NEW PLANNING GROUP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000500050084-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2004
• Sequence Number: 84
• Publication Date: December 8, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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8 December 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: New Planning Group
1. On Thursday, 8 December, I attended the first meeting of the
new planning group established as a result of Mr. Henry Owen's discussions
with, among others, Mr. Walt Rostow. The group is to be chaired by Mr.
Joseph Yager (Owen's deputy) and will consist of Mr. Yager; Mr. Richard
Steadman, ISA; Brig. General Theodore H. Andrews, USA of J-5, and
myself. To facilitate correspondence and phone conversations among ourselves
without revealing the subjects we are dealing with, we decided to term
ourselves the "Wednesday Group".
2. The first order of business will be drafting our terms of
reference for submission to our respective principals and to the White House.
Basically we are charged with canvassing all possible alternate modes of
waging war in Vietnam. As we understand it, there is to be no limit on the
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3. Knowledge of the group's existence and the subjects it discusses
is to be very tightly held. Members will draw on the resources of their
respective agencies but are supposed to do so in a manner that will keep the
full range of this committee's work from becoming general knowledge. I
will rely primarily, at least at the outset, on my own staff, which covers a
broad spectrum of specialist expertise.
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4. The object is to have an initial survey completed by the end
E this month and a final report ready for submission by mid-March. At
ome time in between the group will probably go to CINCPAC and Saigon
or detailed discussions with appropriate offices in both places. For the
foment, however, neither CINCPAC nor the US Mission is apprised of
his exercise. I will, of course, keep you fully informed as our work
.rogresses.
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George A. Carver, Jr.
Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs
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