MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD FROM MARSHALL S. CARTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001400030012-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2006
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: April 5, 1965
• Content Type: MFR

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5 April. 1965
1. On Friday afternoon, 2 April, at my request, I met
with the Honorable Robert Murphy. During the course of the
conversation, .Mr. Murphy stated that in connection with the
Clandestine Services, he was greatly dissatisfied with the oper-
ations of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
He felt that the agendas prepared for these meetings were sterile,
reviewed over and over again the same bureaucratic jungle of
NRO and the highly technical aspects of NSA, and inadequately
covered the problems of classical intelligence collection and
classical intelligence analysis. He fait that everybody was carried
away with exotic collection and analysis means and was losing
sight of the tried and true systems that had been so successful for
so long. I stated that the agendas of the PFIAB were prepared by
Mr. Clifford and Mr. Coyne and that we complied with their
requests in specific detail -- that we had assumed that they knew
what the requirements of the Praaident's Board were and were
gearing the agendas accordingly. Mr. Murphy stated immediately
that he understood this and that his quarrel was with Mr. Clifford
and Mr. Coyne and certainly not with Mr. McCone or me. He
stated, however, that his knowledge of the classical intelligence
activities was to his mind totally-inadequate. I offered to present
the entire story to the President's Board at their request or to
Mr. Murphy personally at any time at his convenience. He seemed 25X1
most receptive and appreciative.
efforts and necessary money to ettin basic assets
ligence than photography. He wondered if we had exerted necessary
diverted to clandestine activities could provide even better inter
sive to our needs when perhaps a fraction of this amount of money
7 My, phy wondered whether or not spending
for overhead reconnaissance was totally respon-
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He said it was incomiprehensible to him
that we could not get some good asset
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some losses and to spend greater amounts of money. I did not
choose to respond substantively to these views since they were
put forward in a manner indicating that he wished to be helpful
rather than critical. I told him I was fully aware of what con-
cerned him, would inform Mr. McCone and the Clandestine
Services of his concern, and that we would be in touch with him
later on in this regard.
3. All in all, I think the conversation was extremely helpful
and that we have a friend in court.
MSC:blp
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Marshall S. Carter
Lieutenant General, USA
Deputy Director