MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD FROM MARSHALL S. CARTER

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 2003
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: April 2, 1963
• Content Type: MFR

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
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2 April 1963
1. Mr. Bromley Smith informed me that upon reading
the CIA paper on the security aspects of the numerous intelli-
gence briefings about the Cuban crisis, he had alerted Mr.
Bundy to the fact that the President might get the feeling that
Mr. McCone was taking off after Mr. McNamara and the paper
might create the wrong impression. Accordingly, it had been
decided that the paper would not be shown to the President
although it had been shown to key members of the staff, including
Mr. Bundy.
2. I told Mr. Smith that the paper had been prepared as
an in-house study to see just what harm had been done and that
in view of its content, the Director felt it should be sent to the
White House. I told Mr. Smith that we were not taking off after
Mr. McNamara, or the Secretary of State, or anybody else,
personally or collectively -- that the various performances on
TV and otherwise had unquestionably alerted the Soviets to our
intelligence capabilities in areas which they might otherwise not
have been aware of. As to Mr. McNamara's floor show, I told
Mr. Smith that this had not been approved by the Director who
had statutory responsibility for protection of intelligence sources --
that the Director had agreed to General Carroll giving a background
briefing to certain key members of the press, but that the McNamara
strip tease was not cleared with the Director either as to content or
purpose.
3. As it stands now, the President has not seen the paper
and unless some other action is taken, it will not be shown to him.
Marshall S 7Carter
Lieutenant General, USA
Acting Director
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