NOTE TO MR.JOHN M. CLARKE. D/PPB FROM GEORGE A. CARVER, JR.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000700010010-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 26, 2004
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 13, 1971
• Content Type: NOTES

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Mr. John M. Clarke, D/PPB
+GACarver, Jr.
1. Per our lunchtime conversation in July,
attached for your information and use is a copy
of a memorandum on the Pentagon papers pre-
pared at the Director's behest. This memoran-
dum was originally drafted for use with Congress-
man Mahon and a copy was given to him for
perusal by the CIA Subcommittee of the House
Appropriations Committee and the senior staff
members thereof. A copy was also given to the
PFIAB.
2. The memorandum was fairly carefully
drafted. The intent was to cover those points
which ought to be treated but, at the same time,
to present them in such a way that no damage
would be done if this paper should fall into
unfriendly hands. This double objective accounts
for the rather elliptical or allusive way in which
some of the topics are treated.
George A. Carver, Jr.
Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs
Attachment
"The 'Pentagon Papers"' ?- 8 July 1971
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