MEMORANDUM FOR: GENERAL CARTER FROM JOHN A. MCCONE
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April 22, 1964
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ZZ April 1964
GRANDIJ M. FOR: General Carter
1. Reference the attached, it was agreed that major candidates who
are seeking the nomination would be briefed if they so desire. It was
further agreed that Secretary Rusk would be responsible for contacting
the candidates to determine their wishes and arrange an appropriate
appointment for the briefing. 'rho briefing would be done jointly and
concurrently by Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense and DCI or their
principal deputies, with the DCI leading off on a general review of world
conditions, to be followed by SecState and SecDef on foreign affairs and
defense problems.
Rusk is to write Senator Goldwater, Gov. Rockefeller and
Senator Margaret Chase Smith, offering the briefing. He will not contact
other unannounced candidates (Nixon, krantor?, Lodge. etc.) but the
briefings will be given to them if they so request. Stassea will not be
briefed, nor will Gov. Wallace as it is considered that they are not
"serious candidates" for at the moment they have no delegates.
. The briefing will be at the level of Top Secret, TKI4, and CO MINT.
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is instructed to arrange appropriate clearances.
4. X briefing materials prepared for General Eisenhower are a very
good start - Would appreciate your arranging for DDI and others to complete
the brief book. Incidentally it should be kept brief because of the limita-
tions of tte with three of us present.
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April 20, 1964
MEMORANDUM TO: Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
/Director of Central Intelligence
information. He asks that we be guided by his purpose of
ensuring that major candidates have access to all possible
information.
area of national security affairs. The President leaves it
to your discretion how such information is to be provided,
but he suggests that it would be useful if the four of us met
promptly to consider the ways and means of providing such:,
The President requests that you make prompt and
appropriate arrangements to provide all major candidates.
for the Presidency with all possible information that may
be helpful to the serious discussion of public issues in the
McGeorge Bundy
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Executive Director
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Remarks :
General Carter asked that you be given the
attached. He wants to discuss it at the
Morning Meeting on 22 April.
H. Knoche
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UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL
FORM NO. 237 Use previous editions
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