'60 SECRETS WHITE HOUSE AGAIN DISPUTES NIXON ON

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• Document Release Date: April 9, 2010
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• Publication Date: March 23, 1962
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60 Secrets
White House Again' Disputes Nixon On
By Thomas B. Ross
Surf-Tints Bureau
W A S H I N G T O N---White
House sources took Issue again
Thursday with former Vice Prey
also about' Important dEons ? Nixon dt lartx "Prcident Ei-
mattcrs acid t+e CZteilt of the atw ttetthnwce has actlhCteitttxl_ `me to
'
fnl!c>M69fa practice
don's invifvetUent.itt Southeasstate that,
Asia.
The Presideitt'teftwd'tu com-
ment on his latest dispute with
sign of what secrets were given fence Wednesday. But the'[' hitelto he as fully br1d 4 oar-our
to President Kennedy during the jHouse sources oh a l l e n g e d a to reign proh!ena s as ti iv'us:"
,
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1960 campaign. Istaternent issued Weuncsda)
by; inc IN bite Buts ,sot,w ei re-t
she former vice Par. campaign of the d ter of';
They asserted that Mr. Ken- president. sponded by .insisdi jljha, it Mr_ t
nedy was kept in the dark not' Nixon's Statement eisenhc' "r had glft'p].Mich In-isoviet sit ,sik advances But a
only on the Clthan invastc+n bt,:' fire Ito.r?, !zaal._x C'mmitteo struetious, they . -sot been month fig t took o`tue Do.
_ ---- -- _-- _-. ___-- CarTicYT?Otrt. tense Sec Robert S. Nt Nannarz
he had establishb4. In .195., .he
These inforrpants said Mr an."red th::, r") missile gala had
Kentaedv l:t:rncd for the firat~material
tinge the day before taking office Newllook
,of the e .tcnsite involvement Of l Nixon 6t,_-;t'd the current row
the Cenral InteMigence Agency`overthe i,rt_,ii;?:rca.l r efings bs_
in Laos. .
rite implying ; n Ili, n,Y. hook, "Six'
The President was io!d of Crisec" matt Mr. Kennel', hd~
CIA operation; the sources acid, toed scene information ::rout
during a Jan. 19,1961, meeting the [Mbar it nfor n for political
at the White House with Mr. El- advantage dui ins the for olit gn.
senhower, former See. Of State
Christian A. Herter, and-formu The Wtnte House prompily.?
f)efcnsc Set. Thomas S. Gate ;replied, that the President had
Jr. never been told about the iova-
The sources also confirmed sion prior to the election. Allen
that .Mr. Kenneoy was annoyed W. Dulles, who was CIA direc-
at the time, issued a separate
during the c tmpalsa at the fact to,
that certain' defense secrets vs ci,''taterttent supporting the White
withheld from him. House announcement.
Restrictions Imposed
Sept 2, 1960, that Mr. Eisct-~
bower had Imposed restricti
on a briefing for Mr. Kent}
by, Gen. Curtis I. ItMay, now
Gen. Thomas S. Power, SAC
commander. The two generals,
leading cx,,onenU of the "missile
.gap" thc.'ry, apparently were
prevented from giving Mr. Ken-
nedy the full details on Soviet
rocket strength.
had given `instn.t ns that in re-
Kenned
warned ;lurin
)
Mr
But Nixon, now Republican',
gard to U.S in lgencn aatirl-
tics abroad, Sett. ,qdy was
meat Wednesday, be said het
4 iban allegation through. "per-!
:quarters at Omaha on Avg. ~4 o:tal coneL_ t?:.tions wi h rt?xpon-
lot that ye:.r. ble individuals who had k.nou'l-
N!r. Eisenhower ttpe7tt ?~# c,f tit