RESUME OF OCB LUNCHEON MEETING, 25 NOVEMBER 1959

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 25, 1959
• Content Type: MFR

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25 November 1959
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Resume of OCB Luncheon Meeting, 25 November 1959
PRESENT: Mr. Dulles, Dr. FitzGerald, Mr. Gray, Mr. Harr,
Mr. Irwin, Mr. Reinhardt, Mr. Scribner, Mr. Washburn,
Mr. Smith
1. Death of Bandera
The Board discussed the circumstances surrounding the recent
death in Munich of Stefan Bandera, the Ukrainian emigre leader. It
was pointed out that this death, which was ostensibly a suicide, might
well have been the result of action by Soviet agents or others hostile
to Bandera and his movement. Mr. Dulles mentioned the current
investigation of the apparent plot to poison employees of RFE and
suggested that it might be worth investigating both of these incidents
more closely to see if there were any connection between the two.
2. Committee to Consider the Jackson Report
Mr. Gray informed the group that a certain former Government
official who was recently offered the position of chairman of the
committee to re-examine the report of the old Jackson Committee
was still considering the offer and that he had promised Mr. Gray
his decision by 30 November. It was also noted that C. D. Jackson
would be a member of the committee and that although both Philip Reed
and Sigurd LariFon had been suggested, it probably would represent
duplication in terms of background and experience to have both of them
on the committee.
It was agreed that although the committee should be basically
composed of private citizens, the agencies directly concerned - State,
Defense, USIA and CIA - should be represented in some way. The
DCI suggested that individuals from these agencies might be considered
as ad hoc members and that in any case they should be available to
give testimony. He did not particularly press this point, however.
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3. Meeting of Ambassadors with OCB Committees
Mr. Dulles then suggested that the Board might wish to consider
establishing a procedure for having returning Chiefs of Missions meet
with appropriate OCB groups in order to make their specialized
information available as widely as possible. He emphasized that it
was not his intention in making the suggestion to require these officials
to meet with a number of different groups, but rather the suggestion
was that the appropriate Working Group and the Board Assistants
could perhaps be combined in one meeting for the purpose of discussing
outstanding problems with the returnee.
4. Story by Fulton L.ewis
The next subject which was discussed briefly had to do with a
column by Fulton Lewis in which he adverted once again to the
Bartholomew case, involving a former employee of RFE, about which
Lewis had written and spoken extensively a year or so ago. The
latest column reviewed the alleged involvement of Edward Page, then
Consul General in Munich and now Minister-Designate to Bulgaria.
5. Protection of Nicaro Nickel Company
Mr. Harr stated that GSA Administrator Floete felt strongly
that measures should be taken to protect the Nicaro Nickel Company
properties in Cuba. Mr. Harr said that a project of this kind presents
certain difficulties, in that the company is owned by the U.S. Government.
6. Cuba
The discussion then turned to a general review of conditions
in Cuba. Mr. Dulles commented that he had been informed of a
proposal by U.S. sugar interests that a part of the differential between
the price to Cuban producers and the world price of sugar be set aside
to recompense U.S. citizens who are victims of expropriation
procedures.
7. Situation in Panama
Mr. Reinhardt reported briefly on Mr. Merchant's mission to
Panama. It was acknowledged that despite Mr. Merchant's best
efforts the situation could well lead to anti-American demonstrations,
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as professionals in this country and that we should consider/Future
It was pointed out that the Soviet athletes would certainly be .classed
or possibly even out-and-out professional teams, in order to make
of the American hockey team which recently played in the Soviet Union.
contests of this kind sending either really first-class amateur teams,
for such demonstrations, a number of Panamanians have been
transiting the Canal Zone.
Some members of the Board commented on the mediocre record
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