MEMORANDUM FOR:(Sanitized) FROM JOHN A. MCCONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000500080059-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 2002
• Sequence Number: 59
• Publication Date: January 30, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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January 30, 1963
Inspector General
Defense Intelligence Agency
W ith respect to your inquiry about my talk with Mr
1. I mot him at the entrance to the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee at 10:00 a.m., on Friday, January 25th. when I entered
with Secretary Rusk to appear before the Morse Subcommittee in a
closed session. He did not "tackle me" but talked in his usual friendly
manne r .
2. He told me "The President lied. There had been three
shiploaads of Soviet weapons, all containing nuclear materials (he
might have said weapons but I am not sure); that this was known
throughout Defense; that nuclear materials had been detected
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Chief* Staff were exercised and were meeting a. morn."
3. Apparently he discussed the same subject with Senator
Hickeenlooper. The Senator questioned me concerning this in the
hearing, except the Senator did not refer to the Joint Chiefs meeting.
However, he did bring up the essential points IIrnade concerning
the three shipments. Hickenlobpeer did not reveal the source of his
information, i. e. ,
I sent word to II that he was in error. He sent word back
I felt this way, and in view of his recognition of my integrity,
check his sources on Monday morning, January 28th.
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John A. McCone
Director
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29 January 1963
8:40 a. m.
Inspector General, DIA, left this message:
"Last Friday at 1:00 p. m. , Mr. McCone talked to Gen. Carroll
and relayed some information he had had at the Senate Foreign Relations
with Mr.
I can't get to Gen. Carroll
right now, and the purpose o my ca Is o see if Mr. McCone could
clear some of this up - I am conducting a little investigation for Gen.
Carroll and in one aspect of it, the time becomes a little important.
According to my information, 0 told Mr. McCone the Joint Chiefs
of Staff were so concerned about this situation that they were meeting
on it that Friday afternoon. I have three questions:
~in fact say words to that effect, about the JCS
Meeting on Friday afternoon?
he said that tackled me. "
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3. Did Senator Hickenlooper refer to or make a similar
statement regarding the JCS--Meeting ? 11
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I told Col. 0 that Mr. McCone was out of the city until
late this evening, and would be in the office on Wednesday, and
Col. 0 said, "well, I guess we'll have to wait until then. "
1:10 p.m. General Carroll called, but left no message.
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