MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD FROM L. K. WHITE

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• Publication Date: August 11, 1969
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Approver Re A~
11 August 1969
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Morning Meeting of 11 August 1969
*The Director noted receipt of a requirement outlining the topics
on which he is expected to brief during the course of his visit to Cali-
fornia. DD/I noted that he expects will have the necessary
briefing materials available for the Director's review by noon today.
DD/I asked what support the Director desires during the course of his
stay in California. The Director noted that he will be met by an Office
of Security
IDD/I asked
whether he would like the full text of the PDB, and the Director asked
that, if required, the DD/I simply flag for him Othose portions
of it which require some special attention. The Director noted that he
will depart for Los Angeles at noon on 13 August and will return the
evening of 14 August. General Cushman noted that he will depart the
morning of 12 August I land will return to Washington
during the day of 14 August.
*Godfrey briefed on the continuing lull in Soviet military air activity.
He noted the biggest puzzle is that the standdown has now continued
through 10 August. In response to the Director's question DD/S&T
Godfrey called attention to Finnish President Kekkonen's visit
with Kosygin
In response to the Director's question D/ONE stated he is not
certain who caused the changes to be made in NIE 11 / 13 -69 but
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conjectured that it was State (see Morning Meeting Minutes of 8
August). DD/I pointed to the Soviets and Chinese having signed a
protocol settling their River dispute as an indication that they can reach
agreement when it serves the best purposes of each.
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*DD/S reported that power surges connected with the electrical
storms over the weekend caused a temporary breakdown in OCS and
the Signal Center. The Director asked DD/S to determine why they
were excavating this morning in the vicinity of the Printing Services
Building.
Carver noted increased enemy activity in Vietnam and highlighted
reports suggesting some intensified activity during the period 15-20
August, with other reports alleging some large-scale final battle being
planned.
Carver called attention to a cable in from Vientiane reporting
that,the Laotians had taken into custody almost the entire North Vietnamese
Station there. DD/P briefed on the comic details of the NVN's ill-advised
c ounte r s u r v e i l lane e.
Maury noted that Senator Mansfield is going to Djakarta and that,
if he follows past practices, he will not ask for a special briefing.
Maury called attention to the item in the Sunday Washington Post
on the expurgated testimony before the House Armed Services Com-
mittee.
In response to the Director's question Maury doubted that Senator
Jackson is in town.
Warner for Houston pointed to the current Green Beret investiga-
tion in Saigon and to General Cushman's having advised Russ Blandford
that we were not involved in a command relationship with this activity.
General Cushman briefed on his conversation with Ed Braswell, and the
Director asked that he meet today with appropriate Executive Committee
members in order to determine what further action should be taken.
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Bross noted that Mr. Morrison in Robert Froehlke's office has
indicated that they would like additional details on the ARDF/Laos.
The Director asked Bross to see what he can do in the interests of
clarifying this matter with Mr. Froehlke.
DD/S&T noted that he will have an "issue" paper ready today on
the principal problems that will come up during the course of the
15 August NRO Executive Committee Meeting.
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Goodwin called attention to the Sulzberger column in the Sunday
New York Times on The Game of Nations by Miles Copeland. Goodwin
noted that Walter Pforzheimer has ordered copies of the book, and
the Director asked that the order be cut in half.
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By C. L. SULZBERGER loane Secretary of State
PARIS-It is an open secret
that Washington has been up
to the elbows in Middle Eastern
plots and counterplots, but the
degree of involvement and
specific details are now for the
first time exposed in a book
just published in London.
This is called "The Game of
Nations," by Miles Copeland,
an American management con-
sultant, at one time employed
by the State Department, who
helped in organizing the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency.
Copeland, an excellent Arab-
ist, has spent years in the Mid-
dle East where he has impres-
sive contacts, starting with.
.Nasser. Among U.S. activities
in that area he describes the
following:
nothm , . asser sent.a'personal
warning to Roosevelt that he
was about to make an arms ac-
cord with Russia. Roosevelt
and Copeland flew to Cairo.
When they found they
couldn't change Nasser's mind,
Roosevelt suggested`-, Cairo
should announce the weapons
were coming from Czechoslo-
vakia - "the idea being that
this wouldn't sound so?heretical
since the Czechs were also a
major source of arms for the
Israelis."
un
red Germans.
To Improve Relations.,
Copeland says: "A certain well-
Nasser asked for limited
known major general of the
Even so Washington, kept at-
American military aid-up to
American Army" played a part
tempting to restore good rela-
$40 million. Copeland observes:
tions. Copeland . writes: "In
in this affair. "As I will show later on, it was
Copeland's most fascinating
1962, before supplying the
the State Department's delay in
revelations concern the Nasser
Israelis with Hawk antiaircraft
granting this comparatively
revolution in Egypt. According
missiles, President Kennedy
small amount whicn caused
to him Washington decided in
cleared' the matter with Nasser
Nasser to turn to the Soviets-
Putsches in Syria by explaining it to him and
1952 that "Egypt was the place
Under Major (later Colonel)
with the result that he got many
to start" an attempt to produce
getting him to agree that, under
Stephen Meade, the U.S. spon-
times over the $40 million
forward looking, pro-American
the circumstances of the mo-
1949 coup d'etat of
which he originally asked
Arab governments.
ment, we could not do other-
Syria which be-
from us."
That February Roosevelt
sored the In August 1953 Roosevelt Vise."
gan the ceaseless putsches that
ed a "Moslem Billy Graham" atives of Nasser's conspiracy.runner of the C.I.A.).
Husni Zaim in was sent on a secret mission
tried to organize a "peaceful
marked the coun-
have since Everybody knows the ensu-
revolution" under the umbrella
try's political life and produced
(says Copeland) to try and end mg story, marked by contin-
King Farouk. In March-
Soviet control. of four
increasing the impasse between Egypt and uing war in the Middle East
months" before Nasser's
American specialists promot
Britain on Suez base negotia- and a steady growth of Soviet
coup-Roosevelt met represent-
tions. In November 1954 two influence. As Nasser once rue-
to mobilize Islam against Corn- inc plan to change things U.S. colonels, Albert Gerhardt fully confessed to Copeland:
munrsm and sent "a wild-eyed under Farouk was drpped. and Wilbur Eveland, discussed "The genius of you Americans
Iraqi holy man" on a tour of American officials and Nas- an arms deal with Nasser "for is that you never made clear-
Arab countries. Copeland con- ser's representatives reached "a internal security purposes." cut stupid moves, only 'com li-
eludes "The project did no private understanding that the A tentative military agree- Gated stupid moves which
harm." _ ,,., _
Dulles to supervise " Operation
Ajax" in August 1953, physical-
ly ousting the Mossadegh Gov-
ernment of Iran and restoring
the Shah.
An American military attache
helped arrange for a Nazi of-
ficer, Lieut. Gen. Wilhelm
Farmbacher, to assist Nasser
in training his army. American
officials were instrumental in
getting to Cairo the famous
Otto Skorzeny, an S.S. officer,
and during his short Egyptian
stay Skorzeny brought in
"about a h
d
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in Egypt. In.July Nasalized
power (with no American as-
sistance) and Nasser's right
hand man, Ali Sabri, immedi-
ately informed Ambassador
Jefferson Caffery that Nasser
wanted "friendly relations"
with Washington.
Copeland says Caffery ar-
ranged with Nasser "fur the
loan to the Egyptian Govern-
ment of perhaps the leading
practitioner of 'black' and 'grey'
propaganda in the Western
world, Paul Linebarger, a for-
mer expert for the O.A.S. (fore-
Kermit (Kim) Roosevftppl[p Y~e 1 ~ for ~W r/ 5n~2 inen ar `~~[~i ~ ~$ ~~ a ~ r at the possi-
C.LA. Middle East expert, was wouldn't exist for man P~ r5iri IT th y he some-
y years" when Washington had done thing to them we are missing."
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allies. We don't need any more room
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about a kitchenette, but 'I don't think'
this way ? of saving money is going tot
pay oft in the tong run. i Know what it
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'in the community is going to smell it
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`kitchenette with you. If a fellow wantsy
to sleep ,; late. and you are cooking ha
and eggs. the aroma gets all over both,
apartments..I just think you ought to;
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Charleston. We don't have too much of3
it. now, don't misunderstand:. me, We
make'us appre-
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s'?.eiate w#iat they have over in'England...j i
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i the . cgmmunity controlling pollution IV
S` other people are polluting with thel
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