PARTICIPANTS IN THE MCNAMARA PROJECT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000500030003-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 29, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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29 Auvst 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR.- Mr. R. Jack Smith
Deputy Director for Itttetligence
SUBJECT : Participants in the McNan&ra k-roject
1. Per your request I have congOod a list of persons known to me
whose contrtbutiua to the ldal+isaxasa Project deserve special xnemflon.
The report seat to the Secretary of Dsdsnso was very much a team effort.
As you know. inputs were nude by ORR. OCI, and the DDI Research
Staff. I wont through all of tbsm pereoaally and then chaired a series of
coordination meetings ce; the annume to order to turn the various
individual cootributioss into compssW' and evcnpde:r-eatary parts of a
? e whole. These coordination sessions were attended by 0 25X
Mr. Robert Layton of C HE
and Major I of BAVA. The graphics were .produced
primarily by C74RR odor the direction of "* WOW 25X
of the coati tour draft was organised by of OCI am 25X
the production of the find paper was supervised, very ably, by 25X
I myself kept a s
tie over the total effort and drafted the 8ammsry. The persons wham I
mention below were also obviously drawing on the work of others. They
should be contacted for the rimes of their mm colleagues who made useful
coaa~tributioas.
a. 'eased the MR taeput 25X
which constitutes 4$ 16 AY aslG V. rn ii I is a meld of an 0" input
and an OCI iaput which we tsmbbsed We a single paper. The quality of
the CRtR contribution speaks I.e ttsslf and needs no further praise from
Me. meds s scat sae u4buti tie.the coordination sessions
ma dsservss psrsoiafy a great done of credit for the. ftx*l paper.
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supervised the 25X1 I __1 b. s III, V L Ix, X
-ouuctiao of the :SCI inputs whit aPPsu of his collsaguss also sperm
and XI. The quality of his work and that of
jibe the p rdination sessions oduct.
for ttsolf. H. too made a great cot'ri~sd
ani deserves a great measure of credit for
c. &ar. . Robe" of OTM helped edit what hat &P as rs
work in the coordinatio d
pr~lys der and add-job man. Tb*
Amexes gill and VU. did yeana-Aft bitter,
filled to ingenerallyas spinch
paper could never have been produced on tune without his assistance.
of the DDI Resesrclb~ (staff rssssrcbod
d? i 4 ? from him /v ~G}~~R7[~, ~~,CS? ~~
and wrote AssaOX Xli, with some assistance
,,udst asgotiation practices is a first-class piece
rant slue. It reflects the ixstall sacs
historical study of Carnn'
of work in its own right. and one of !L does ? 25X1
and thorough scholar ship that ma-r ks ~ 1t
o,f OCI did the initial draft of what
e. I~G r . uol Adams
a' VI and vii. His cou.rr~stits on Viet
appeurs in the fi l paper as Aruaas9 months of work he has put into rssearchthi
Cong Morale reflect the ruANY m on. I3is contributions ar+
this topic both in W ashiagtca and then itii s of 10 final paper cad U*
&, the most useful and signuicaat s
deserves is be commended for then'.
of aAVA helped me go through ~!..
chores. VIOLS 25X1
dloc2~arg of essential
a s e a-1 draft + ai to oar shlih to got the Pap" o
assistasrts also cont ntributed sig c
on timO ?
d
of ONE read the draft coad*' H an
SU"Me lad a band in the cOO"Inartiod
made a =mbar of helpful suU of the total *ffoct'
sessiaas and also e4o"Ibolod be "WUS""
od im the tyvdn of the eamplLW
rtormsa ce and that of his assodis"s
draft. Had it avt be" for his Fs s~~ si,
in we n'o Ph"" task it tt -004d bs" been d be s dw ow "aft
to meet our degas. In this east you
metric Np~ewriter, a :olSUlei'y
,as put on x, which tapes My Ti i when p Ld - is this ralbAff
new proo?as which thoroughly vimdi+tat+sd itself wed net las-v+s been rnsyl.
torrnieb-br3~s test. Without this precsas one +rrad
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25X1
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t. supervised
the ac.Lu..st prodLwtion of tbs ficuil paper, desigair.g the cover. they layout.
ar4 attending to the many details involved in this exercise. Toss
aseth*tlc and ciesli,rn quality of the ftsal report is the besg witness to their
par of+es sins l skill and the value at their ceattribution.
J. I OAR. with his eoiiesgues.
handled the production of the graphics. He did the layout and tnltiaa desires.
bore most patiently the quirks and personal design whixrze of the editorial
board and -- as any reader of th" final decumowt can see -- pr od'ac ed a
very handsome set of graphics which caantrfbuts r.:arked7.y tt'.* the quality
of the final product.
k. of the Cartography Division of Bl
not only deserves c,nunend*tiun for his help with the snaps but rnsrits
ps xticular praise for catching a major error which had escaap.d everyone
else's eye. Thanks to his attention, we avoided putting out a product that
was flawed.
1. Mr. Richard Deputy Director of OCI, provided
the typing support without which the Could sever hew. been
finished o n time. very a b l y ch*trsd t h e le coordination sees sioa on
the Su ry, and was in every way in i**Wiahts sourer of support and
assistance.
2. The persons mostiead able ter tlese of whose contribution.
I have direct knowledge. Loch aeon deserve, bo& praise and tha ks . So
toes of course, do their associates, aka, sad subordinates who also
contributed but who" asmsa I do not k eve.
George A. Carter. Jr.
Acting Special Aastata * !or Viatmevnese Affairs
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