MORNING MEETING OF 20 JANUARY 1966

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2002
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 20, 1966
• Content Type: MFR

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20 January 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR THE REGORD
Morning Meeting of 20 January 1966
The DCI opened the meeting by reading a letter he received from
the President expressing confidence in the work being done by the
DCI, the DDCI, and the Agency.
The DCI noted an Agency intelligence report from Saigon
concerning the morale of the Viet Cong and the
concern among the Viet Cong over the prospects of a long war. The
report is based on recent prisoner interrogation and is regarded by
the DCI as of prime significance. DCI gave Sherman Kent guidance for
preparing a note to accompany a package of various intelligence memo-
randa being distributed to the policy levels. The note will take account
of this report of Viet Cong morale and the work being done by the Com-
munists to repair lines of communication in North Vietnam during the
bombing lull.
DD/I reported on a conversation with Bromley Smith of the White
House yesterday. The conversation culminated in dissemination of an
Agency memo on the levels of Viet Cong activity during the bombing
pause. The DCI directed that this information be available to all
policy officials who will be meeting with the President to discuss
Vietnam shortly.
Godfrey noted the "curious pattern" of recent bilateral meetings
and visits of East European officials. Reasons for these are not clear.
The subject is under study.
(referred to the final re ort issued by the principals who
deliberated on Vietnam ecently. The final report had
recommended a SNIE on the likely course of affairs in Vietnam given
the present levels of military involvement. The report was addressed
to the heads of agencies involved in the Vietnam effort. The Secretaries
of State and Defense have declined to press for the SNIE. (see Action 2)
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. DD/S&T reported that th aunched yesterday is func- 25X1
tinning well and is scheduled for recovery on 23 January. He also
noted that the Soviets this morning two hours before the scheduled
launch of a reconnaissance satellite scrubbed the launch. (See Action
3)
DD/S&T reported that the DCI's Nuclear Advisory Panel under
the chairmanship of F'`'ill hold its first meeting on 27 and 2$
January. It was agreed that the DCI or DDCI would welcome the
group on the morning of 27 January and that there will be a private
meeting of the Panel with the DGI on the second day.prior to a special
meeting of USIB. It was also agreed that senior Agency officials
would attend an evening social affair with the group on 27 January.
DD/S&T reported on a change of heart by the A.EG facilities in
Los Alamos. They are now willing to cooperate with the Intelligence
Community.
DD/P reported on information pertaining to the establishment of
a Fiat automobile factory to be built in Moscow. The plant is to
furnish about 500, 000 autos annually. Half the machinery will be
Russian and half, Italian.
Executive Director noted that an Agency Notice will be published
in the next day or two establishing the Board and Office of National
Estimates as a component reporting directly to the DCI. The DD/I
will continue to staff ONE, whose members will be part of the Intel-
ligence Career Service. The DCI and DDCI expressed their satis-
faction with this arrangement and the cooperation existing between
DD/I and ONE.
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AC TIDNS:
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1. DD/I and DD/P are requested to begin preparing appropriate
records of intelligence reporting and actions as compared to U. S.
policy decisions. Such a record will prove useful in the event that
the Fulbright Committee of the Senate investigates, as reported by
the press, the impact of CIA on U. S. foreign policy.
2. Chief, SAVA is requested to circulate copies of th
report on Vietnam to interested components of the Agency. In the a.a3 -. ~'
course of the day)
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