RESUME OF OCB LUNCHEON MEETING, 17 SEPTEMBER 1958

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R002700050016-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2005
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: September 17, 1958
• Content Type: MFR

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Resume of OCB Luncheon Meeting, 17 September 1958
PRESENT: Mr. Allen, Mr. Gray, Mr. Harr, Mr. Helms,
Mr. Herter, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sprague, Mr. Staats
Mr. Harr raised the subject of the projected visit to the
United States in mid October of Soviet Air Marshal Konstantin
Andreyevich Vershinin. He said that a question had come up
regarding the desirability of having a high Soviet officer come here
just prior to our elections and that General Persons of the White
House had been queried as to the validity of this point. There
ensued a lengthy discussion as to the necessity for inviting the
Soviet Air Marshal at all and whether or not the United States
actually had a commitment so to do as a result of General Twining's
trip to the Soviet Union. Also, there was much debate about the
timing of the visit. It was finally decided that the President would
be informed of this proposed invitation and that if he approved, it
would be extended to Marshal Vershinin just after our elections
with a proposed date for the trip of December first or thereabouts.
resumption of testing, particularly in view of our own continuation
of such tests. It was, however, the consensus of the meeting that
The contingency statement for use in the event of possible
resumption of nuclear tests by the USSR was the next point under
discussion. It was generally agreed that the United States would
not be on very firm ground in attempting to capitalize on Soviet
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There was some detailed discussion of possible ambiguities
in the proposed contingency statement and these were referred to
the Working Group for resolution.
3. Ad Hoc Working Group on Formosa Straits
Regarding the activities of the Ad Hoc Working Group dealing
with the public opinion implications of the United States position in
the Formosa Straits, it was quickly decided that this was not the
time for such a group to involve itself with contingency planning for
more serious involvement of United States forces in the area. It
was rather agreed that the Working Group should concern itself
with the two particular pieces of business for the immediate future:
a) The preparation of a factual statement regarding the Warsaw
ambassadorial negotiations, to be released in the event that there
should by any chance be a leak about the content of the talks and
b) the examination of ways and means of getting across in the United
States and the Free World the position of the United States Government
with regard to the use of force by the Chinese Communists in the
present situation. It was the sense of the meeting that despite the
President's TV and radio address, the comprehension of the rectitude
of the American position was not clearly understood inside the
United States as well as in the Free World at large. It was agreed
that much greater efforts should be made to see to it that this and
the other points which the President and the Secretary of State have
made be given wider dissemination not only through news media
but also through Ambassadors, MAAG Chiefs, and any other resources
at the disposal of the United States Government.
4. Further Plans for the Pan American 707
As a followup to previous Board discussions of possibilities
for exploiting the technical superiority of the Boeing 707 jettransports
now turned over to Pan American, Mr. Herter mentioned that early
in October Mrs. Eisenhower is scheduled to christen the first such
aircraft to go into service. He said that it is also planned that she
and other prominent personages, possibly including the Vice President,
will fly in the 707 to the Brussels Exposition.
5. Possibility of Lifting Travel Restrictions on Soviets
Mr. Herter stated that he was weighing the possibility of
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lifting the travel restrictions on Soviets in this country. He pointed
out that they had little security importance and that we might well
achieve a psychological gain by unilaterally doing away with these
regulations, thus pointing up the fact that the Soviets are still
continuing them in the USSR.
RICHARD HELMS
Acting Deputy Director (Plans)
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