MORNING MEETING OF 7 JANUARY 1966

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001500100016-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2002
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: January 7, 1966
• Content Type: MFR

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7 January 1966
Morning Meeting of 7 January 1966
f OCI gave a background briefing on Guatemala.
DD/I and Bross discussed the current status of matters pertaining
to the NATO intelligence working group. General Burchinal of the
Joint Staff is chairing a meeting in the Pentagon tomorrow morning
for further discussions. f OCI will represent 25X1
the Agency.
DD/I noted a new NSA intelligence publication, this one a weekly
entitled Southeast Asia SIGINT Digest. It was agreed that Bross would
confer with the DDCI with a view toward straightening out problems
created by the NSA intelligence publications.
R. J. Smith tabled copies of a joint CIA-DIA. memorandum on the
implications of the strategic missile expert as a member of the
Shelepin delegation in Hanoi. A gist of the memorandum is carried
in this morning's CIB. It was agreed that copies of the entire memo-
randum would be disseminated by special messenger this morning
with a covering note over the DCI's signature.
Smith described the accidental death last night of a nephew of
the Dominican Republic's ex-President Raphael Bonnelly. There appear
to be no political implications.
reported that George Lodge, son of the Ambassador, made
a recent appearance on the NBC Today television show and gave a de-
tailed account of the PAT program in favorable terms. Arrangements
are being made to get a copy of the transcript.
Ireported on a meeting with Glenn Smith, staff man of the
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee who went to Vietnam with Senator
Jackson recently. According to Smith, it is Jackson's view that CIA
elements in Vietnam are head and shoulders above other elements
there.
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Houston reported that Boyd Crawford, staff man of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee who went to Vietnam with Representative
Hays, has written a report supporting the PAT program.
Houston noted that Senator McCarthy, who made a recent trip to
Europe, is coming to the building for breakfast at 0800 hours on
11 January. He suggested that DDQI and DD/P attend the breakfast.
Houston reported that a briefing given by Agency officers on
oceanographic matters was received with interest by Representatives
Keith of Massachusetts and Rogers of Florida. The two are planning
a trip to the USSR.
Houston reported that, following a suggestion made to the DCI
by Representative Teague, Representative Dadderio of Connecticut
has been invited to come to the Agency for a chat.
Houston reported word that Senator Russell plans to schedule a
subcommittee briefing by the DCI in the near future. In this connec-
tion, Houston suggested that the Deputy Directors give thought to
including topics pertaining to Agency matters for briefing our Con-
gressional committees.
Houston raised the question of informing our committees or staffs
of our committees about the recent OXCART accident. The consensus
was that we should wait a week or so in the hope that this subject can
be covered in the course of full briefings given by the DCI to our com-
mittee s.
Sheldon gave the DCI some background on subjects likely to be
raised by a commercial aviation official seeing the DCI this morning.
DD/P reported that the EE Division will be dissolved effective
in June. In place of the EE, WE, and SR Divisions, there will be a
Europe Division and a Soviet-Eastern Europe Division. The Greek
problem will be assumed by the NE Division.
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Executive Director read a letter from the Vice President extending
thanks for the intelligence support provided to the Vice President
during his recent trip through the Far East.
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DDCI reported on certain comments made by the Secretary of
Defense, who sees absolutely no truth to press ruminations con-
cerning DIA as a competitor of CIA. DDCI said that Secretaries
McNamara and Vance desire to hav remain for the
foreseeable future and all hands are urged to provide maximum
support to
DCI reported on a telephone conversation with Secretary Vance
and our agreement to lend two Agency U-2's to SAC for reconnaissance
operations over North Vietnam. Our U-2's have superior capabilities..
DCI stated the importance of providing transitional pilot training in
connection with this loan.
ACTIONS:
1. Noting a scheduled meeting with OS, Saigon,
later this morning, DCI asketo advise as soon as possible
by telephone on the status of various operational matters, including
the jungle bomb, plans to improve communications from various
Agency-sponsored teams in Southeast Asia, the use of beacons as
homing devices along trails in Laos, and the patch test. (C/SAVA -
In the course of the morning)
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