CONVERSATION WITH SECRETARY VANCE, SATURDAY, 5 DECEMBER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001400020023-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2006
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: December 7, 1964
• Content Type: MFR

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7 December 1964
SUBJECT: Conversation with Secretary Vance, Saturday,
5 December
1. At Mr. Vance's request (as suggested by Mr. McCone
the day before), I called on Secretary Vance at his office on
Saturday, 5 December, at 9:15 a. m. The conversation was
related entirely to the problems of CORONA and the overall
problems of NRO organization. It lasted approximately 1 1/2
hours.
2. Mr. Vance said he had talked to Mr. McCone over
the phone but had not been too thoroughly familiar with the
problem. He had subsequently talked to McMillan. but not in
any depth and did not know the details. He asked me to brief
himin full on exactly what the problem was.
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5. We then discussed the general problem of NRO and
the dichotomy of direction involved. Both of us agreed it was
an untenable situation and must be straightened out. We dis-
cussed at some length various methods by which it might be
straightened out and I left with the impression that Mr. Vance's
position would be that the entire operation be turned over to
the Department of Defense. He said he would look forward to
discussions with Mr. McCone and Mr. McNamara and himself
as soon as the three of them could get together.
Marshall S. Carter
Lieutenant General, USA
Acting Director
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