LETTER TO MR. GLENN A. GREEN FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

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• Publication Date: February 10, 1960
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Mr. Glenn A. Green'
Executive Vice-president
The National Education ProgrEz
815 East Center Avenue
Searcy, Arkansas
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Dear Mr. Green:
This will acknowledge receipt our letter
of 28 January concerning the late
In regard to your 19 December letter, sent YOU
reply on 30 January and you should now be in receipt
of this letter.
I follow the general policy of not commenting
one way or the other on the accuracy or inaocuraey
of press, radio or other statements concerning efor
Central Intelligence Agency or
your information, I did talk tol he
December 1957 and he did not indicate to me &
had any formation about Soviet espionage
Soviet agents he wished to divulge.
d e
meeting, he did not indicate that he wished to have
any further meetings with me, although
opportunity to do so,
sincerely,
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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 Mr. Glenn A. Green
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30 January 1960
Dear Mr. Green:
I have carefully noted your letter of December 19
concerning United States intelligence and other matters.
Frankly, although I admit I am prejudiced, I feel that our
intelligence is somewhat better than what your letter would
indicate, and in particular the intelligence we had with re-
spect to both developments in Cuba and Soviet plans for
outer space, have been quite accurate.
If you would review the find that circumstances of
broughto's
visit to this country, you will
here by the government but by private American organizations,
and that intelligence, furthermore, cannot be held respon:>ible
for any journalistic or radio build-up that he may have received.
I can assure you that the c aestion of Communist penetration
in this hemisphere is and taken which we have obtained a
es of steps in this matter on great deal of information connection.
You may be interested in a recent Congressional
publication giving the testimony of the Deputy Director of CI-
on this particular subject, a copy of which is enclosed.
SinC es r ely,
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United S'
sure you
and pass
Your letter of December 19th concerning the competence of
ten intelligence is a rather difficult one to answer as. I am
e aware, a very large amount of the material which we obtain
Further, the
on the part of th
Consequently, to co
Cuba or the USSR woui
ke us into the realm of classified information.
While admittedly rn`y
impartial source, I would nevert
ew could not be considered that of an
is good, and it warrants the confide e
I would also point out to you that Preside
established a permanent board of Consulta
Activities which meets several times a year
isenhower in January 1956
on Foreign Intelligence
d constantly reviews our
work and reports thereon to the President. In
with subcommittees of both Armed Services and
Houses of Congress. Consequently, our work is
to insure that it meets the national needs.
Sincerely,
dition, we meet regularly
propriations in both
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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o the other departments of the Government is classified.
are many factors which go into the creation of a policy
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nited States Government exclusive of intelligence.
eat in any detail with regard to the questions on
say to you that our intelligence
of the United States taxpayer.
 Bir. Allen T. Dulles, Director
Central Intelligence Agency
2430 E Street, N
Jr.
1Tashington, D. C.
Dear ir, Dulles:
ompe I am disturbed at the seemingly utter incompetence
United States intelligence.
The Communist takeover of Cuba -?
90 miles from
our southern coast -? was aided by United States State Depart-
ment decisions and actions of other government agencies; and
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is my understanding that such moves are made on the basis
of intelligence supplied by your agency. From the beginning
of CBS's and other promotional journalism building up Castro
the "George 7ashington't of Cuba a year or so before
take-over,
I knew of Castro's Communist affiliations, andvthe
available dossiers of his associates showed key ones to be
members of the Communist
international
conspiracy.
Yet, government aided Castro and then immeasurably
ourengtnened his hand by bringing
him to "dashingtono
Also, intelligence on theUSSR -- the things
ou
y
h
aV
said, and our Government's actions -m indicates we do not
really know what-s going on over there, especially in space
probes and missile development, It indicates an incompetence
ur intelligence organization.
speec
I
want
know
what
in our e
blunder in Cuba, and I want to know whether our government is
going to continue to sit idly by while the Reds expand their
in Latin America.
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December 19, 1959
Could you give me any reassurance at all?
Please do not send an
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Y speech reprints. I've read Si erely,
GM NN A. GREEN
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Dear Mr. Green:
30 January 1960
. I have carefully noted your letter of December 19
concerning United States intelligence and other matters.
Frankly. although I admit I am prejudiced, I feel that our
intelligence is somewhat better than what your letter would
indicate, and in particular the intelligence we had with re-
spect to both developments in Cuba and Soviet plans for
outer space. have been quite accurate.
If you would review the circumstances of Castro';:
visit to this country, you will find that he was not brought
here by the government but by private American organizations,
and that intelligence, furthermore, cannot be held responsible
for any journalistic or radio build-up that he may have received.
I can assure you that the question of Communist penetration
in this hemisphere is a matter on which we have obtained a
great deal of information and taken a series of steps in this
You may be interested in a recent Congressional
publication giving the testimony of the Deputy Director of CIA
on this particular subject. a copy of which is enclosed.
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Sincerely,
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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January 27, 1960
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Personal and Unofficial
General Alfred M. Gruenther
President
The American National Red Cross
Washington, D. C.
Dear Al:
Re your note of January 25, 1960 -- after looking
at the snapshot you sent me, I surrender unconditionally,
and I am now a full-fledged member of the A.A.M.
Also I would t
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oula most inter-
vax ence on the subject of A.A.M., and
I have sent it over to him with appropriate instructions. I
feel sure that in due course, and it may be rather coarse,
we will have a report from him which will permit you better
to assess the "capabilities and intentions" of A.A.M. Just
at the moment I appear to be somewhat weak on capabilities
and intentions, if I read the Alsop columns correctly.
Sincerely,
A W D: at
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