THE MEO MEMO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000700050065-5
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• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 26, 2004
• Sequence Number: 65
• Publication Date: March 1, 1972
• Content Type: MF

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Approved For RLNase 2004/12/02 IA-6DP 601720R 0700050065-5
1 March 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: The Meo Memo
Attached, per your request, are my comments and recommenda-
tions on the Meo memo plus my suggested editorial changes. After some
reflection, I decided the best and fairest thing to do would be to show my
comments and proposed changes to Dick Lehman so that he would at least
know what I was recommending to you with respect to this piece on which
his office has labored so long. Dick's remarks are attached below. I
agree with his first point and have already made the change. I disagree
with his second point, since I regard the sentence as speculative and
unhelpful. I also disagree with his third point though paragraph 77
bothers me somewhat less than paragraphs 78, 79, and 80.
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George Carver, Jr.
Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Carver
Herewith your annotated copy of the
memo. I have a couple of problems.
1. Top of page 18. We have not
mentioned the Agency specifically anywhere
else in'the memo and I would suggest to
delete here.
2. Page 32, last sentence of para-
graph 73. This seems to me a useful
thought and I think it should be retained.
3. Your proposal to drop paras 77-
80. 1 could readily sacrifice 79 and 80
and reluctantly 78, but I think 77 should
remain, if only to summarize the problem.
RICHARD LEHMAN
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