MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD FROM L. K. WHITE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01284A001800050046-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 2005
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: July 9, 1968
• Content Type: MFR

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Morning Meeting of 9 July 1968
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9 July 1968
ADD/I provided a summary report on the impact of the recent
attacks on Saigon, assaying the economic costs and refugee problems
and providing a comparison with the impact of the Tet offensive.
Godfrey gave the Director a memorandum analyzing Brezhnev's
speech to the Party faithful.
D/ONE observed that the Czech situation appears to have passed
into a most serious and dangerous stage, with the Soviets and Czech
conservatives maintaining pressure but having failed to influence sig-
nificantly local Party elections. The Director asked that the gravity of
the situation be highlighted I and that a serious analysis of
the background of the current grave state of affairs be undertaken by
the ADD/I. DD/P advised that he will review once again the guidance
to the Radios on Czech matters but indicated that thus far guidance has
been carefully coordinated with State and is characterized by a low-key
approach.
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Maury reported that he has been advised by Phil Kelleher that there
is a 50-50 chance the Agency will be able to present its retiree cost-of-
living case before the Philbin subcommittee, most likely on 16, 17, or
18 July.
Maury requested that he be informed of significant developments
in connection with Czechoslovakia for use in briefings on the Hill.
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The Director drew attention to the unusual spate of Brezhnev
speeches and asked the ADD/I to assay those factors and pressures
which may be at work in the Kremlin and may have prompted Brezhnev's
pronouncements.
The Director noted that Mort Sahl apparently railed against the
Agency on the Merv Griffin Show yesterday and asked Goodwin to
obtain a transcript.
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