NOTES FOR DDCI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001300100038-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2006
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: February 21, 1964
• Content Type: NOTES

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NOTES FOR DDCI
21 February 1964
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2, I Is doctor has recently advised him
repeatedly to slow down because of a number of health problems
including diabetes, circulation difficulties and arterial problems.
had ignored the doctor's advice, and the doctor then
took it up with This may have had some effect. At a
party on 13 February, I was observed
drinking much less wine than usual.
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3. John Clarke advises on the q. t. that the Agency now stands
at 18 under the year-end ceiling. The year-end ceiling given the
Agency was Of these, a total of was allocated to 416 X1
Agency components. Thus, in the components' view, we still look
to be over ceiling.
4. You have probably noticed this in the press, but John
Warner points out that the House on 18 February passed a bill to
simplify and bring up to date various laws pertaining to dual com-
pensation. Included is a provision which repeals a section of the
CIA Act of 1949 which permits the Agency to employ up to 15 retired
military officers despite general provisions prohibiting such employ=
ment. The Bill will permit such employment in the future by ant--
Agency. . The individual will be able to receive whatever the pay of
the position in the civilian agency,and in addition, will be able to
retain the first $2, 000 of his retired pay plus one-half of the
remainder, if any. John says it looks as though the Senate will
react with favor.
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5. General O'Meara has reported to JCS on the current situation
in Panama. His conclusions are "that as things now stand in the
Republic of Panama, time will not remain on the side of United States
objectives; it will shift to the side of the Communist revolutionaries",
and "that the time required to build an organization which will permit
a coup by a Communist infiltrated and controlled group is shorter
than previously assumed. "
O'Meara recommends that an NIE be done on Panama as
a matter of priority. JCS has the action.
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