CIA HISTORICAL STAFF CHRONOLOGY 1946-65 VOLUME II 1956-65

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CIA Historical Staff
Chronology 1946-65
Volume II 1956-65
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CHRONOLOGY 194C-65
VOLUME II 1956-65
June 1970
HISTORICAL STAFF
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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Contents
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Jan-Feb 56
Global
JAN-MAR. USSR and West Germany
exchange ambassadors for first
time, Valerian A. Zorin at
Bonn (4 Jan), Wilhelm Haas at
Moscow (12 Mar).
18 JAN-7 FEB. Malayan Federa-
tion's independence by Aug 57
agreed to at London conference.
14 FEB. USSR's Communist Par-
ty 20th Congress convenes in
Moscow, approves new 5-year
plan; Khrushchev denounces
crimes of Stalin.
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United States
8 JAN. Collapse of State De-
partment's science program
condemned publicly by Amer-
ican Chemical Society: all
overseas attache posts to be
vacant by 15 Jan, Secretary's
Adviser post atrophying since
mid-1954, occupied by a non-
scientist (Walter M. Rudolph);
10 Mar. hearings on prob-
lem held by Rep. John Moss'
subcommittee of House Govern-
ment Operations Committee.
16 JAN. State Department
building expansion begun,
architectural planning con-
tracts announced for extending
former "New War Department
Building," at cost of $49
million.
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Intelligence Community
JAN. Atomic Energy Commission
chairman added to NSC's regu-
lar membership.
JAN. Merger of four "CIA"
subcommittees of Congress
(Armed Services and Appropri-
ations Committees in House and
Senate) into a single, joint
"watchdog" committee, proposed
in resolution by Sen. Mike
Mansfield;
Feb. joint committee idea
opposed by NSC;
7 Mar. opposed by Pres.
Eisenhower;
11 Apr. resolution defeated
by Senate.
JAN-MAR. IAC subcommittee
system expanded;
24 Jan. Committee on Inter-
national Communism established,
with State chairman and secre-
tariat;
31 Jan. Guided Missiles
Intelligence Committee (GMIC),
with CIA secretariat (chair-
man initially from Air Force);
14 Mar. Committee on Ex-
changes, with CIA chairman and
secretariat.
13 JAN. President's Board of
Consultants on Foreign Intel-
ligence Activities established,
with Dr. James R. Killian, Jr.,
as chairman;
6 Feb. charter published as
Executive order, Brig. Gen.
John F. Cassidy named Staff
Director.
3
Jan-Feb 56
Central Intelligence Agency
1 FEB. CS headquarters and
field structure reorganized;
Senior War Planner positions
established under DD/P.
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Mar-Jun 56
Global
16 MAR. Riots in Tiflis, So-
viet Georgia, disclosed.
31 MAR. Laos Prince Souvanna
Phouma becomes prime minister;
10 Aug. reaches coalition
agreement with Communist
Pathet Lao.
17 APR. Communist Information
Bureau (Cominform) dissolved.
23 APR. Berlin tunnel to East
Germany protested by USSR.
1 JUN. Shepilov replaces
Molotov as Soviet foreign
minister.
20 JUN. USSR-Yugoslavia joint
declaration on "differing
roads to socialism" issued.
28-29 JUN. Food riots in
Poznan, Poland, suppressed
with heavy casualties.
United States
26 MAR. US-Mexican-Canadian
summit conference opens at
White Sulphur Springs.
2 APR. Percival F. Brundage be-
comes Director, Bureau of the
Budget.
26 APR. Commerce Department
relaxes export controls on
about 700 non-strategic items
to Soviet Bloc countries.
8 JUN. Pres. Eisenhower under-
goes emergency surgery.
21 JUN. Switzerland and US
sign atomic-energy agreement.
7 Sep. secret annex dis-
closed.
30 JUN. US national security,
international, and outer space
expenditures reduced slightly
in FY 56 to $42.6 billion, from
$42,8 billion in FY 55.
US military strength down
to 2.8 million officers and
enlisted men, from 2.9
million in FY 55.
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Mar-Jim 56
Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency
1 MAR. William H. Jackson ap-
pointed as Pres. Eisenhower's
Special Assistant for Cold War
Planning and OCB representa-
tive;
25 Aug. named also as act-
ing Special Assistant for
National Security Affairs and
NSC executive officer (succeed-
ing Dillon Anderson).
16 MAR. William P. Bundy suc-
ceeds Paul A. Borel as IAC
secretary.
MAY-JUN. USIA's membership
application in IAC turned down.
MAY-JUL. IAC membership
changes:
from Navy, Rear Adm. Lau-
rence H. Frost succeeds Adm.
Espe;
from Army, Maj. Gen. Robert
A. Schow succeeds Gen. Gaither;
from Air Force, Maj. Gen.
Millard Lewis succeeds Gen.
Samford;
from Joint Staff, Brig.
Gen. Richard Collins succeeds
Adm. Layton.
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JUN. First U-2 flights over
USSR approved.
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Jul-Dec 56
Global
26 JUL. Nasser nationalizes
Suez Canal company.
21 OCT. Gomulka heads Poland's
new Politburo, elected over
Soviet objections;
15 Nov. reconciliation con-
ference in Moscow opens;
17 Dec. new treaty on Soviet
forces in Poland signed.
23-24 OCT. Revolt in Budapest,
Soviet military forces inter-
vene;
4 Nov. Kadar replaces Nagy.
26 OCT. International Atomic
Energy Agency's statute signed
at UN by 70 governments (29
Jul 57 IAEA established).
29 OCT. Israel invades Egypt's
Sinai Peninsula;
31 Oct. France and UK inter-
vene;
7 Nov. cease-fire accepted
by four parties, supported by
US and USSR in UN.
12 NOV. Sudan, Morocco, and
Tunisia admitted to UN;
18 Dec. Japan admitted.
30 NOV. Landing of Fidel
Castro's revolutionary ex-
pedition in Cuba's Oriente
Province disclosed.
United States
19 JUL. US withdraws offer
to help finance Egypt's Aswan
Dam.
18 SEP. Bell X-2 aircraft
establishes new high-altitude
world record (126,000 feet).
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15 OCT. Pres. Eisenhower
announces continuance of
economic aid to Yugoslavia but
curtailment of military aid.
6 NOV. Pres. Eisenhower and
Vice Pres. Nixon reelected,
defeating Democratic candi-
dates Stevenson and Kefauver.
In Congressional elections,
Democrats retain control of
both houses.
20 NOV. Gen. Lauris Norstad
succeeds Gen. Gruenther as
Supreme Allied Commander,
Europe.
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Jul-Dec 56
Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency
20 AUG-15 OCT. DCI Dulles makes
extended worldwide tour of US
installations and has consulta-
tions with foreign leaders.
16 NOV. First ICBM base estab-
lished at Camp Cooke, Calif.
(Vandenberg AF Base).
18 DEC. Arthur Larson succeeds
Streibert as USIA director.
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Jan-May 57
Global
18 JAN. Sino-Soviet joint de-
claration in Moscow during
Chou En-lai's visit.
26 JAN. Kashmir and Jammu
joined to Union of India.
27 FEB. Mao Tse-tung's first
"Hundred Flowers" speech.
8 MAR. Ghana admitted to UN;
17 Sep. Malaysia admitted.
21 MAR. US/UK summit confer-
ence in Bermuda;
24 Mar. strategic nuclear
missiles agreement concluded,
US joins Baghdad Pact mili-
tary committee.
1 APR. German Lt. Gen. Hans
Speidel becomes commander of
NATO ground forces in central
Europe;
1 Jul. three German divi-
sions placed under NATO com-
mand.
10 MAY. Colombia's 9-year civil
war ends, military junta takes
over, headed by Maj. Gen.
Gabriel Paris.
15 MAY. UK detonates its first
hydrogen bomb at Christmas
Island.
8
United States
JAN. Four Congressional sub-
committees on CIA reestablish-
ed in 85th Congress, chaired
by Sen. Richard Russell,
Sen. Carl Hayden, Rep. Carl
Vinson, and Rep. Clarence
Cannon.
28 FEB-21 MAR. Vice Pres.
Nixon on African tour, visits
Morocco, Ghana, Liberia,
Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan, Libya,
and Tunisia;
18 Mar. visits Vatican.
9 MAR. Congressional joint
resolution ("Eisenhower Doc-
trine") approved, supporting
"the independence and inte-
grity of the nations of the
Middle East" against Commu-
nist aggression.
25 APR. US 6th Fleet dis-
patched to eastern Mediter-
ranean to protect Jordan's
independence and integrity.
14 MAY. US Military aid to
Yugoslavia ordered resumed.
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Jan-May 57
Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency
JAN. Robert Cutler succeeds
William H. Jackson as NSC
executive officer.
25 FEB. OCB placed within NSC
structure, Under Secretary of
State Herter succeeds Herbert
Hoover, Jr, as chairman.
MAR. Special Group for NSC
5412 activities re-established.
1 MAY. Donald A. Quarles suc-
ceeds Robertson as Deputy Sec-
retary of Defense and OCB
member.
5 MAY. Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.,
succeeds Armstrong as State
Department intelligence head
and member of IAC.
6 MAY. William M. Holaday
named Secretary McElroy's
guided missiles assistant;
15 Nov. redesignated DOD's
Director of Guided Missiles.
27 MAY. Frederick M. Dearborn
appointed President's Special
Assistant for Security Opera-
tions Coordination.
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Jun-Oct 57
Global
3 JUL. "Anti-Party" group
ousted in USSR, including Mal-
enkov, Kaganovich, Molotov,
and Shepilov.
13-14 AUG. Syria expels three
US embassy officials, US expels
Syria's ambassador;
15-18 Aug. Syrian government
overthrown in pro-Communist
coup.
26 AUG. USSR announces success-
ful ICBM test flight.
4 OCT. USSR launches "Sputnik
I," first man-made earth sat-
tellite placed in orbit;
7 Oct. announces test of new
H-bomb warhead;
3 Nov. second space vehicle
"Sputnik II" (with dog),
launched.
9 OCT. Khrushchev accuses US
of Turkish plot against Syria;
10 Oct. denied;
28 Oct. USSR signs economic
and technical aid agreement
with Syria.
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United States
19-21 JUN. Japan-US security
arrangements reestablished by
Kishi government on visit to
Washington.
30 JUN. US national security,
international, and space bud-
get expenditures increased in
FY 57 to $45.4 billion, from
$42.6 billion in FY 56.
US military strength down
slightly to 2.79 million
officers and enlisted men,
from 2.8 million in FY 56.
8 OCT. James H. Smith, Jr.,
succeeds Hollister as ICA
director in State Department.
9 OCT. Neil H. McElroy succeeds
Wilson as Secretary of Defense.
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Intelligence Community
JUL. Col. Robert E. Cushman,
Jr., USMC, named Vice Pres.
Nixon's Assistant for National
Security Affairs.
15 AUG. Gen. Nathan F. Twining
TETTFT succeeds Adm. Arthur W.
Radford as JCS chairman.
Jun-Oct 97
Central Intelligence Agency
1 JUL. John S. Earman, DCI's
Executive Assistant, redesig-
nated DCI's Executive Officer,
with responsibility for coor-
dination of staff actions in
CIA.
Lt. Gen. Lucian K.
Truscott, Jr., DCI's Special
Assistant, redesignated Dep-
uty Director (Coordination),
for community matters.
2 AUG. Paul A. Borel named
head of OCR, succeeding James
M. Andrews (effective 9 Sep);
R. Jack Smith replaces
Borel on Board of National
Estimates (effective 7 Aug).
9 SEP. CIA's Congressional
relations reassigned to Gen-
eral Counsel's Office, John
S. Warner succeeds Norman S.
Paul as Legislative Counsel.
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Oct-Dec 57
Global
5 OCT. Soviet delegation at UN
publicly denies Khrushchev's
remarks, "time is on our side,
we will bury you" (Nov 56);
8 Oct. Khrushchev blames
US, especially Secretary
Dulles, for tensions, in in-
terview with N.Y.Times (James
Reston).
16-21 OCT. Queen Elizabeth
visits US (Williamsburg, Wash-
ington, New York), also UN;
23,25 Oct. Eisenhower and
Macmillan confer, issue de-
claration of common purpose,
need for defense coordination
in entire free world.
19 OCT. West Germany severs
relations with Yugoslavia,
after latter's recognition
of East Germany (on 15 Oct).
26 OCT. Marshal Zhukov re-
moved as Soviet Defense Mini-
ster;
2 Nov. removed from Presid-
ium and Central Committee.
22 NOV. 64 national Communist
parties, meeting in Moscow,
support USSR foreign policies
and sign "peace manifesto"
against "capitalistic monopo-
lies'...vested interest in
war".
16-19 DEC. NATO Summit confer-
ence in Paris, Allies agree on
missile bases in Europe.
26 DEC-1 JAN 58. Communist-dom-
inated Asian-African People's
Solidarity Conference held in
Cairo.
United States
25 NOV. Pres. Eisenhower suf-
fers a cerebral arterial
occlusion.
17 DEC. US Atlas success-
fully test-fired by Air Force
at Cape Canaveral--first US
intercontinental ballistic
missile (ICBM).
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Oct-Dec 97
Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency
13 OCT. Lockheed announces
development of reconnaissance
satellite "Pied Piper" ("Big
Brother");
25 Nov. "Sentry" disclosed.
15 NOV. George V. Allen suc-
ceeds Arthur Larson as USIA
director.
15 NOV. White House Office of
Science and Technology estab-
lished, headed by Dr. James R.
Killian, Jr.
25 NOV. Senate Preparedness
Investigating Subcommittee
(Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson,
chairman) begins hearings on
US and foreign missile and
satellite programs.
13 DEC. Report of Gaither
Committee disclosed (review
of military defense program
for NSC), H. Rowan Gaither,
Jr., chairman.
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6 NOV. CIA Current Intelli-
gence Bulletin ordered expand-
ed as coordinated product.
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Jan-Apr 58
Global
1 JAN. European Economic Com-
munity and European Atomic
Energy Community established.
1-22 FEB. Syria unites with
Egypt in United Arab Republic
(UAR) under Nasser;
8 Mar. Yemen federates with
UAR;
Apr-Sep. Nasser visits USSR,
Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia.
27 MAR. Khrushchev succeeds
Bulganin as Soviet Premier.
United States
31 JAN. Explorer I launched
by Army at Cape Canaveral,
first US earth satellite to
go into orbit;
17 Mar. Navy Vanguard I
launched.
8 MAR. Last US battleship
CUSS Wisconsin)retired.
27 APR-15 MAY. Vice Pres.
Nixon makes good-will tour
of eight South American coun-
tries, encounters hostile
demonstrations in Peru and
Venezuela.
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Intelligence Community
7 FEB. Advanced Research Pro-
jects Agency (ARPA) establish-
ed in DOD, Roy W. Johnson of
General Electric named direct-
or, responsible for US space
program, including missiles
and anti-missiles.
10 FEB. Senate establishes
Space and Astronautics Com-
mittee;
20 Feb. Sen. Lyndon B.
Johnson named chairman;
5 Mar. House establishes
Astronautics and Space Explor-
ation Committee, headed by
Rep. John W. McCormack.
25 FEB. In OCB, Karl G. Harr
succeeds Frederick M. Dearborn
(deceased) as Pres. Eisen-
hower's Special Assistant for
Security Operations Coordin-
ation;
19 Dec. Bromley K. Smith
named OCB executive officer.
26 FEB. Critical Collection
Problems Committee (CCPC)
established by IAC;
DD/I Amory, chairman;
Robert Gaynor (CS), Sec.
28 FEB. Lt. Gen. John E. Hull
succeeds Dr. Killian as chair-
man of President's Intelli-
gence Board.
Jan-Apr 58
Central Intelligence Agency
1 APR. Richard M. Bissell, Jr.,
redesignated DCI's Special
Assistant for Planning and
Development, including CIA's
R&D programs.
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May-Jul 58
Global
13 MAY. Algeria taken over by
right-wing French generals.
29 MAY. Gen. Charles de Gaulle
becomes Prime Minister of
France.
29 MAY-28 JUN. Ghana's Premier
Nkrumah tours seven African
Conference countries.
18 Jul-2 Aug. visits
Canada and US.
16 JUN. Disclosure of Hun-
gary's secret trial and exe-
cution of Imre Nagy, Pal
Maleter, and others for plot-
ting 1956 revolt.
1 JUL-21 AUG. Geneva con-
ference of Allied and Com-
munist experts on detection of
nuclear test violations;
31 Oct-19 Dec. conference
on cessation of tests;
10 Nov-18 Dec. conference
on prevention of surprise
attack.
14 JUL. Iraq's government
overthrown, king and crown
prince assassinated in coup
led by al-Kassim;
18-19 Jul. agreements with
USSR and UAR signed;
2 Aug. Iraq recognized by
US.
15 JUL. US Marines ordered to
Beirut to protect Lebanon's
independence;*
17 Jul. British intervene
in Jordan with paratroopers.
United States
12 MAY. US and Canada sign
operational agreement on
North American Air Defense
Command (NORAD);
10 Jul. Committee on
Joint Defense announced.
30 JUN. US national security,
International, and space
budget expenditures increas-
ed in FY 58 to $46.5 billion,
from $45.4 billion in FY 57.
US military strength down
to 2.6 million officers and
enlisted men, from 2.79 mil-
lion in FY 57.
1 JUL. Office of Civil and
Defense Mobilization (OCDM)
replaces ODM and Federal Civil
Defense Administration,
assumes ODM's membership on
NSC; OCDM headed by Leo A.
Hoegh.
28, JUL. US commitment to
Baghdad Pact reinforced by
executive agreements with UK,
Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan.
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May-Jul 58
Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency
14 JUL. John A. McCone
succeeds Adm. Lewis L. Strauss
as AEC chairman.
23 JUL. Gordon Gray succeeds
Robert Cutler as NSC executive
officer.
JUN.
named co-editors
of Studies in Intelligence
named editor).
21 JUL.
succeeds Roy H. Boberg as
head of OBI.
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Jul-Sep 58
Global
31 JUL-3 AUG. Sino-Soviet
summit conference in Peking.
23 AUG. Quemoy and Matsu bomb-
ardment resumed by Communist
China; US orders naval escort
for Nationalist Chinese supply
ships.
29 AUG. Communist China
orders rural "people's com-
munes", under "Great Leap
Forward".
United States
29 JUL. National Aeronautics
and Space Act approved;
19 Aug. Dr. T. Keith
Glennan becomes National Aero-
nautics and Space Administra-
tor and member of NSC;
1 Oct. NASA activated.
6 AUG. Department of Defense
Reorganization Act approved,
authority of three service de-
partments further diminished,
new Director of Defense Re-
search and Engineering (DDRE)
established;
24 Dec. Dr. Herbert F. York
named DDRE.
7 AUG. USS Nautilus completes
Arctic voyage beneath polar
icecap.
20 AUG. Reciprocal trade trea-
ties act extended for 4
years;
/6 Oct-22 Nov. GATT confer-
ence on General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade meets in
Geneva.
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Jul-Sep 58
Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency
SEP. IAC and USCIB subcommit-
tee reorganization begins, re-
constituted by Sep 59 into 22
standing committees, ad hoc
committees, and working
groups; 16 chaired by CIA,
four by Air Force, and two by
State, major new committees
include intelligence commit-
tees on communications intel-
ligence (COMINT), electronic
intelligence (ELINT), critical
communications (CRITICOM),
documentation (CODIB), and a
cluster of committees con-
cerned with space satellite
requirements and surveillance.
AUG. Thomas H. Karamessines
(Dep. Ch. FI Staff, DD/P)
added to DCI's executive com-
mittee (deputies meeting).
18 AUG. Photographic Intel-
ligence Center (PIC) estab-
lished in DD/I directorate
as a CIA and community ser-
vice, taking over PI functions
from ORR/GRA and OCR Statis-
tical Branch.
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Sep-Dec 58
Global
14 SEP. Gen. de Gaulle meets
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
at Colombey-les-Deux Eglises.
2 OCT. Guinea (former French
colony) proclaims independ-
ence;
12 Dec. admitted to UN.
4 OCT. Jet airliner passenger
service across Atlantic opened
by British Overseas Airways
Corp.;
26 Oct. US jet service be-
gun by Pan American Airways.
9 OCT. Pope Pius XII dies;
4 Nov. succeeded by John
XXIII (Cardinal Roncalli).
23 OCT. USSR offers loan to
UAR to build Aswan Dam on Nile
River;
28 Dec. pact signed.
United States
4 OCT. US and Japan undertake
revision of 1951 security
treaty.
11 OCT. Pioneer I (Thor-Able),
in first successful outer
space probe, reaches 70,700
miles altitude.
18 DEC. Atlas ICBM (Project
TE3T(.7 orbited successfully by
Air Force.
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Sep-Dec 58
Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency
15 SEP. US intelligence Board
(USIB) established by NSC, re-
places IAC and USCIB.
Membership includes DCI
Dulles (chairman), Hugh S.
Cumming, Jr. (State), Maj.
Gen. Graves B. Erskine
(OSD/DOD), Maj. Gen. Robert
A. Schow (Army) (replaced by
Maj. Gen. John M. Willems,
Dec 1958), Rear Adm. Laurence
H. Frost (Navy), Maj. Gen.
James H. Walsh, (Air Force),
Lt. Gen. John A. Samford (NSA),
Brig. Gen. Robert A. Breit-
weiser (Joint Staff), Harry S.
Traynor (AEC), and Alan H.
Belmont (FBI). John Heires
named Executive Secretary.
OCT. Harvard-sponsored study,
Central Intelligence and Na-
tional Security, by Harry H.
Ransom (Macmillan), first
major academic book on CIA,
warns of "invisible govern-
ment."
27 DEC. Federal Council for
Science and Technology estab-
lished as coordinating body,
headed by Dr. James R. Killian,
Jr.
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Jan-Mar 59
Global
JAN-MAR. Anti-Chinese revolt
in Tibet suppressed, Dalai
Lama flees to India.
1 JAN. Castro forces take over
Cuba, Batista flees to Domin-
ican Republic;
15-27 Apr. Castro visits
US, UN, and Canada.
27 JAN. Soviet Party Congress
convenes, approves 7-year
economic plan;
7 Feb. 7-year plan for in-
dustrial aid to Communist
China signed;
13-16 May. CEMA (Comecon)
meets at Tirana, agrees on 7-
year planning targets for
other Communist countries.
5-11 FEB. Cyprus agreement
reached at Greek-Turkish sum-
mit conference at Zurich;
17-19 Feb. London confer-
ence agrees on Cyprus indepen-
dence in 1960;
22 Feb. emergency of 1955
terminated.
16 MAR. Soviet economic and
technical aid to Iraq an-
nounced (550 million rubles);
24 Mar. Iraq withdraws
from Baghdad Pact;
30 May. Iraq cancels agree-
ments with US.
United States
3 JAN. Alaska admitted as 49th
State;
21 Aug. Hawaii, 50th State.
30 JAN. Sen. J.W. Fulbright
(Ark.) succeeds Sen. T.F.
Green (R.I.) as chairman of
Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
17 FEB. Vanguard II (SLV-4)
weather reconnaissance satel-
lite successfully orbited
from Cape Canaveral;
18 Sep. Vanguard III
launched.
17 MAR. President's Citizens
Committee on foreign military
assistance (William H. Draper,
Jr., chairman) makes interim
report;
20 Aug. final report sent
to Congress.
27 MAR. US and Bulgaria re-
store diplomatic relations
severed in 1950;
10 Jun. US and Poland
sign economic aid agreement
($50 million).
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Intelligence Community
JAN. Four Congressional sub-
committees on CIA re-estab-
lished in 86th Congress; three
chairmen continued, Sen.
Russell, Sen. Hayden, and Rep.
Cannon; Rep. Paul J. Kilday
replaces Rep. Vinson as chair-
man of CIA subcommittee of
House Armed Services Commit-
tee.
10 FEB. Pres. Eisenhower pub-
licly reiterates order of
1959 curtailing overflights
near Soviet borders.
MAR-JUN. USIB establishes
Security and Cost Estimates
Committee, both under CIA
chairmanship.
Jan-Mar 59
Central Intelligence Agency
1 JAN. Richard M. Bissell, Jr.,
head of DCI's Planning and De-
velopment Staff, succeeds
Wisner as DD/P; technical pro-
jects transferred with him to
DD/P; reorganized in new De-
velopment Projects Division
(DPD), under Col. William
Burke.
28 JAN. CIA manpower utili-
tization task force appointed
by DCI, headed by
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Apr-Jul 59
Global
8 APR. Inter-American Develop-
ment Bank charter signed;
31 Dec. capital contribu-
tions by 18 nations announced.
11 MAY. Four-power foreign
ministers' conference with
East and West Germany opens
in Geneva.
JUN. Pathet Lao guerrillas re-
open attacks in northern Laos;
31 Dec. Laos put under
military rule, under Gen.
Nosavan.
4
United States
15 APR. Secretary of State
J.F. Dulles resigns because
of illness, succeeded by
Christian A. Herter;
12 Jun. C. Douglas Dillon
succeeds Herter as Under Sec-
retary.
5-22 MAY. US defense agreements
on sharing nuclear weapons
signed with seven NATO
countries.
8 MAY. Deputy Secretary of
Defense Quarles dies;
8 Jun. succeeded by Thomas
S. Gates, Jr.
20 MAY. Development Loan Fund
(DLF) established, first ap-
propriation approved for $150
million.
9 JUN. Polaris-carrying nuclear
submarine George Washington
launched at Groton.
30 JUN. US national security,
international, and space bud-
get expenditures increased in
FY 59 to $50.4 billion, from
$46.5 billion in FY 58.
US military strength down
to 2.5 million officers and
enlisted men, from 2.6 million
in FY 58.
2 JUL. US technical aid to UAR
resumed (first since 1956).
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Intelligence Community
16 APR. Investigation of cold
war planning and NSC operations
by Senate Government Operations
Committee announced (under Sen.
Henry M. Jackson);
18 Jul. Subcommittee on
National Policy Machinery or-
ganized.
29 MAY. Ambassador James W.
Riddleberger succeeds James
H. Smith, Jr., as ICA direc-
tor in State Department.
29 MAY. NSA personnel exempt-
ed from Civil Service policies
and controls.
15 JUL. Dr. George Kistiakow-
sky succeeds Dr. Killian as
Pres. Eisenhower's Special
Assistant for Science and
Technology;
15 Jan 60. Killian resigns
from PFIAB.
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Central Intelligence Agency
20 MAY. US District Court
(Judge Holtzoff) upholds DCI's
"plenary power to discharge
any employee at will"; first
court case involving section
102 (c) of National Security
Act.
25 JUN. CIA Automatic Data
Processing Committee estab-
lished; chaired by John E.
O'Gara.
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Jul-Dec 59
Global
18 AUG. Baghdad Pact alliance
renamed Central Treaty Organ-
ization (CENTO).
12-14 SEP. Soviet Cosmic Rock-
et II (Lunik II) launched,
hits moon;
4-6 Oct. Cosmic Rocket III
(Lunik III) launched, moon or-
bit achieved.
14 SEP. Soviet-Indian economic
credit agreement (1.5 billion
rubles) signed by Nehru in
Moscow.
15-27 SEP. Khrushchev visits US;
30 Sep-4 Oct. visits Com-
munist China.
16 SEP. DeGaulle pledges self-
determination to Algeria.
17 SEP. Communist China's de-
fense minister Peng Teh-huai
removed after criticizing
Mao's "Great Leap Forward";
replaced by Lin Piao.
1 DEC. Antarctic Treaty signed
by US, USSR, and 10 other
nations.
19-21 DEC. Allied summit con-
ference in Paris, proposes
summit conference with USSR
in 1960.
United States
23 JUL-5 AUG. Vice Pres. Nixon
visits USSR and Poland.
26 AUG-7 SEP. Pres. Eisenhower
visits West Germany, UK, and
France;
1 SEP. Atlas ICBM becomes op-
erational, taken over by Stra-
tegic Air Command.
3-22 DEC. Eisenhower visits 11
countries in Western Europe,
Middle East, South Asia, and
North Africa.
22 DEC. US agrees to evacu-
ation of Morocco bases by 1963.
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20 JUL. J. Patrick Coyne of
NSC staff succeeds Gen. Cas-
sidy as staff director of
President's Intelligence Con-
sultants Board.
SEP. Robert D. Murphy succeeds
Herter as OCB chairman;
13 Jan 60. Murphy succeeded
by Gordon Gray.
DEC. Priority National Intel-
ligence Objectives (PNIO's),
under review by USIB, re-
scheduled on a quarterly and
annual basis.
2 DEC. Thomas S. Gates, Jr.,
succeeds Neil H. McElroy as
Secretary of Defense;
11 Dec. James H. Douglas,
Jr., succeeds Gates as Deputy
Secretary and OCB member.
Jul-Dec 59
Central Intelligence Agency
3 NOV. Pres. Eisenhower lays
cornerstone at CIA's new
headquarters building at
Langley.
13 NOV. DCI Dulles testifies
at start of Congressional
Joint Economic Committee's
hearings on US and Soviet
economic growth.
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Jan-May 60
Global
26 JAN. International Develop-
ment Assoc. (IDA) established.
4-13 FEB. Cuba visited by
USSR's Mikoyan, signs credit
and trade agreements;
23 Jul. Cuba signs agree-
ments with Communist China;
7 Aug. Cuba expropriates
all US-owned companies.
13 FEB. France detonates its
first nuclear-bomb device in
the Sahara, joins US-USSR-UK
"nuclear club".
22 FEB-7 MAR. Pres. Eisenhower
visits Puerto Rico, Brazil,
Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.
15 MAR. Disarmament Conference
(10 allied and Communist na-
tions) meets at Geneva;
27 Jun. conference termin-
ated by walkout of Soviet Bloc
delegates.
1 MAY. US U-2 reconnaissance
aircraft, piloted by Francis
Gary Powers, shot down over
USSR;
5 May. Khrushchev discloses
capture;
16-17 May. Big-Four summit
conference in Paris collapses
over incident;
17-19 Aug. Powers tried and
convicted in Moscow trial.
United States
19 JAN. US and Japan sign re-
vised security treaty.
5 MAY. US announces its MAAG
In South Vietnam increased
from 327 to 685 members.
7 MAY. White House announces
VELA project for improved de-
tection of underground nuclear
explosions.
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Intelligence Community
26 JAN. CRITICOM intelligence
transmission agreement signed
by Defense, State, and CIA
for 10-minute service at six
foreign cities, 1 hour at 34
others.
17 FEB. President's Committee
on Information Activities
Abroad announced (Mansfield
D. Sprague, chairman);
Oct, Dec. preliminary and
final reports filed.
24 MAR. Ex-Pres. Truman pub-
licly urges foreign intelli-
gence and policy briefings to
Pres. candidates;
30 Mar. Eisenhower agrees;
18 Jul. briefing arrange-
ments with candidates Kennedy
and Johnson announced.
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Central Intelligence Agency
26 JAN. DCI Dulles, in speech
in NYC, explains estimating
procedures on capabilities
and intentions, after Senate
hearings and debate on al-
leged nuclear missile gap with
USSR;
24 Feb. DCI testifies before
Sen. Johnson's preparedness
subcommittee.
17 FEB. DCI testifies at
initial hearings by Sen. Henry
M. Jackson's subcommittee on
national policy machinery.
23 FEB. PP Staff redesignated
Covert Action Staff (CA).
1 MAR. R.W. Komer, 0/DDI,
appointed CIA disarmament
staff officer and chairman of
intra-CIA coordinating group.
9 MAY. DCI briefs Congres-
sional leaders on U-2 inci-
dent;
31 May. DCI testifies be-
fore Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
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May-Aug 60
Global
JUN. Sino-Soviet dispute sur-
faces at Peiping conference of
labor leaders;
Aug. USSR recalls techni-
cians from China.
30 JUN. Belgian Congo becomes
independent republic;
11 Jul. Katanga province
secedes, UN orders interven-
tion.
11 JUL. USSR shoots down US
RB-47 aircraft over Barents
Sea; denounced by US 13 Jul.
9 AUG. Laos overthrown by Kong
Le's leftist-neutranst forces;
Souvanna Phouma becomes pre-
mier again (17 Aug);
16 Dec. Gen. Phoumi Nosavan
retakes Vientiane; Soviet
planes start airdrop aid to
leftist troops (27 Dec).
United States
9-15 MAY. U-2 overflights and
need for foreign reconnais-
sance publicly defended by
Pres. Eisenhower, Vice Pres.
Nixon, Secretary Herter, and
Cong. leaders L.B. Johnson,
Paul Kilday, and Clarence
Cannon; deplored by Demo-
cratic Advisory Council,
Kennedy, and Stevenson;
27 May-25 Jun. Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
holds hearings, issues maj-
ority and minority reports.
12-26 JUN. Pres. Eisenhower
visits Alaska, Philippines.,
Taiwan, Okinawa, Korea, and
Hawaii (Japan visit canceled
because of leftist mob
threats).
30 JUN. US total national
security, international, and
space budget expenditures re-
duced in FY 60 to $47.9 bil-
lion, from $50.4 billion in
FY 59.
US military strength
down to 2.47 million officers
and enlisted men, from 2.5
million in FY 59.
20 JUL. Polaris successfully
fired from submerged USS
George Washington;
15 Sep and 22 Dec. sim-
ilar firings from Patrick
Henry and Robert E. Lee.
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24 MAY. Midas II missile de-
tection alarm system success-
fully launched.
JUN. NSC Committee of Princi-
pals (on nuclear test negoti-
ations) chaired by Secretary
of State, expanded to cover
arms reduction and control
matters; DCI's membership
continued.
5-26 JUL. USIB, in regular
"weekly review of sensitive
situations," discusses Indo-
nesia, Middle East, Congo,
Cuba, Canada, USSR in Attu,
and Southern Rhodesia.
12-14 JUL. DCI Dulles estab-
lishes Joint Study Group on
Foreign Intelligence Activi-
ties of the US Government
(JSG) with representatives
from State, Defense, Budget
Bureau, and NSC staff, under
CIA chairman Lyman B. Kirk-
patrick (IG);
15 Dec. report and recom-
mendations on CIA and com-
munity matters filed.
May-Aug 60
Central Intelligence Agency
9 JUN. CIA's community coor-
dination staff re-activated
under Jesmond D. Balmer,
named DCI's Assistant for
Coordination, effective
1 July.
15-16 JUN. DCI's conferences
with UK and German leaders in
London and Bonn disclosed
in press.
23 and 27 JUL. DCI conducts
first in series of CIA brief-
ings for Pres. and Vice-Pres.
candidates Kennedy and John-
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Global
5-13 SEP. Act of Bogota', for
Latin American economic and
social development, signed by
19 OAS members.
6 SEP. Bernon F. Mitchell and
William H. Martin, NSA employ-
ees defected to USSR, hold
press conference in Moscow.
20 SEP-7 OCT. UN admits 16 new
African states and Cyprus; UN
roster totals exactly 100 mem-
ber states.
United States
17 SEP. US permits Panama
flag in Canal Zone as evi-
dence of titular sovereignty.
26 SEP-21 OCT. Four TV de-
bates held by Presidential
candidates Nixon and Kennedy,
discuss US-USSR economic and
military race, missile gap,
Quemoy and Matsu defense, U-2
incident, Cuba, nuclear tests,
summit conferences.
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19 AUG. Committee on Overhead
Reconnaissance (COMOR) estab-
lished by USIB under CIA chair-
man J.Q. Reber and Air Force
deputy chairman Col. Lowell E.
May.
COMOR replaces air and
space requirements coordina-
tion committees (ARC and SIRC).
SEP. USIB establishes Ad Hoc
Committee on Personnel Secur-
ity Legislation, Lawrence R.
Houston, chairman.
30 SEP. Gen. Lyman L. Lem-
nitzer (Army) succeeds Gen.
Twining (Air Force) as JCS
chairman.
OCT-NOV. USIB establishes
special committees on crisis
areas (Berlin and Cuba).
11 OCT. Samos I photo-recon-
naissance satellite success-
fully test-fired.
NOV. Pres. Eisenhower's NSC
re-affirms opposition to
merger of four "CIA" subcom-
mittees in Congress into a
single joint "watchdog"
committee.
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Nov-Dec 60
Global
13 DEC. Former Congo Premier
Lumumba arrested (ousted 5 Sep
by Kasavubu).
14 DEC. Organization for Eco-
nomic Cooperation and Devel-
opment (Western Europe, US,
Canada) replaces OEEC, agree-
ment signed.
United States
8 NOV. Sen. John F. Kennedy
(Dem) elected Pres., Sen.
Lyndon B. Johnson elected
Vice Pres., defeating Re-
publican candidates Vice Pres.
Richard M. Nixon and Sen.
Henry C. Lodge; Democrats re-
tain control of both houses
of Congress.
10 NOV. President-Elect
Kennedy continues Allen W.
Dulles as DCI and J. Edgar
Hoover as FBI director, names
Clark M. Clifford as liaison
officer with outgoing Eisen-
hower administration;
6 Dec. Kennedy and Eisen-
hower confer on transition.
12 DEC. President-Elect
Kennedy names Dean Rusk and
Chester Bowles Secretary and
Under Secretary of State;
13-24 Dec. Robert S. McNa-
mara, Roswell L. Gilpatric,
and Paul H. Nitze appointed
as Secretary of Defense,
Deputy Secretary, and Assis-
tant Secretary for Internation-
al Security Affairs, respect-
ively;
29 Dec. McGeorge Bundy
named Special Assistant for
National Security Affairs;
19 Jan 61. Walt W. Rostow
named as Bundy's deputy.
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Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency
NOV-DEC. USIB membership
changes:
from NSA, Vice Adm.
Laurence H. Frost succeeds
Gen. Samford;
from Navy, Rear Adm.
Vernon L. Lowrance succeeds
Adm. Frost.
8 NOV. Pres. Eisenhower, in
executive order on mutual
security, reiterates authority
of ambassadors to coordinate
and supervise US overseas
activities; in confidential
supplement, reiterates
special existing arrangements
in foreign intelligence field.
23 NOV. Tiros II weather re-
connaissance satellite succes-
fully launched.
18 NOV. Pres.-Elect Kennedy
briefed on CIA af4p.irs by
Dulles and Bissell at Palm
Beach.
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Jan 61
Global
2 JAN. Castro denounces US
Embassy staff in Cuba as "80%
spies";
3 Jan. Pres. Eisenhower
severs diplomatic relations
with Cuba;
12 Apr. Pres. Kennedy
pledges non-intervention in
Cuba.
23 JAN-3 FEB. Portuguese
cruise ship Santa Maria, en
route from Curacao to Florida,
hijacked by insurgent leader
Galvao.
United States
4 JAN. C. Douglas Dillon,
Secretary of the Treasury-
designate, resigns from State
Dept.;
21 Jan. confirmed and sworn
in;
22 May. Charles A. Sullivan
named Treasury aide for na-
tional security affairs.
17 JAN. Pres. Eisenhower, in
farewell address on TV/radio,
judges US as "the strongest,
the most influential, and the
most productive nation of the
world"; condemns Communism as
"a hostile ideology--global in
scope, atheistic in character,
ruthless in purpose, and in-
sidious in method"; and cau-
tions against "unwarranted
influence, whether sought or
unsought, by the military-
industrial complex."
20 JAN. Pres. Kennedy and Vice
Pres. Johnson inaugurated.
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JAN. Four Congressional sub-
committees on CIA continued
in 87th Congress, under same
chairmen (Sen. Russell,
Sen. Hayden, Rep. Kilday,
and Rep. Cannon);
24 Sep. Rep. Kilday resigns
from Congress; Rep. Carl
Vinson assumes chairmanship of
CIA subcommittee of House Arm-
ed Services Committee.
11 JAN. Roger Hilsman, Jr.,
appointed State Department's
Director of Intelligence Re-
search and USIB member, re-
placing Cumming (re-assigned).
11 JAN. Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner
named as Pres. Kennedy's
Special Assistant for Science
and Technology, replacing Dr.
Kistiakowsky.
16 JAN. Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg
named AEC chairman, succeeding
John A. McCone (confirmed by
Senate 24 Feb).
17 JAN. Dr. Jack P. Ruina
succeeds Brig. Gen. Austin W.
Betts as director of Advance
Research Projects Agency
(in DOD);
9 Mar. Dr. Harold Brown
succeeds Dr. Herbert C. York
as Deputy Director, Research
and Engineering (DOD).
19 JAN. Walt W. Rostow named
Pres. Kennedy's deputy special
assistant (under Bundy) for
NSC and related affairs.
31 JAN. US orbits Samos II
as photo reconnaissance
satellite.
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Central Intelligence Agency
18 JAN. National Photographic
Interpretation Center (NPIC)
replaces PIC with new charter
from President Eisenhower's
outgoing NSC (NSCID No. 8);
Authur C. Lundahl continues
as Director.
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Jan-Mar 61
Global
2 FEB. Albania signs credit
agreement with Communist China;
10 Dec. USSR suspends dip-
lomatic relations with Albania.
13 FEB. Assassination of
Katanga's ex-premier Lumumba
disclosed.
2 MAR. Soviet and North Viet-
namese arms buildup reported
in Communist-held Phongsavan,
Laos;
11 Mar. Pathet Lao offen-
sive launched;
23 Mar. US military aid
announced;
3 May. cease-fire begins;
16 May. 14-power conference
opens at Geneva.
8-17 MAR. British Commonwealth
conference in London; Cyprus
admitted;
15 May. Union of South
Africa announces independence;
18 Jun. Kuwait quasi-pro-
tectorate (of 1899) terminated
by British, except for defense
control.
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6-8 FEB. US missile gap
publicly discounted by Secre-
tary of Defense McNamara and
Pres. Kennedy.
9 FEB. James E. Webb succeeds
Dr. Glennan as NASA director.
1 MAR. Peace Corps established
in State Department;
22 Sep. enabling legisla-
tion approved.
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Jan-Mar 61
Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency
31 JAN. Interdepartmental
coordinating task force on
Latin American policy announc-
ed, chaired by Adolph A.
Berle, Jr.
1 FEB. Pres. Kennedy convenes
NSC for first time.
19 FEB. Operations Coordin-
ating Board (OCE) dissolved
by Pres. Kennedy; Special
Group for coordinating covert
activities reactivated, with
CIA's initial briefing of
McGeorge Bundy and department-
al members on Tues. 14 Feb,
followed by weekly Thursday
luncheon meetings starting 23
Feb.
27 FEB. Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
joins Bundy's national secur-
ity staff as part-time con-
sultant.
10 MAR. National Security
Action Memorandum (NSAM) sys-
tem established by Bundy.
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Mar-May 61
Global
13 MAR. Latin American "Alli-
ance for Progress" social-
economic reform program pro-
posed by Pres. Kennedy;
27 May. US $500 million aid
bill signed.
5-17 Aug. Alliance imple-
mented at OAS conference at
Puenta del Este, Uruguay;
charter signed by all members
except Cuba.
12 APR. USSR orbits first man-
ned satellite ("Vostok," Maj.
Gagarin).
16 APR. Invasion of Cuba
announced by Miro Cardona,
exile leader in US;
17-19 Apr. attempted land-
ings at Cochinos Bay (Bay of
Pigs) launched from Honduras,
defeated by Castro forces;
US support denounced by Roa
as "CIA mercenaries"; full
Soviet aid to Castro promised
by Khrushchev;
1 May. Castro declares
Cuba a Socialist nation.
United States
15 MAR. Prof. J.K. Galbraith
named Ambassador to India, re-
placing Ellsworth Bunker;
18 Aug. presents creden-
tials.
1-7 APR. Vice Pres. Johnson
embarks on first official
trip abroad, to Africa and
Europe, major stops at Senegal
and NATO headquarters;
11-21 May. visits Saigon,
Manila, Taipei, Hongkong,
Bangkok, New Delhi, Karachi;
19-20 Aug. visits Bonn and
West Berlin.
5.MAY. First US manned space
flight accomplished (Cmdr.
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.).
16-18 MAY. Pres. Kennedy makes
first foreign state visit, to
Ottawa, Canada.
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Mar-May 61
Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency
12 MAR. James S. Lay, Jr.,
resigns as NSC Executive Sec-
retary, succeeded by Marion W.
Boggs (acting);
Lay transfers to DCI's
Coordination Staff;
11 Aug. Bromley K. Smith
named Executive Secretary.
22-24 APR. Review committee on
CIA and US intelligence es-
tablished by Pres. Kennedy:
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor (chair-
man), DCI Dulles, Adm. Arleigh
Burke, and Attorney General
Robert Kennedy.
4 MAY. Pres. Kennedy reacti-
vates President's Intelligence
Board, renamed President's
Foreign Intelligence Advisory
Board (PFIAB), with Dr. James
R. Killian, Jr., as new chair-
man.
25 MAY. OCDM reorganization
reported to Congress; func-
tions divided between Defense
Department and new Office of
Emergency Planning; OCDM
director Frank B. Ellis con-
tinued as OEP director.
20 Jul. implemented by
Executive Order.
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7 APR. ELINT research and de-
velopment functions redefined
by DDCI among DDS/Commo,
DDP/TSD, DDP/DPD, DDI/OSI,
CIA's ELINT Research Advisory
Committee (ERAC), and ELINT
Staff Officer (ESO).
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May-Jun 61
Global
United States
30 MAY-6 JUN. Pres. Kennedy
on European trip, confers
in Paris with de Gaulle and
NATO and SHAPE officials;
in Vienna with Schaerf, then
Khrushchev; in London, with
Macmillan and Queen Elizabeth.
4-22 JUN. Adlai E. Stevenson,
Ambassador to UN, visits ten
South American nations, nine
capitals;
27 Jun. reports to Ful-
bright Committee (Senate);
24 Jul. files final report
to Secretary Rusk.
30 JUN. US national security,
international, and space bud-
get expenditures increased in
FY 61 to $50.7 billion, from
$47.9 billion in FY 60;
US military strength up
slightly, to 2.48 million
officers and enlisted men,
from 2.47 million in FY 60.
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Intelligence Community
25 MAY. Pres. Kennedy notifies
Congress of national security
reorganization plans for "non-
nuclear war, para-military
operations, and sub-limited
or unconventional wars";
"our whole intelligence effort
must be reviewed and its co-
ordination with other elements
of policy assured."
27 MAY. Pres. Kennedy reiter-
ates each Ambassador's author-
ity to supervise all US Gov-
ernment operations in his
country; recognizes prerog-
ative of eacn agency's repre-
sentative to communicate with
his own headquarters.
JUN. Maj. Gen. Richard Collins
succeeds Gen. Breitweiser as
JCS Joint Staff member of
US IB.
13 JUN. Irvin C. Scarbeck,
Embassy Officer in Warsaw
since '58, charged with giv-
ing classified data to Polish
government;
27 Oct. convicted;
11 Nov. sentenced.
28 JUN. Gen. Maxwell D.
Taylor appointed to new posi-
tion of President's Military
Representative, and chairman
of Special Group (5412 Com-
mittee);
17 Jul. replaced on PFIAB
by Frank Pace, Jr.
May -Jun 61
Central Intelligence Agency
1 JUN. CIA Automatic Data
Processing Staff established
in DD/S.
1 JUN. Management Staff ab-
olished (John E. O'Gara,
chief, retired); functions
absorbed in other DD/S
offices;
27 Jul. Records Management
Staff chief
redesignated CIA Records
Administration Officer.
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Jul-Sep 61
Global
12-18 AUG. Berlin wall erected
by East Germany, borders
closed, virtually stopping
massive outflow of refugees
to West (greatest since 53);
19 Aug. Vice Pres. Johnson
and Gen. Lucius Clay visit
West Berlin;
30 Aug. Clay named Ambas-
sador to West Berlin (takes
office 19 Sep).
18 AUG. Ghana's premier
Nkrumah signs loan agreement
with Communist China;
19 Aug-15 Sep. Nkrumah
visits USSR and Yugoslavia;
15 Dec. US offers aid on
Volta River project.
28 AUG. UN forces in Congo
occupy Elizabethville;
13-20 Sep; 5-18 Dec.
severe fighting between UN
and Katanga forces.
30 AUG. USSR announces resump-
tion of atmospheric testing of
nuclear weapons;
31 Aug-3 Sep. resumption
denounced by Kennedy and
other world leaders;
5 Sep. US announces under-
ground tests resumed;
7 Dec. evaluations of Prof.
Hans A. Bethe Panel on USSR
disclosed.
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United States
4 SEP. Legislation signed es-
tablishing Agency for Inter-
national Development (AID) in
State Department (replacing
ICA), responsible for consol-
idating US Government's
foreign assistance operations;
20 Sep. Fowler C. Hamilton
named AID director (confirmed
23 Sep), replacing Henry R.
Labouisse, ICA director;
3 Nov. legislation imple-
mented by Executive order
(effective 30 Sep).
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Intelligence Community
24 JUL. Staff for Community
Information Processing Study
(SCIPS) chartered SIB-
Au . headed by
CIA/ORR.
1 AUG. Defense Intelligence
Agency (DIA) charter issued
by DOD, effective 1 Oct.
30 AUG. Foreign Service man-
power survey launched for
State Dept. by outside com-
mittee headed by ex-Secretary
Herter, sponsored by Carnegie
Endowment for International
Peace.
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Central Intelligence Agency
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14 SEP. Weekly Survey of Cold
War Crisis Situations initiat-
ed by USIB in DDI/ONE,
parallel to hot-war early-
warning function in USIB/W.C.
(experiment discontinued 17
Oct 62).
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Sep-Nov 61
Global
17 SEP. UN Secretary-General
Dag Hammarskjold killed in
air crash in Rhodesia, en
route to Congo;
3 Nov. U Thant (Burma) de-
signated acting Secretary-
General.
27-29 SEP. Military revolt in
Syria against Nasser; '58
union with Egypt dissolved.
7-13 Oct. Syria's indepen-
dence recognized by USSR, US,
UK, and UN.
27 SEP-14 DEC. Sierra Leone,
Mauritania, Mongolia, and
Tanganyika admitted to UN.
United States
26 SEP. Arms Control and Dis-
armament Agency (ACDA) estab-
lished as a statutory agency,
headed by William C. Foster
(under direction of Secretary
of State).
16 NOV. Announcement of Pres.
Kennedy's decision to increase
US advisory and material aid
to South Vietnam (with NSC
approval).
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Intelligence Community
OCT. USIB membership structure
reorganized, DOD representa-
tives from Office of Secretary
and from Joint Staff dropped,
replaced by DIA's director,
Lt. Gen. Joseph F. Carroll.
26-30 NOV. Pres. Kennedy's
national security staff reor-
ganized, Rostow shifted to
State Dept., replaced by Carl
Kay sen.
Sep-Nov 61
Central Intelligence Agency
27 SEP. Allen W. Dulles' re-
tirement as DCI announced by
Pres. Kennedy; John A. McCone
named as new DCI;
29 Nov. Dulles retires;
McCone appointed and sWor.n in
during Congressional recess;
31 Jan 62. McCone confirmed
by Senate.
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relocated from compound at
2430 E. St., NW to new Head-
quarters Building at Langley,
Va., completing move to new
headquarters.
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Dec 61
Global
10 DEC. Adolph Eichmann found
guilty, in Israel, of complic-
ity in World War II deaths of
6 million Jews by Nazis;
31 May 62. executed.
17-18 DEC. India seizes Port-
ugese Goa, Diu, and Damao.
United States
5 DEC. George W. Ball succeeds
Chester Bowles as Under Secre-
tary of State.
16 DEC. Secretary Rusk and Gen.
Franco confer in Madrid;
"triangle" relationships re-
established with US, Spain,
and Latin America.
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Intelligence Community
DEC. USIB membership expanded,
separate member added for CIA
(in addition to DCI, as USIB
chairman); DDCI Cabell named
CIA member.
5 DEC. DCI McCone establishes
176717-ing Group to study CIA and
intelligence community organ-
ization and activities,
Lyman B. Kirkpatrick, Jr.,
chairman;
5 Jan 62. J. Patrick Coyne
(of NSC and PFIAB staffs) and
Gen. Cortlandt V.R. Schuyler
(of N.Y. Gov. Rockefeller's
staff) added;
6 Apr 62. final report and
recommendations submitted to
DCI (Working Group dissolved,
10 Apr).
Dec 61
Central Intelligence Agency
27 DEC. Lt. Gen. C.P. Cabell
resigns as DDCI (effective 31
Jan 62).
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Jan-Feb 62
Global
3 JAN. West New Guinea pro-
claimed independent province
by Pres. Sukarno.
7 FEB. US-UK reveal agreement
to resume nuclear testing;
4 Nov. completion of 36
tests by US announced, most
extensive since '45.
10 FEB. Khrushchev proposes
18-nation disarmament confer-
ence.
United States
9 FEB. Col. Rudolph Abel,
Soviet espionage agent in US
convicted in '57, released to
USSR in East Berlin, in ex-
change for U-2 pilot F.G.
Powers and US student Frederic
L. Pryor.
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Jan-Feb 62
Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency
6 JAN. Eleanor L. Dulles' re-
tirement from State Department
Intelligence announced.
8 JAN. Raymond F. Farrell,
Associate Commissioner of Im-
migration and Naturalization,
promoted to Commissioner
(confirmed 5 Feb), succeeding
Gen. J.M. Swing (retirement
announced 22 Nov 61).
16 JAN. Pres. Kennedy's direc-
tive to McCone reaffirms DCI's
responsibilities at CIA, USIB,
and NSC levels.
18 JAN. Counterinsurgency
Special Group (Cl/SG) estab-
lished as coordinating body
under NSC.
17 FEB. Richard Helms, COPS,
named DD/P, succeeding Bissell
(resigned from CIA, joined
IDA);
19 Mar. Thomas H. Karames-
sines becomes COPS (position
renamed Assistant DD/P, I May).
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19 FEB. Deputy Directorate for
Research (DD/R) established,
Dr. Herbert Scoville, Jr.,
(AD/SI) named first DD/R
(Scoville continues as AD/SI,
to Jun 62);
15 Apr. DD/R takes over
several elements of DD/P's
Development Projects Division;
25 Jun. Col. Edward B.
Giller named Assistant DD/R;
30 Jul. DD/R's initial
charter issued.
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Mar-Apr 62
Global
United States
7-18 MAR. France-Algeria
reach cease-fire agreement at
Evians-les-Bains;
3 Jul. Algeria declared
independent;
7 Aug. Ben Bella takes
over;
29 Sep. elected premier;
8 Oct. Algeria admitted to
UN.
1 APR. Nicholas Katzenbach
named as Attorney General
Kennedy's deputy (sworn in,
7 May), succeeding Byron R.
White, who moves to Supreme
Court (sworn in, 16 Apr).
14 APR. George Pompidou named
French Prime Minister by de
Gaulle, following resignation
of Michel Debre%
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Intelligence Community
MAR-JUL. USIB membership
changes:
from Army, Maj. Gen. Alva
R. Fitch succeeds Gen. Willems;
from Air Force, Maj. Gen.
Robert A. Breitweiser succeeds
Gen. Walsh;
from NSA, Lt. Gen. Gordon
A. Blake succeeds Adm. Frost.
Mar-Apr 62
Central Intelligence Agency
9 MAR. Maj. Gen. Marshall S.
Carter appointed DDCI, suc-
ceeding Cabell;
2 Apr. confirmed by Senate,
promoted to Lt. Gen.;
3 Apr. sworn in;
named DDCI's Executive Assis-
tant.
30 MAR. DD/I Amory resigns
from CIA (transfers to Bureau
of the Budget), Huntington D.
Sheldon (AD/CI) named Acting
DD/I;
23 Apr. Ray S. Cline named
DD/I; Sheldon, Assistant DD/I;
28 May. Sheldon also desig-
nated DCI's SIGINT Officer.
1 APR. DCI's office enlarged,
three components shifted from
DD/S;
General Counsel (Lawrence
R. Houston), along with Legis-
lative Counsel (latter detach-
ed from IG);
Audit Staff (headed by
, attached to
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Comptroller (John A. Bross,
succeeding Edward R. Saunders).
10 APR. New position of CIA
Executive Director establish-
ed, Lyman B. Kirkpatrick, Jr.,
named ExDir; position replaces
DCI's Executive Officer;
23 May. USIB secretariat
moved from DD/I to 0/DCI;
3 Apr 63. charter of 0/DCI's
expanded functions and pro-
cedures issued.
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Apr-May 62
Global
15 MAY. US orders 4,000
Marines to Thailand, as pro-
tection against Pathet Lao
in Laos.
United States
4 MAY. Secretary McNamara pro-
claims US "flexible response"
strategy, including use of
nuclear-powered Polaris-
equipped submarines, at Athens
NATO conference.
9 MAY. Pres. Kennedy, in steel-
price controversy, denies that
"sons-of-bitches" remark
(I May) applied to "all" busi-
nessmen.
20 MAY. Defense General Coun-
sel Cyrus R. Vance named Sec-
retary of the Army, replacing
Stahr (sworn in 5 Jul).
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Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency
16 APR. DCI's Executive Com-
mittee reconstituted, with 10
members: DCI McCone (ex
officio), DDCI Carter (Chair-
man), ExDir, four functional
Deputy Directors (DD/I, DD/P,
DD/R, DD/S), Comptroller,
General Counsel, and IG.
16 APR. Financial Policy and
Budget Committee established,
with six members: Comptroller
Bross (chairman), COPS/DDP
(renamed Assistant DD/P, 1
May), Assistant DD's from
other three directorates, and
Deputy General Counsel (Leg-
islative Counsel); Comptrol-
ler's responsibilities ex-
panded.
16 APR. R. Jack Smith suc-
ceeds Sheldon as Assistant
Director for Current Intel-
ligence.
2 MAY. John S. Earman succeeds
Kirkpatrick as Inspector Gen-
eral:
IG since
Chief of
(acting
Dec 61) continues as
Inspection Staff;
continues
of Audit Staff.
as Chief
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May-Jul 62
Global
8 JUN. US/USSR sign technical
agreement on peaceful exploi-
tation of outer space.
JUL-OCT. UN membership in-
creases from 104 to 110, as
new states are admitted from
Africa and Western Hemisphere:
Rwanda and Burundi (27 Jul),
Jamaica and Trinidad-Tobago
(12 Sep), Algeria (4 Oct),
and Uganda (15 Oct).
2-3 JUL. Cuban Minister Raul
Castro visits Moscow;
?24 Aug. US denounces in-
creased shipments of Soviet
military equipment and person-
nel to Cuba.
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United States
21 MAY. Supreme Court upsets
contempt-of-Congress convic-
tion in '57 of six men who re-
fused to answer questions on
Communism; Justices Harlan and
Clark dissent.
29-30 JUN. Pres. Kennedy
visits Mexico;
5 Jul. denounces US decision
in 1911 to reject arbitration
award of El Paso's "Chamizal"
boundary zone to Mexico.
30 JUN. 212 career diplomats
separated under new Foreign
Service retirement bonus sys-
tem.
30 JUN. US national security,
international, and space bud-
get expenditures increased in
FY 62 to $55.2 billion, from
$50.7 billion in FY 61;
US military strength up to
2.8 million officers and en-
listed men, from 2.48 million
in FY 61.
5 JUL. Foy D. Kohler named
Ambassador to USSR, replacing
Llewellyn E. Thompson (sworn
in 21 Aug);
11 Aug. Charles E. Bohlen
named to Paris, succeeding
James M. Gavin (blocked in
Senate by Thurmond, then con-
firmed 31 Aug).
6 JUL. Investigation of for-
eign lobbyists in US launched
by Fulbright Committee (Sen-
ate).
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Intelligence Community
23 MAY. James S. Lay, Jr.,
succeeds John Heires as USIB
Executive Secretary, continues
as DCI's Deputy Assistant for
Coordination;
6 Dec. procedures for intra-
CIA staffing of USIB matters
revised.
May-Jul 62
Central Intelligence Agency
25 MAY. CIA Requirements Com-
mittee re-established, under
DD/I chairmanship, for intra-
CIA coordination of collec-
tion requirements, with cen-
tral registry in OCR.
4 JUN. Dr. Albert D. Wheelon
(from Space Technology Labora-
tories, Inc.) succeeds Dr.
Scoville as AD/SI.
2 JUL. Comptroller's Program
Analysis Staff reorganized,
named chief.
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Jul-Sep 62
Global
23 JUL. Neutrality accords for
Laos signed by 14 nations at
?Geneva conference.
25 JUL. Gen. Lyman L.
Lemnitzer, US/JCS chairman,
appointed by NATO as Gen.
Norstad's successor as Com-
mander of SHAPE and US forces
in Europe (effective 1 Nov);
29 Oct. accession to SHAPE
postponed to 1 Jan 63.
15 AUG. Dutch-Indonesian
cease-fire agreement signed,
West New Guinea to go to
Indonesia.
SEP-NOV. Cuban missile crisis:
2 Sep. Soviet-Cuban mili-
tary and economic aid agree-
ment announced;
13 Sep. US warns USSR on
deployment of offensive weap-
ons;
22 Oct. Pres. Kennedy dis-
closes Soviet missile pres-
ence in Cuba and demands re-
moval;
23 Oct. Pres. Kennedy pro-
claims quarantine on missile
shipments to Cuba;
28 Oct. Khrushchev agree-
ment to withdraw missiles
announced;
20 Nov. US quarantine
lifted.
27 SEP. Civil war in Yemen
breaks out.
United States
12 JUL. $4.7 billion foreign
aid authorization passed by
House, President given dis-
cretionary authority to as-
sist Communist nations.
19 JUL. First successful test-
ing of anti-ballistic missile
by US, fired from Kwajelein
against Atlas ICBM.
1 AUG. North Pole rendezvous
of Navy's nuclear-powered sub-
marines Skate and Seadragon
announced.
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Intelligence Community
AUG. First Soviet activity at
Cuban missile sites (SAM,
cruise, and IRBM/MRBM) noted
by US intelligence.
29 AUG. A.P. Schwartz named
head of State's Security and
Consular Affairs Bureau
(sworn in 11 Sep).
19 SEP. SNIE 85-3-62 on Soviet
military buildup in Cuba ap-
proved by USIB.
Jul-Sep 62
Central Intelligence Agency
27 JUL. Special Operations
Division (SOD) established in
DD/P.
30 JUL. Office of Research and
Development (ORD), Office of
Elint (OEL), and Office of
Special Activities (OSA) es-
tablished in DD/R, with OSA
taking over most of DPD/DDP
functions and persbnnel;
Jul-Nov. ORD headed by Col.
Edward B. Giller, OEL by
George C. Miller, and OSA
successively by Col. Stanley
W. Beerli, James A. Cunning-
ham, Jr., and Col. Jack C.
Ledford.
17 SEP. Chester L. Cooper
named DD/I's Assistant for
Policy Support (continues
as DAD/NE).
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Oct-Dec 62
Global
11 OCT. John XXIII opens
Ecumenical Council (Vatican
II), in Rome.
20 OCT. Heavy fighting breaks
out on China-India border;
21 Nov. Communist China
announces cease fire.
5 NOV. Bulgaria's pro-Chinese
and pro-Stalinist leaders ex-
pelled from Party.
21 DEC. Nassau agreement be-
tween US and UK on nuclear
weapons, US to furnish Polaris
missiles instead of air-to-
ground Skybolts; UK to provide
nuclear-powered submarines
committed to NATO.
29 DEC. UN offensive launched
against Katanga.
United States
6 NOV. Democrats retain con-
trol of Congress; gain six
seats in House and Senate.
12 DEC. Bipartisan citizen's
committee survey of foreign
aid operations launched, head-
ed by Gen. Lucius D. Clay;
30 Jan 63. interim report;
24 Mar. final report filed.
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Intelligence Community
1 OCT. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor
succeeds Gen. Lemnitzer as JCS
chairman and NSC military ad-
viser.
31 OCT. Clearance of intelli-
gence material requested by
Congress centralized further
in CIA/DDI, taking over intra-
CIA and community clearance
channels from ONE and OCR,
(0/LC coordination continued).
27 NOV. Centralization of
military mapping in DIA
announced.
14 DEC. Justice W.O. Douglas,
in private booklet, attacks
CIA for excessive concentra-
tion of power.
Oct-Dec 62
Central Intelligence Agency
1 OCT. Research Staff estab-
lished in DD/I, primarily for
Sino-Soviet studies and super-
vision of external research
(Knight W. McMahan, chief).
20 OCT. Joseph Larocque, Jr.,
(DAD/00), succeeds George G.
Carey (retired) as Assistant
Director for Operations.
8 NOV. Personnel Advisory
Board established, replacing
CIA Career Council;
26 Mar 63. Scientific and
Technical Personnel Advisory
Committee established.
14 NOV. Assessment and Evalua-
tion Staff (A&E), including
psychological services, trans-
ferred to Medical Staff from
OTR.
DEC. Comprehensive 10-year
"postmortem" review of NIE's
and SNIE's completed for DCI
by DDI/ONE.
3 DEC. succeeds 25X1
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as AD/BI; OBI Research Divi-
sion (for preparation of cer-
tain NIS chapters) merged into
OCI.
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Jan-Feb 63
Global United States
14 JAN. De Gaulle vetoes
British membership in Common
Market (European Economic Com-
munity).
15 JAN. Tshombe surrenders.
17,20 JAN. Italy and Turkey
agree to abandon land-based
Jupiter missiles for Polaris
submarine force under NATO
(deployed in Apr).
21 JAN. Katanga secession end-
ed in Congo.
22 JAN. German-French treaty
of reconciliation and cooper-
ation signed in Paris.
5 FEB. Diefenbaker's Progres-
sive-Conservative government
in Canada ousted;
8 Apr. succeeded by Lester
B. Pearson, Liberal;
11 May. Pearson-Kennedy
agreement on nuclear weapons
for Canadian forces announced.
8 FEB. Military coup in Iraq,
Kassim assassinated;
8 Mar. Syria's government
overthrown by pro-Nasser army
group under Lt. Gen. al-
Attassi.
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Intelligence Community
JAN. Four Congressional sub-
committees on CIA continued in
88th Congress, under same
chairmen, Sen. Russell, Sen.
Hayden, Rep. Vinson, and Rep.
Cannon.
Jan-Feb 63
Central Intelligence Agency
2 JAN. NPIC relocated (from
Steuart Bldg.) at Naval
Weapons Plant, Bldg. 213;
1 Jul Man Library moved
to
18 Nov. OTR and A64.0 Staff
moved to Broyhill Bldg., Ar-
lington (building renamed
1000 N. Glebe Rd., Dec 64).
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5 FEB. Executive Committee
for Air Proprietary Opera-
tions (ExComAir) established,
chaired by Lawrence R. Houston
(General Counsel) with members
from DD/P, DD/S, and
0/DCl/Comptroller.
25 FEB. Intra-CIA Task Force
on Cuba, headed by James J.
Hitchcock,. established in OCI;
26 Mar.
replaces Hitchcock.
27 FEB. Special Intelligence
Staff (SPINT) transferred
from OCI to 0/DDI;
9 Jul 64. re-transferred to
DD/S&T, under supervision of
CIA SIGINT Officer.
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Mar-Apr 63
Global
20 MAR. US and USSR agree on
coordinated launchings of
weather satellites, joint
tests of communication sat-
ellites.
17 APR. UAR, Syria, and Iraq
agree to federate.
27 APR-3 JUN. Castro visits
USSR.
United States
10 APR. US nuclear-powered
submarine Thresher lost in
Atlantic.
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Intelligence Community
23 APR. Clark M. Clifford suc-
ceeds Dr. Killian as chairman
of Pres. Kennedy's Foreign
Intelligence Advfsory Board.
Mar-Apr 63
Central Intelligence Agency
8 MAR. CIA Alert System for
Critical Intelligence revised,
new charter issued (first
since 22 Jul 53).
21 MAR. Fine Arts Commission
established as intra-CIA com-
mittee for advising on aes-
thetic matters in headquar-
ters installation;
19 Apr. James Q. Reber
named chairman.
1 APR. E.J. Applewhite suc-
ceeds as
chief of Inspection Staff, IG.
9 APR-8 MAY. Selected elements
of 0/DCI and DD/I moved to
Key Bldg., Rosslyn, Va.;
Dec 65-Jan 66. other ele-
ments of o/Dci, DD/I, DD/S,
and DD/P moved to Magazine
Bldg;
Mar 66. other elements of
DD/S and DD/S&T moved to Ames
Bldg.
16 APR. Research and Develop-
ment Review Board established,
chaired by DDCI Carter, repre-
senting DD/R, TSD/DDP, Comma/
DDS, OSI/DDR, and NPIC/DDI.
1 Jul. Scientific Advisory
Board (outside consultants)
established, chaired by Dr.
replaces
CIA Research Board; to work
with R&D Review Board.
27 APR. CIA Retirement Board,
for handling Civil Service
cases in CIA, renamed Agency
Retirement Board; new CIA Re-
tirement Board established,
to administer CIA Retirement
Act of 1964.
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May-Jun 63
Global
7 MAY. In Moscow public trial,
Oleg Penkovsky and Greville
Wynne plead guilty of espio-
nage for US and UK;
16 May. Penkovsky executed;
Wynne jailed for 8 years.
14 MAY-16 DEC. Kuwait, Kenya,
and Zanzibar admitted to UN.
16 MAY. Kennedy round of nego-
tiations for tariff cuts be-
gins at Geneva Conference on
General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade (GATT).
3 JUN. Pope John XXIII dies)
21 Jun. Cardinal Montini
elected successor; crowned on
30 Jun as Paul VI.
10 JUN. Pres. Kennedy, addres-
sing American University on
US peace aims, announces forth-
coming nuclear test-ban treaty
negotiations with USSR and
UK; orders US atomospheric
tests ended.
14 JUN. USSR Central Committee
denounced by Chinese (the "25
points") chiefly for "collab-
oration" with US;
14 Jul. Soviet reply pub-
lished, renounces nuclear war;,
21 Sep. USSR charges that
Chinese have "systematically"
violated border.
25 JUN. Tshombe forced to re-
sign as Katanga premier.
29 JUN. Yugoslavia's new con-
stitution in force, with
"workers' collectives" and
local-central management of
economic enterprises.
United States
6 MAY. Vice Adm. Donald Mc-
Donald replaces Adm. George W.
Anderson, Jr., on Joint Chiefs
of Staff; term of Gen. Curtis
LeMay (Air Force) extended;
31 Dec. Lt. Gen. Wallace M.
Greene (Marine Corps) succeeds
Gen. David M. Shoup as Com-
mandant and JCS member.
22 JUN-3 JUL. Pres. Kennedy
visits West Germany, Berlin,
Ireland, UK, aind Italy.
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Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency
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10 JUN. Collection Guidance
Staff (CGS) established in
DD/I, James J. Hitchcock,
chief.
14 JUN. DD/R Scoville resigns
from CIA (transfers to ACDA);
15 Jun. Col. Edward B.
Giller designated acting DD/R.
29 JUN. Col. Sheffield Edwards
retires as Director of Securi-
ty, succeeded by his deputy,
Robert L. Bannerman;
16 Sep.
(from DD/P)
deputy.
named Bannerman's
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Jun-Sep 63
Global
30 JUN. H.A.R. Philby, British
journalist and former UK in-
telligence officer, is granted
asylum in USSR.
8-23 JUL. Three West German
intelligence officials tried
and sentenced for espionage
for USSR.
25 JUL. US, UK, and USSR
conclude negotiations to ban
nuclear tests in atmosphere,
outer space, and under water;
5 Aug. tripartite treaty
signed in Moscow;
12 Aug. US Senate (Ful-
bright Committee) begins hear-
ings (ratified 24 Sep);
10 Oct. treaty in force.
30 AUG. White House-Kremlin
"hot line" communications link
activated.
United States
30 JUN. US national security,
international, and space bud-
get expenditures increased in
FY 63 to $57.9 billion, from
$55.2 billion in FY 62;
US military strength down
to 2.69 million officers and
enlisted man, from 2.8 mil-
lion in FY 62.
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Intelligence Community
JUL. USIB membership changes:
from State, Thomas L.
Hughes succeeds Hilsman;
from Navy, Rear Adm. Rufus
L. Taylor succeeds Adm. Low-
rance;
from Air Force, Brig, Gen.
Jack E. Thomas succeeds Gen.
Breitweiser.
23 JUL. Sgt. J.G. Dunlap, Army
aide at National Security
Agency, commits suicide, re-
ported to have passed classi-
fied data to Soviet agents for
years.
5 SEP. Community review and
evaluation activities in CIA
reorganized;
9 Sep. John A. Bross ap-
pointed DCI's Deputy for
National Intelligence Pro-
grams Evaluation (NIPE);
31 Mar 64. charter of re-
sponsibilities issued.
Jun-Sep 63
Central Intelligence Agency
5 AUG. DD/R directorate ex-
panded, renamed Deputy Dir-
ectorate for Science and
Technology (DD/S&T), takes
over OSI (from DD/I) and
Automatic Data Processing
Staff (from DD/S), latter
renamed Office of Computer
Services (OCS);
Dr. Albert D. Wheelon
named first DD/S&T, and
chairman of R&D Review Board
(vice DDCI Carter); Dr. Donald
F. Chamberlain named AD/SI
(vice Wheelon), effective
22 Aug;
16 Sep. Joseph Becker named
AD/CS.
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19 AUG.
succeeds
CIA Librarian.
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Sep-Nov 63
Global
16 OCT. Vice Chancellor Ludwig
Erhard succeeds Adenauer as
Chancellor of West Germany.
19 OCT. Douglas Home succeeds
Macmillan as British Prime
Minister.
1 NOV. Military coup in Sai-
gon; Pres. Ngo Dinh Diem and
brother Ngo Dinh Nhu assas-
sinated.
United States
2 OCT. Secretary McNamara and
Gen. Taylor, back from Viet-
nam, meet with NSC; Pres.
Kennedy declares that war can
be won by end of 65.
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Sep-Nov 63
Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency
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OCT. SCIPS report and recom-
mendations on information pro-
cessing completed, sent to
CODIB.
OCT. Strategic Studies pro-
gram renamed National Strategy
Series (NSS) program; State's
coordination leadership con-
tinued, with Rostow's Policy
Planning Council, an Inter-
agency Working Group, and
Regional Policy Committees;
CIA participation re-estab-
lished in DD/I and DD/P.
NOV. Paul Chretien succeeds
Col. Stanley W. Grogan (retir-
ed) as "CIA spokesman" for
public affairs and media mat-
ters;
5 Nov. Historical Staff
separated from public-affairs
office of the DCI; re-estab-
lished as separate staff in
0/DCI, incorporating Studies
in Intelligence; Philip K.
Edwards named chief;
31 Mar 64. 1 Staff
charter issued
1 NOV. Enno H. Knoche succeeds
as DDCI Carter's Execu-
tive Assistant.
4 NOV. DD/S& T expanded further;
Huntington D. Sheldon moved
from 0/DDI to become Wheelon's
Special Assistant (continues as
CIA SIGINT Officer).
7 Nov. Foreign Missile and
Space Analysis Center (FMSAC),
headed by Carl E. Duckett, es-
tablished as a CIA and commun-
ity service;
18 Nov. OCS absorbs Auto-
matic Data Processing Division
from Comptroller's office.
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Nov-Dec 63
Global
5 DEC. Italian Left-Wing
Socialist party achieves vice
premiership (Pietro Nenni) in
new four-party coalition
government, headed by Christ-
ian Democrat Aldo Moro.
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22 NOV. Pres. Kennedy assas-
sinated in Dallas; Vice Pres.
Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in as
President.
23 NOV. Pres. Johnson asks
Foreign Service officers to
continue without submitting
resignations;
27 Nov. Pres. Johnson
addresses Congress, supports
US global commitments from
Berlin to Vietnam."
4 DEC. Navy unveils new anti-
submarine missile Subroc,
built by Goodyear.
12 DEC. Secretary McNamara an-
nounces plans to close or cur-
tail operations of 33 instal-
lations, seven of which are
overseas.
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Intelligence Community
5 NOV. Huntington D. Sheldon
succeeds DDCI Carter as chair-
man of USIB Watch Committee.
5 NOV. Otto F. Otepka, State
department security officer,
ousted for furnishing con-
fidential data to Senate In-
ternal Security Subcommittee.
7 NOV. Prof. Donald F. Hornig
named as Pres. Kennedy's
Special Assistant for Science
and Technology;
Jan 64. Hornig succeeds
Dr. Wiesner as head of Office
of Science and Technology.
21 DEC. Ex-Pres. Truman
publicly repudiates CIA's cov-
ert action responsibilities,
in press interview.
Nov-Dec 63
Central Intelligence Agency
13 NOV. DD/I's office reorgan-
ized under two Assistant
DD/I's: for Policy Support
(Chester L. Cooper) and Man-
agement (Paul A. Borel).
18 NOV. ExDir Kirkpatrick's
position enlarged, renamed
Executive Director-Comptroller,
designated No. 3 position in
CIA; financial and manpower
policy, review, and control
functions of Comptroller re-
organized under him in an in-
dependent Office of Budget,
Program Analysis, and Manpower
(0/BPAM), directed by John M.
Clarke;
18 Nov. DD/S financial
operations reorganized in a
new Office of Finance, Robert
H. Fuchs, director;
9 Dec. budget and finance
authorities realigned between
0/BPAM and 0/FIN;
27 Dec. 0/FIN staff and
division chiefs announced.
23,27 DEC. Foreign Documents
Division (FDD) shifted to OCR
from 00; John K. Vance (from
0/IG) appointed AD/CR; John
J. Bagnall (FDD chief) redes-
ignated DAD/CR.
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Jan-Mar 64
Global
9 JAN. Anti-American riots in
Panama Canal Zone; Panama
suspends relations with US.
12 JAN. Zanzibar expels
Sultan, establishes republic.
13-22 JAN. Cease-fire at
Borneo border between Malaysia
and Indonesia, arranged by
Sukarno and US Attorney Gen-
eral Kennedy.
27 JAN. France recognizes Com-
munist China (first recogni-
tion by any major power since
'50);
29 Jan. France declares
two-China thesis is meaning-
less.
14 FEB. "Molotov group"
(Molotov, Malenkov, Kagano-
vich), leaders in Stalinist
purges in '30's, expelled from
Party's Central Committee in
USSR.
4 MAR. UN Security Council
establishes international
peace-keeping force and media-
tor for Cyprus (activated
27 Mar).
31 MAR. Brazil's leftist-
nationalist president Joao
Goulart is removed in military
coup, succeeded (15 Apr) by
Castelo Branco.
United States
8 JAN. Pres. Johnson declares
"war on poverty" in State of
Union message;
1 Feb. Peace Corps director
Sargent Shriver placed in
charge.
25 MAR. US economic blockade
of Cuba proclaimed a failure
by Fulbright Committee (US
Senate).
5 Apr. Sen. Fulbright de-
nounces US "morbid preoccupa-
tion" with subversion, and
"blind faith" in military
establishment.
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Intelligence Community
21 JAN. Carl T. Rowan (Ambas-
sador to Finland) named to
head USIA, succeeds ailing
Edward R. Murrow; Rowan first
Negro to sit on NSC (confirm-
ed 25 Feb).
28 JAN. Cyrus R. Vance re-
places Gilpatric as Deputy
Secretary of Defense.
4 MAR. William P. Bundy (from
Defense Department) succeeds
Roger Hilsman (resigned 25
Feb) as Assistant Secretary of
State for Far Eastern Affairs.
4 MAR. USIB structure reor-
ganized, under NSC directive:
Army, Navy, and Air Force mem-
bers dropped from full member-
ship, given "observer" status
in USIB deliberation; remain-
ing members (as before) to
represent CIA, State, DIA,
NSA, AEC, and FBI.
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Central Intelligence Agency
9 JAN. CIA holds first press
conference, publicizes study
of Soviet economic growth;
growth rate found well below
that of US (in '62 and '63);
17 Jan. study ridiculed
by Khrushchev;
24 Jan. findings supported
in official Soviet report dis-
closed in N.Y.Times.
3,17 FEB. BPAM senior staff
chief changes announced;
14 Mar. John M. Clarke
named alternate chairman of
DCI's Financial Policy and
Budget Committee.
13 MAR. Intra-CIA coordination
of CIA positions on National
Policy Papers (NPP's) assigned
to DD/I.
27 MAR. DD/S&T's first compre-
hensive charter of missions
and functions issued.
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Apr-May 64
Global
1 APR. British military ser-
vices merged, headed by De-
fense Minister Peter Thorney-
croft.
15 APR. Khrushchev denounces
Chairman Mao Tse-tung;
15 Sep. alluding to China,
boasts "terrible" super-weapon
capable of destroying mankind.
20 APR. Agreement on plutoni-
um and uranium production cuts
by US, UK, and USSR announced
by Pres. Johnson.
25 APR-18 MAY. Ahmed Ben
Bella, head of Algeria's Na-
tional Liberation Front,
visits USSR, Eastern Europe,
and UAR; is named "Hero of the
Soviet Union."
26 APR. Zanzibar and Tangan-
yika merged;
29 Oct. renamed Tanzania.
9-25 MAY. Khrushchev visits
UAR (his first visit to an
African state).
10 MAY. USSR Party renounces
"leading role" in World Com-
munism in favor of "volunteer
union of like-minded people";
10 Aug. convenes meeting
of 25 national Parties to pre-
pare for world conference in
'65.
27 MAY. Jawaharlal Nehru,
India's first prime minister,
dies of coronary (age 74);
1 Jun. succeeded by Lal
Bahadur Shastri, his political
heir.
United States
14 APR. To forestall "missile
gap" debate in election cam-
paign, US discloses inventory
of 750 ICBM's on launchers,
compared with 188 for USSR.
30 MAY. US announces end of
economic aid to Nationalist
China (in Jun 65), because
of its "healthy economic
growth."
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Apr-May 64
Intelligence Community Central Intelligence Agency
20 APR. Pres. Johnson offers
foreign intelligence and policy
briefings to all major Presi-
dential candidates (Rockefel-
ler, Nixon, Goldwater, Stassen,
Margaret Chase Smith, Scranton,
Wallace, and Lodge).
MAY. Rep. Clarence Cannon
dies; succeeded by Rep. George
H. Mahon as chairman of CIA
subcommittee of House Appropri-
ations Committee.
8 MAY. J. Edgar Hoover, FBI
director (since '24), exempted
indefinitely from mandatory
retirement rule by Pres.
Johnson.
19 MAY. US discloses that
Embassy in Moscow found bug-
ged with more than 40 hostile
microphones;
2 Nov. microphone system
reported found concealed in
new Embassy building in War-
saw.
6 APR. John H. Richardson
succeeds William E. Duggan
as Deputy Director of Training.
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Jun-Aug 64
Global
6 JUL.
Adoula
(sworn
Tshombe succeeds
as Premier of Congo
in JO Jul).
6 JUL. Castro (in N.Y.Times
interview) offers to end Cuban
subversion in Latin America
if OS stops anti-Cuban activ-
ities;
8 Nov. in further Times
interview, Castro asserts Cuba
now controls anti-aircraft
missiles, will be used against
US reconnaissance planes.
15 JUL. Mikoyan replaces
Brezhnev as USSR Presidium
chairman.
2-4 AUG. North Vietnamese
torpedo boats, deployed in
international waters in Gulf
of Tonkin, reported to have
attacked US destroyers Maddox
and C. Turner Joy;
7 Aug. Congressional Joint
Resolution, passes by House
(416-0) and Senate (88-2),
supports Pres. Johnson's
determination "to take all
necessary measures" to repel
attacks and prevent further
aggression.
United States
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10 JUN. US foreign aid author-
ization of $3.5 billion ap-
proved by House (first time in
program's history that request
had not been cut);
2 Jul. $50 million cut by
Senate.
23 JUN. Gen. Earle G. Wheeler
(Army) appointed JCS chairman,
succeeding Gen. Taylor;
24 Jun. Lt. Gen. H.K. John-
son named new Army Chief of
Staff (both sworn in 6 Jul).
30 JUN. US national security,
international, and space bud-
get expenditures increased in
FY 64 to $62.4 billion, from
$57.9 billion in FY 63;
US military strength down
slightly, to 2.68 million
officers and enlisted men,
from 2.69 million in FY 63.
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Intelligence Community
1 JUN. Disclosures of CIA
personnel and cover designa-
tions published in US magazine
articles and book, The Invisi-
ble Government, by journalists
Wise and Ross;
29 Jun. MIT's Center of
International Studies, attack-
ed in book for CIA connections,
acknowledges having been orig-
inally subsidized by CIA in
'53.
30 JUN. New annual progress
report for FY 64 by DCI on
community coordination filed
with Pres. Johnson's recon-
stituted Foreign Intelligence
Advisory Board (PFIAB); DCI's
semi-annual report on CIA re-
placed by annual report for
FY 64.
Jun-Aug 64
Central Intelligence Agency
1 JUL. Robert L. Bannerman re-
places H. Gates Lloyd (re-
tired) as Assistant DD/S;
Howard J. Osborn succeeds
Bannerman as Director of Sec-
urity; suc-
ceeds Osborn as DD/Security.
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Aug-Dec 64
Global
4-5 AUG. Rebels capture
Kisangani (Stanleyville).
27 AUG. USSR's continuing re-
fusal to pay UN peace-keeping
assessments reaffirmed by
Pravda;
30 Dec. UN Assembly ad-
journs without deciding to de-
prive USSR and other delin-
quents of voting rights.
10 SEP. Afghanistan's King
Mohammed Zahir launches "ex-
periment in democracy," with
new parliamentary constitution
approved by national assembly.
15 OCT. Khrushchev relieved
of all posts in USSR, replaced
by Brezhnev (Party first sec-
retary) and Kosygin (Premier);
16 Oct. denounced in
Pravda;
28 Oct. denounced by Chou
En-lai.
15 OCT. Labor Party wins
British election (four-seat
majority);
16 Oct. Harold Wilson
becomes Prime Minister, re-
placing Home.
16 OCT. Communist China re-
ports its first successful
nuclear-bomb test, becomes
world's fifth nuclear power.
20-26 NOV. Belgian paratroop-
ers, air-dropped by US planes,
intervene in Stanleyville,
rescue foreign hostages held
by Congo rebels.
1 DEC. Malta, Malawi, and
Zambia admitted to UN.
United States
1 SEP. Attorney General
Robert Kennedy nominated to
Senate, resigns cabinet post
3 Sep; his deputy, Nicholas
Katzenbach, named Acting
Attorney General.
3 NOV. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson
and Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey
elected Pres. and Vice Pres.,
defeating Republican candi-
dates Sen. Barry M.Goldwater
and Rep. William E. Miller;
Democrats retain control of
both houses of Congress.
18-19 NOV. Secretary McNamara
announces closing of 95 mili-
tary bases in 33 States and
five foreign countries.
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Intelligence Community
24 SEP. Earl Warren commission,
investigating Pres. Kennedy's
assassination (Nov 63), con-
cludes unanimously that the
assassin (Lee Harvey Oswald)
acted alone; no conspiracy,
foreign or domestic, found;
report endorsed by ex-DCI
Dulles (member of commission);
similar findings reached in-
dependently by DCI McCone,
FBI Director Hoover, Secret
Service Director Rowley; re-
port rebukes Secret Service
and FBI for various failures
at Dallas; calls for improved
coordination among security
officers, including CIA, State
Department, and Military in-
telligence;
27 Sep. Pres. Johnson or-
ders recommendations imple-
mented by Secretary of Treas-
ury Dillon, acting Attorney
General Katzenbach, DCI McCone,
and NSC Assistant Bundy.
OCT. CODIB establishes per-
manent support staff and nine
task teams on information-
handling problem areas in com-
munity.
5 OCT. US charges USSR with
physical abuse of four US
and UK military attach?
traveling in Siberia.
Aug-Dec 64
Central Intelligence Agency
18 SEP. Alan M. Warfield named
Director of Logistics, vice
James A. Garrison (retired).
14 OCT. Liberalized retirement
and pension legislation for
CIA's overseas personnel sign-
ed.
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Jan-Mar 65
Global
23 JAN. Sir Winston Churchill
dies after stroke, age 90.
7 FEB. US and South Vietnam
begin retaliatory air attacks
on North Vietnam military tar-
gets.
15 FEB. West Germany suspends
economic aid to UAR;
12 May. establishes dip-
lomatic relations with Israel.
United States
20 JAN. Pres. Johnson and Vice
Pres. Humphrey inaugurated.
12 FEB. Thomas C. Mann suc-
ceeds Harriman as Under Secre-
tary of State; Harriman named
Ambassador-at-Large (both con-
firmed by Senate 9 Mar).
29 MAR. Saigon Embassy severe-
ly damaged by terrorist bombs,
casualties heavy (20 deaths
reported).
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Intelligence Community
JAN. Four Congressional sub-
committees on CIA continued
in 89th Congress; three
chairmen continued, Sen.
Russell, Sen. Hayden, and Rep.
Mahon; Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
Jan-Mar 65
Central Intelligence Agency
succeeds Rep. Carl Vinson
(resigned from Congress) as
chairman of CIA subcommittee
of House Armed Services
Committee.
5 JAN. Harold C. Brown suc-
11 JAN.
25X1
named
ceeds Traynor as AEC member
DD/I's Assistant for ?olicy
of USIB.
Support, succeeding Chester
L. Cooper (reassigned to
NSC staff).
7 FEB.
25X1
(ORR
economist) named
six US government
as
25X1
one of
.
career women of the year;
first woman in CIA history
publicly recognized;
13 Jul. appointed to Tariff
Commission by Pres. Johnson.
11 MAR.
named AD for R&D (ORD).
29 MAR. Disbanding of Office
of Operations (00) announced,
effective 1 Jul;
AD/0 Larocque named DD/I's
Special Assistant;
Contact Division and Sovmat
Staff merged as Domestic Con-
tact Service (DCS), under Ed-
win M. Ashcraft;
FBID renamed Foreign Broad-
cast Intelligence Service
(FBIS), continues under Roger
G. Seely.
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Apr-Jun 65
Global
25 APR. Civilian junta in
Dominican Republic overthrown
by rebel army officers;
28 Apr. anti-rebel military
junta established, US military
forces intervene;
7 May. "Government of Na-
tional Reconstruction" estab-
lished under Gen. Antonio
Imbert Barreras.
8 MAY. 20th anniversary of V-E
Day celebrated in Moscow;
Soviet and Chinese historians
and politicians rehabilitate
Stalin and Zhukov leadership;
7 Jun. USSR discloses data
showing that Stalin and Molo-
tov ignored intelligence warn-
ings of Nazi plan to invade
USSR in '41.
19 JUN. Ben Bella overthrown
in Algeria by Col. Houari
Boumedienne.
30 JUN. India and Pakistan
agree on cease-fire in Kashmir
war; agreement abrogated;
22 Sep. new agreement
negotiated.
United States
30 JUN. US national security,
international, and space bud-
get expenditures decreased
in FY 65 to $59.8 billion,
from $62.4 billion in FY 64;
US military strength down
slightly, to 2.65 million
officers and enlisted men,
from 2.68 million in FY 64.
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APR-MAY. USIB membership
changes:
14 Apr. DCI-designee
Raborn introduced at USIB
meeting as incoming chairman;
5 May. new DDCI Richard
Helms attends as CIA member;
former DDCI Gen. Carter be-
comes NSA member.
19 APR. Dr. C.M. Herzfeld named
to succeed Dr. R.L. Sproull as
Advanced Research Projects
Agency director (in DOD);
5 Jul. Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense Alain C.
Enthoven named to new position
of Assistant Secretary for
Systems Analysis (confirmed
16 Jul).
3 MAY. Robert L.
CIA/DDI succeeds
as CIA/DIA Joint
Group chairman.
T-Tpwi fit of
Analysis
14 JUN. 760 USIA nominations
for Foreign Service approved
by Senate committee.
Apr-Jun 65
Central Intelligence Agency
11 APR. Vice Adm. William F.
Raborn, Jr. (USN Ret.), ap-
pointed by President Johnson
as DCI, succeeding McCone
(retiring); Richard Helms ap-
pointed DDCI, succeeding Gen.
Carter (reassigned to become
Director of NSA);
22 Apr. Raborn and Helms
confirmed by Senate;
28 Apr. sworn in.
13 APR. Junior Officer Train-
ees (JOT's) renamed Career
Trainees (CT's).
28 APR. Desmond FitzGerald
replaces Helms as DD/P.
22 MAY. Merger of OBI (NIS
program) and ORR's geographic,
cartographic, and map-refer-
ence services into an expanded
OBI, responsible for handling
"the field of environmental
intelligence," announced ef-
fective 1 Jul; James A.
Brammell named AD/BI, vice
(retiring);
DAD/BI.
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24 JUN. Resignation of Lyman
13. Kirkpatrick, Jr., from CIA
announced (effective 27 Sep);
5 Jul. Col. Lawrence K.
White (USA, Ret.) becomes Ex-
ecutive Director-Comptroller,
Robert L. Bannerman succeeds
White as DD/S.
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Jul-Sep 65
Global
9 AUG. Singapore leaves
Malaysian Federation.
24 AUG. Peace settlement
Yemen agreed to by Saudi
Arabia and UAR.
United States
6 JUL. Constitutional amend-
ment (25th) on Presidential
succession approved by Senate.
8 JUL. H.C. Lodge reappointed
as Ambassador to South Vietnam,
replacing Gen. Taylor (con-
firmed 28 Jul; sworn in 12
Aug; presents credentials
24 Aug);
18 Aug. Edward G. Lansdale
announced as his Special As-
sistant.
25 AUG. US Government's budg-
in
etary system reorganized and
renamed "planning-programming-
budget system" (PPBS).
30 AUG. Singapore Prime Mini-
ster Lee accuses CIA of '60
attempt to bribe and subvert
its intelligence authorities.
20 SEP. UN membership increas-
ed to 117 member states, with
admission of Singapore (sepa-
rated from Malaysia), Gambia,
and Maldive Islands.
30 SEP. Communist coup in In-
donesia abcirted.
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Intelligence Community
18 JUL. W.A. Wieland (criti-
cized and demoted for role in
Cuba policy in '60-'61) re-
stored in Foreign Service
after board review.
1 AUG. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor
appointed to Pres. Johnson's
Foreign Intelligence Advisory
Board;
1 Sep. named President's
Special Consultant on Diploma-
tic and Military Affairs.
24 SEP. Pres. Johnson's letter
to DCI Raborn, "the Govern-
ment's chief intelligence of-
ficer," redefines DCI's
foreign-intelligence responsi-
bilities at the CIA, commun-
ity, and Presidential levels.
Jul-Sep 65
Central Intelligence Agency
1 JUL. added 25X1
to Board of National Estimates;
succeeded in ORR Military Eco-
nomic Research Area by Roland
S. Inlow.
1 JUL. Assistant Directors and
their Deputies of DD/I compo-
nents redesignated Directors
and Deputy Directors, respect-
ively (similar redesignation
accomplished in DDS in Feb-
Mar 55);
27 Jul. DD/S&T Office heads
and their deputies redesigna-
ted Director and Deputy
Director.
12 JUL. Alan M. Warfield suc-
ceeds Bannerman as Assistant
DD/S, George E. Meloon suc-
ceeds Warfield as Director of
Logistics.
30 AUG. Ex-Pres. candidate
Goldwater invited by Pres.
Johnson to receive CIA brief-
ings on "developments around
the world and government
policies"; Ex. Pres. Eisen-
hower briefed by Johnson.
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jects Staff redesignated Office
of Special Projects (OSP),
headed by John J. Crowley;
6 Oct. William Tidwell, Jr.,
(COMOR Chairman), named DD/S&T
Special Assistant.
28 SEP. CIA notifies Congress
that USSR has set up new
agency to destroy CIA.
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Oct-Nov 65
Global United States
11 NOV. Southern Rhodesia de-
clares independence from UK.
2 OCT. Secretary of Defense
McNamara completes 4 2/3 years
under Kennedy and Johnson
(longest serving incumbent,
topping Charles E. Wilson's
record);
2 Nov. Goldwater demands
his resignation.
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25 OCT. Adam Yarmolinsky named
Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for International Sec-
urity Affairs (non-statutory
post, Senate confirmation
fight thus avoided).
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Central Intelligence Agency
11 OCT. Office of Planning,
Programming, and Budgeting
(0/PPB) established under
ExDir, replacing 0/BPAM, with
same Director (John M. Clarke)
and same functions, together
with "centralized planning and
programming for the Agency",
in coordination with Govern-
ment-wide PPBS system;
1 Dec. Planning and Pro-
gramming Division es b ished
in 0 PPB, headed by
25 OCT. OSI's Ballistic Mis-
siles and Space Division
transferred to FMSAC.
5 NOV. Sen. Eugene McCarthy
asks for new nine-man Senate
committee to make "full" in-
vestigation of CIA.
22 NOV. Matthew Baird, retires
as Director of Tr
named Director of
Training Center; John
Richardson, named Director of
Training, effective 3 Jan 66.
22 NOV./
/Director of Com-
munications, dies;
23 Nov./
named Acting Director;
3 Dec./
Director, effective
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Dec 65
Global
United States
19 DEC. Gen. de Gaulle re-
elected for 7-year term to
French presidency;
31 Dec. De Gaulle scolds
US and USSR for "rival
hegemonies," creation of
"painful tension in numerous
countries," and threats ok
"terrifying means of destruc-
tion".
21 DEC. UN Assembly unanimous-
ly passes resolution (109-0),
directed at USSR, condemning
all forms of intervention
by one state in another's
internal or external affairs,
including subversion and
terrorism.
24-25 DEC. Christmas truce in
Vietnam war;
26 Dec. US bombing opera-
tions over North Vietnam re-
main suspended;
29 Dec. North Vietnam re-
jects unconditional peace
talks offered by US.
31 DEC. Nearly 2 million US
civilian and military person-
nel stationed abroad.
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3 DEC. of CIA
appointed Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for Communi-
cations, vice John W. Coffey
(effective 1 Jan 66).
30 DEC. William C. Sullivan
succeeds Belmont as FBI repre-
sentative on USIB.
Dec 65
Central Intelligence Agency
6 DEC. suc-
ceeds John F. Blake as pu/S&T
Executive Officer.
17 DEC. Comdr. George F. Moran
becomes Assistant to the DCI
for Public Affairs.
30 DEC. William N. Morell, Jr.,
succeeds Dr. Otto E. Guthe
(retired) as ORR Director;
succeeds
Morell as DD/RK.
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