DIARY NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76-00183R000400020036-1
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: July 16, 1962
• Content Type: NOTES

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DIARY NOTES
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1. was in to report to me on the meeting that he attended
on 13 July at the White House, which was chaired by Commander Shephard, the Pres-
ident's Naval Aide, to discuss telecommunications in connection with emergency
planning. There are to be a series of meetings by this Committee in com liance with
National Security Action Memorandum (NSA" No. 127. felt that 25 1 9a
the principals will not attend all of these briefings, and he has designated
as his alternate. The key question to be resolved, insofar as we are concern , is 2 Aga
to set forth the essential communications which we foresee to have with the President
in time of national emer enc 'n connection with the program for the continuity of
Government. has been asked to prepare such a a er. I sug- 25X1A9a
gested that he check in the first instance with Ray Cline and and that this
paper eventually be cleared with Mr. McCone prior to signature by
and dispatch to the Committee.
could not go along with theMexercise and issuing a whole new series of instructions
for the continuation of the exercise on a piece-meal basis. Several of us, particularly
Larry Houston and myself, were particularly concerned at the legal implications of
carrying out General Carter's instructions and, in fact, felt that we could not "have
our cake and eat it, too." I made a very strong presentation, I think, at this meeting,
as
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2. I attended two long meetings with General Carter, Emmett Echols, Larry 25X1A
Houston, and others today in connection with the =xercise.
We were assembled in the DCI Conference Room at 11:00 a.m., at which time General
Carter delivered a dissertate n of about thirty minutes saying in substance 1-1, t h 25X1A
entire exercise. I said that I strongly recommended the former course and against the
latter course. I argued that he should accept the decision made by his predecessors
(i.e., that there should be such an exercise), that he should accept the procedures
which were approved by them and cleared with so many echelons of the Government
in order to get the program established, and that he should limit his decisions in the
present circumstances to honoring appeals in those cases where he thought an injustice
we as at we subsequent meeting in the afternoon, to the effect that the Agency
would be done great harm by this approach. I told General Carter that I thought he
had to make a decision as to whether he would accept themxercise and go ahead
with it with only a few appeals to be honored or whether he wanted to scratch the
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had been done, procedures had been violated, a person was not, in fact, surplus to the
Clandestine Services, etc. (I do not know at this point what course of action General
Carter will choose to follow, but I am inclined to believe that we have impressed him
somewhat that he is "too far down the road" to change courses in this particular
exercise at this point.)
3. I talked to of Technical Services Division about their request
25X1A9a for money to aid in the education of one of Mr.- sons. I told him that I had
checked this with General Counsel and that we found it very difficult to approve the
25X1A9a request. In fact, I said that I did not feel that I could approve it on the grounds sub-
mitted and that I would have to take it to General Carter for his guidance. Mr . -
25X1A9a asked for time to consult with the Acting Chief of TSD. Later Dr.=
called to say that he felt that this action really was operational security in that, by so X1A9a
25X1A9a doing, would be kept in a frame of mind to cooperate fully with the Agency
25X1A9a in this particular situation. I told that I was very sympathetic but was
concerned about the precedent and that I would want to check it out with General Carter
before making a final commitment.
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he is a member and
DD/S offices which the Task Force might look into.
was up to brief me on the Manpower Task Force, of which
is the Chairman. I agreed that 25X1A9a
could be made available to this Task Force, and I also agreed
?a memorandum setting forth my ideas as to some of the
5. Jim Garrison advised me that the contractor has now admitted that the air
conditioning and heating system is not properly balanced and that he wishes to check
it out thoroughly on two successive week ends, preferably July 28 and 29 and August 3
and 4. This would mean that at 4:00 on the preceding Friday afternoons all valves
would be opened and temperatures would go as high as 80 degrees in parts of the building
over Saturday and Sunday. On the following Monda s however, things should be back
25X1A9a to normal. I have advised General Carter and of this plan and, receiving
no objection from them, have instructed Jim Garrison to go ahead with it.
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