MEMORANDUM FOR MR. DULLES FROM TRACY BARNES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90T00782R000100120003-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2012
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 23, 1960
• Content Type: MF

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May 23, 1960
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Dulles, DCI
Attached is a copy of a document, dated April 6, 1956,
entitled "Agreed Undertaking," which Pat Coyne left with me for
you, on the basis that you do not have a copy. It represents a state-
ment of the Board's understanding, reached at its first meeting, as
to its functions. As indicated in the last paragraph, these functions
were presented to Governor Adams by Dr. Killian and received his
general approval. Pat Coyne said that you should feel free to pass
the portion of the document above "Memorandum for the Record"
along with other documents connected with the Board, if you want to
do so. The "Memorandum for the Record" is for you alone.
After you left, the following points were made by General Hull:
(1) He reaffirmed his feeling that if asked, by a committee
or otherwise, if the Board was aware of the program, you should
clearly reply in the affirmative. He specifically mentioned, however,
the following limitations:
(a) He distinguishes the "program" from individual
flights, stating that the Board was not aware of any specific flight
until after it had happened. This point he thought might be significant
in connection with the present proposed hearing which is apt to con-
centrate on the May 1 flight. If so, and if any Board members were
called, they would have to deny knowledge of that particular flight
before its occurrence.. This, in turn, means that they would not in
any way have approved or known of the timing of the flight in relation
to the Summit.
(2) The Board's approval of the program was predicated on
the results and would not in any way involve consideration of operational
details. In fact, he pointed out that General Doolittle is the only member
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of the Board who has received an operational briefing. As you
undoubtedly know, it is the present White House policy that
individuals on the Board shall not only not make releases, but
shall not appear before congressional committees without a specific
waiver of the existing rule. In this connection General Hull said that
he would hope that he would be consulted in case any recommendation
were made to the White House suggesting a different participation by
Board members. I assured him that I was certain you would do so in
case you were involved, or heard of such a suggestion. General Hull
indicated that in such a case he might want to call a meeting of the
Board to get their reactions, although he already informally knows
the views of each member.
Tracy Barnes
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