
expected to take the lead in developing certain new measures.
The Brookings Institute report on Executive Branch organization,
just released, was mentioned, along with the possibility that Mr.
Harr's new assignments might be interpreted as being in response
to these recommendations. Mr. Harr said that there was of course
no such connection and that the issuance of his letter might be speeded
up in order not to give the impression that there was.
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Resume of OCB Luncheon Meeting, 13 January 1960
PRESENT: Mr. Allen, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Dulles, Mr. Gray,
Mr. Harr, Mr. Merchant, Mr. Riddleberger, Mr. Smith
1. Khrushchev's Interview with Ambassador Thompson
Mr. Dulles cited an AP ticker report that Ambassador Thompson
had had an interview with Khrushchev, at the former's request. In
answer to his query, Mr. Merchant said that this was concerned only
with the arrangements for the visit of the President to the Soviet
Union and had no connection with the recent incident involving the
forcible searching of military attaches.
2. Resignation of Pinay
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4. Mr. Hagerty's Trip to Latin America
Mr. Allen told the group that Press Secretary Hagerty is
leaving tomorrow morning for Latin America in preparation for
the President's trip. He said that Mr. Hagerty had declined to
include a man from USIA although Mr. Allen had requested it.
The latter conceded that he might have made this request too late
and not vigorously enough, but he deplored the fact that it was not
accepted. He expressed the opinion, and the Board generally agreed,
that Presidential trips of this kind could be exploited for their
corollary affect in building up certain executive agencies in relations
with their foreign counterparts. It was pointed out that the Russians
appear to do this rather well.
5. Sprague Committee
Mr. Gray noted that the Staff Directorship of this committee
had been offered to Waldemar Nielsen and that he probably would
accept but that he will not be able to assume his duties until about
the 15th of February. He also repeated that the public members
would almost certainly be restricted to three in number and that
Philip Reed will probably be the third one, the other two being
C. D. Jackson and Mr. Sprague himself.
6. Soviet Missile Tests
With regard to the Soviet announcements about missile tests in
the Pacific, Mr. Dulles said that he believes this is primarily a
propaganda play because in the past the Soviets have always maintained
strict secrecy before launching any endeavor in space. He concluded
from this that the form of the Russian announcement indicates that
they have something quite spectacular to reveal.
A suggestion was made, although not thoroughly considered,
that the U.S. might offer assistance to the Soviets in monitoring the
results of their tests. In any case Mr. Douglas undertook to see
what various elements of Defense are planning to do about monitoring
these activities.
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