HE'LL NAME NEW MAN TO HEAD IT
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CIA-RDP75-00149R000100970011-6
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RIPPUB
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Document Creation Date:
November 11, 2016
Document Release Date:
June 17, 1999
Sequence Number:
11
Case Number:
Publication Date:
January 9, 1963
Content Type:
NSPR
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'These people have to have
brtlnite place '*0 go 19. fayt'
lie' guidance and Coition
so ffi of ad hoe . basis up tm-
uPrv " .
Hiss said he dial not bellevd
e "reorganization? signaled
major new plan of adminls-
ation action againsfauba.
Cottrell will, serve as the,
Goal: Coordination
Of All Agencies-
B. DAVID KFASLOW
Of Our Washintion eurnu
Ke: nedy had approved a shake-
~t;, which creates a special
st.tlus for Cuba in the State
17epartment-1 an'd's"Untrallzes
I'ority> on Cuban problems
, \pectcd this week.....
The key man in What one
o1Ticial described as a "reor- I
,.tnizalion" wlJ be S t e r l i n g
C,,t1 cell, now deputy. assistant,
",,: f'otary of state for Far East'
ed in various aspec31 of the"
overall Cuban probieili ?- ran.
souring prisoners, i kitricting
commercial flights I Cuba,
and administering tt . Cuban
refugee relief programs;
affairs.
Cottrell was described as a
e.treer foreign service officer
with extensive sbevloein Latin
America. He has been active
ht this administration's pro.
;; rain In South Viet Nam.
Cottrell will 'tie 'the man In
charge of Cuba, a official t aId.
lie apparently w~ hove t to
titles: deputy sins {tent serve,
Lary for Latin America and co.
ordinator for Cubiin affairs.
"Everything an. Cuba will Co
through his hands," an official
said. "From the President on
down and from the bottom up.
Other agencies Involved. in the
Cuban prpblerh will 'go to him
for policy guidance.
Whether t'Jti1} will apply to
the Central Intelligence Agen-
cy could not be determined.
But officials said It definitely
will apply to other agencies,
such as the Justice Department
Federal Aviation Agency, .an
the Health, Education,$nd Wel
fare Department.
All of them have bust Involv-
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lei deputy to Edwin Martin.
sistant secretary for Latin
merica. He will be one of
hree deputies.
Cottrell moves Into the va-
.9 196,
ilie Peace Corps of Rich -
rd Goodwin, controversial for-
irr \'.'hito II,u.;e aide who lat-
r served limier Martin. B u t
t.ottrell'S tot, aide %111 be
obcrt Iturnltch, now a spe-
san problems.
State Department Cul an,
esk officers Godfrey H. Snmm
1icr~citch.
The reshuffling was cleared
-v the President this week And
flicials paid the feet That. it
out to him Indicated It Is et.
"Resf?i.nsihillty het ?-h e e n
Rt.lered nil over "the govern.
ether and rive; 4t more con.