MORNING MEETING OF 16 MAY 1966

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001500090011-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2002
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: May 16, 1966
• Content Type: MFR

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Morning Meeting of 16 May 1966
DCI expressed congratulations to Messrs. Helms, White, and Clarke
re the briefing of Mahon on the Budget.
Proctor reported that 400 copies of the pamphlet on semantics, pre-
pared by Kaiser Aluminum, would be available for distribution within the
Agency. 100 of these will be made available to Training. DCI indicated
his willingness to brief selected Training courses, particularly if they were
held in the USIB Conference Room since this saves the DCI a good deal of
travel time. Proctor also tabled the weekly report of Task Force Lookout.
Godfrey reported that all was quiet in DaNang at the moment. He
discussed the current situation in Ecuador and predicted the possibility of
trouble there with the return of Velasco upcoming this week.
Kent reported on the consultants' meetings at Princeton last week
which had included considerable discussion of the Agency's image. In this
connection, the DDCI requested that the Executive Director chair a small
group to look into the matter of Agency contracts with universities.
deSilva reported that there was general agreement that he and
would not fuzz their Agency employment, should the question arise,
at the two academic seminars they will be attending in the next few weeks.
reported that Chamberlain had briefed the Joint Committee
on the third CCNE Friday afternoon. He noted that Senator Saltonstall had
visited the Agency Friday afternoon. Wheelon noted that the OSA Control
Room had been one of the sites visited by Saltonstall who was impressed
by the thoroughness of overflight clearances.
The DCI noted that he had not appeared before the Russell Committee
for some time. (See Action Item 1)
Bross requested guidance as to who ,on the White House staff should
be his point of contact in PFIAB matters. The DCI indicated that Rostow
would be the logical man.
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(See Action Item 2) He expressed interest in the apparent Soviet prior
notice of the third CCNE. He suggested that the prediction of the third
CCNE was well covered by the Agency and that this matter should be
brought to the attention of the President's Board. (See Action Item 3)
The Executive Director stated that he will hold a meeting in his
office this afternoon on Agency contracts and invited Proctor, Warfield,
Wheelon, and He noted that a second briefing on "Human
Communications in Crisis Management" will be held on 8 June at 1:30
p. m. in the auditorium. He requested that Headquarters Notice 25X1
(mailing of pay checks to banks for employees) be highlighted at staff
meetings. He noted that the Agency owes the Russell Committee a briefing
on the Budget, and he suggested that Dinclude this item in his con- 25X1
versation with Darden today. He reported that the first of seven tudiac
e' Program anag - Ot had been printed and he will be meeting with the
DCI and the DDCI within the next few days to review this.
DCI suggested that the NATO Task Force papers be made available
to the Secretary of Defense through (See Action Item 4)
ACTIONS
1. The DCI asked to meet with Darden today to try to set
up an appointment for the DCI to brief the Russell Committee. (OGC in
the course of the day)
2. The DCI instructed that the TACKLE flights be suspended during
the period of the Warsaw Pact meetings (20-25 May 1966).
3. A report is to be prepared on the Agency's performance in pre -
dicting the third CCNE. This item to be included in the agenda for the
next PFIAB meeting. (D/NIPE)
4. NATO Task Force papers will be made available to SecDef
through (D/OCI in the course of the week)
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