NOTE FOR BRIG. GEN. COREY A. RANDALL(Sanitized)

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• Publication Date: August 26, 1958
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OFFICE OF THE Du
26 August 1956
FOR: Briz. G. Carey A. Randall
Office of the Secretary of Defence
AttacLeci ic the Director's
letter to the 3ecretary a Defense
which Mr. Dulles caRled you about.
Executive Officer
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The Honorable Neil IL
The :.ocretary of Defense
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orne slays ago I irtentiened to you abd Don Cues-lee that
'enator = yrringtoo had cajled to see me with Colonel Tom G.
1-naphier, .l.ket.? largely about ovist ballistic missile capa-
bilities.
I sent a copy of the Itteri;Orrindtan) a this conversation.
4.te4 18 igust i95II, to General ksoodpastei- who show.4 it to
the licnse. I understand that he may be speaking to you about
it. General Goodpaster asked me to pa sii on to you a copy of
the meznorandium. which is sweeto*ed.
I would add that at the it meeting of the Intelligence
xcivi.ary Committee, in 44cectitive Session, I read a copy of
this mernorandutri to the LtC members so that they would know,
confidence. of the information which was beteg spread around
which was totally inconsistent with sow agreed eatimates as to
ovlet teotings and other capabilities in the ballistic ird*sile
field.
cue the memoraridmn points out, I wed* It clear to
enator '-yrr,ington that Lariphier's analysis of the Soviet sato
tiall `,4 ith regard to ballistic n-i-eiles was not based upon i,ny
reliAble intelligence and that I could not conceive of any intelii"
settee sources in government nom whichle could have received
the trio of information
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1,:''laitalt.fal1y yours,
Tirbf.ned
Allen W. Dulles
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