MINUTES OF PLANNING GROUP MEETING 15 MARCH 1960

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92B01090R002600120003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 25, 1960
• Content Type: MFR

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rapid hand~,lr;g
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fog incoznir~?~ cabae x~p~ts and a.slced ~h~:~er ss~me such ax~arrga~
meat night be eea~deci t~ xepli~~3 t~iat thfs
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sg~e~ fmpt~?tax~:t p~cacesiura.l and o~ga~~.i~?~ticnal p~t~bleaAns must tae
d+e?a~.t ~f &tc m ~rgeci that s~rrae ad~rance planr~.ng be
started pxeEt~ scu~~ ~w..i9:h respect kc tia~.se pr'~3blet~as ~ But
e~resseei the vl.~v~ that such ix~r8g, vv~c~uid lie pramarture rat is
tinl~g especk,a~ll~ sia~c~e ~.~,~~ ~?i3t$ nth p,~~-~..xAS ~4 purchase rf~':'iN ~gtliija?~
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~he~.e~ the ~~pt comps ~.i~:ctx~icall~ ~~ trt* ps~u~h~ ~l~en the near
equipment is p~~t i~a ~~s~~F a a~e~r means of p~r~assinq- v~ill
hatre to l ~~~or~cd caut, ~~e~x~rht~.e,, ire coding a.~~.d ot~a-~? special
han?,r~g ixa*,r~ t~~n d~c-pr.~f~ anc~ ttae _ systarR is a i~7.X~/'~'..~-
~a~nnto pr~~abler~~ a of cta~~e~e~~~~ tca the ~J,ax~~tng ~xoup onl~r ii' it is
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~~ sfiat+~d t~a~t ~AfP is pow estim~-ting its ~C '62
budget recttai~?e~ter~ts and rr~1I3 prababAy seQ~ saa~ae i~d~arse~rt~:att t~
opirai+ar~ dam the C~vup with xespeat to thy: eciuiprr~e~x& tee be pla~aed
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would impx?ow~ if ~ustam~rs g~:t a better idea of ghat h~p~gens tca
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