MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD FROM MARSHALL S. CARTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001400050006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 16, 1964
• Content Type: MFR

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16 October 1964
1. On Wednesday, 14 October, I had dinner with General
and Mrs. Omar Bradley in honor of Admiral and Mrs. Carney.
Present with a total of twelve guests were Justice and Mrs.
Thurman Arnold.
2. In an after-dinner conversation, apropos of the Warren
Report, I stated that he considered the Federal
Bureau of Investigation as a publicity-seeking agency that had
a high degree of incompetence. He said that he had defended
Owen Lattimore and that the Bureau had tried over and over
again by chicanery and illegal means to convict Lattimore even
when they knew he was innocent. He stated that Mr. J. Edgar
Hoover was one of the greatest press agents of our times, with
all of his activities designed to promote J. Edgar Hoover.
3. I Isaid that, in distinct comparison, he
wanted to commend to the assembled group the Central Intel-
ligence Agency. He said they exhibited the highest degree of
professionalism and the highest degree of anonymity and that
they were a truly first-class outfit for which he had the highest
regard.
4. I stated that this appeared difficult to believe and when
he asked why, I replied that I was the Deputy Director -- he
expressed great surprise and stated that he had not caught my
name or realized that I was connected with the Agency when he
made his prior remarks.
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Marshall S. Carter
Lieutenant General, USA
Deputy Director