MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR FROM STANLEY J. GROGAN

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• Document Release Date: October 24, 2002
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• Publication Date: March 16, 1960
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR
16 March 1960
1. This memorandum is for information only.
2. Attention is invited to the attached UPI 103, in which
Symington refers to the DCI in questioning Secretary Gates.
3. It hasn't appeared yet on the ticker, but I understand the
JCS cleared for Gates last night a statement to the effect that list year's
Intelligence Estimates, which covered operational ICBMs, etc, considered
what the USSR would have if they proceeded in an ordinary program as cc parec
to what they would have in ICBMs if they went into a crash program and ,ze
conclusion was reached that the USSR is not in any crash program to proc.uce
ICBMs.
STAT
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cc: DDCI w/attach.
STANLEY J. GROGANJ
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JOHNSON AND SEN. S--4,,j AR'SY iI GTON (D-?O.) F`TRED QUESTIOth
THE SECRETARY TOLD JOH S?)NN= THAT IT . OULD E "A CtUES'"I `r
PRESIDENT TO DECIDE" AS TO 's TH R THE DEFENSE DEPARTNEi' T -nT
IF
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ADDITIONAL 11OvEY FOR Ir
SAID HE WAS SURE NEITFER CONNG :.'SS NOR THE. ADMIT ISTRATI ON .'OU ,
HESITATE TO SPEND ADDITIONAL FUNDS IF REQUIRED.
GATES ALSO TOLD JOHNSON THAT HE IS IN JOHNSON'S WORD, "COiviT 'LA_.
TING" THE EXPENDITURE OF i?ORE FUNDS FOR LONG-RANGE MISSILES
POLARIS SUBI ARINES. ?BUT --E, SAID NE WAS "REVIEt-'ING" TI- QuESTI
AND IS "NOT IN A POSITION TO PROPOSE IT" YE:T.
SYMINGTON, PREFACING HIS Q ESTIONS t-JITH THE STATEMENT T L T CF-
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NT-'LLIGENNNCE DIRECTOR ALL:N T1. DULLES PRESFNTE113 "THE T 2:t-S7
ARROWING MISSILE GAP, AGAIN TRIED TO GET RATIOS ON MISSIUT
ROM GATES
GATES AGAIN DECLINED AND SAID, "I THINK THAT THx; } I1U~ . _ !
MISLEADING, AND I DON'T XNC-W HOW TO ANNOUNCE TA M IN A 'AY -'-!A-
NOT ADD TO THE CONFUSION."
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GATES ALSO TOLD SEN. E. L. BARTLETT (D-ALASXA) THAT H n
TO DELAY THE B-70 DEVELOPt~ 'rT WAS "VERY DIFFICULT." IN AN s
DISCUSSION OF THE DELAY IN TIC E-70 PROGRAM, SYMINGTON ':AD SrI) `. IL
COULDN'T SEE HOW THE RELATIVE LOW-SPEED ?OLARIS SUBMARINE 'FOJ'
CONTINUED AND THE B-70 SFE71TNC OMAN' THOUSANDS OF MILES AN TIOJ
SHOULD BE JUNKED .
GATES SAID HE THOUGHT SYTI NNGTCN WAS COMPARING APPLES A
WHEN ASKED WHY THE - A O1'LIGIHAL PROPOSAL FOR NINE FJI.
SUBMARINES THIS YEAR HAD 117 7-11' R ,DUCED TO TH 'E, GATES E?.FI ' '`4ED
THE U.S. HAS ALREADY *PET $-), 7OC; 0002000 ON THE POLARIS, T','.T
ENOUGH, HE SAID, UNT?'T PPRF(17P' 'iAIICE RATES rN U "CO T;:~Er'^
THE SYSTEM.
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