MORNING MEETING OF 10 DECEMBER 1965

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001500100034-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2007
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: December 10, 1965
• Content Type: MFR

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10 December 1965
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Morning Meeting of 10 December 1965
I of ORR gave a background briefing on the vulnerability
of Zambia's copper-based economy.
DD/I noted completion and dissemination this week of two signifi-
cant memos, one dealing with the Soviet ICBM single silo program
and the other with Communist road developments in Laos. DCI said
he would send copies of these memos via to Secretaries
McNamara and Vance and General Wheeler.
DD/I described the status of the program of coordination of map
procurement.
Smith noted current Soviet governmental and party changes.
Brezhnev is clearly the real winner. The status of Shelepin remains
ambiguous.
Smith noted a special weekly article prepared by OCI on the dismal
outlook for Haiti. DCI said he would send a personal copy of this to
Vaughn and Mann at the State Department.
Smith noted an earlier request from the DCI to do a round-up
and assessment of responses from certain U. S. embassies in the Far
East dealing with the problem of bases for SAC aircraft being employed
against Vietnam. Smith said that Sherman Kent has been asked to do
the report on this.
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Kent reported on the status of the SNIE on Vietnam to be discussed
at USIB today. Kent read from a dissenting footnote submitted by Tom
Hughes.
DD/S noted receipt of a letter from the State Department Chief of
Protocol requesting attendance at welcoming ceremonies at the White
House for Ayub next week of twelve Agency employees. (See Action 2)
At DCI inquiry
testing program.
(said there was nothing new on the "patch"
Houston reported that we have not yet been successful in arranging
to debrief Senator Robert Kennedy following his return from a swing
through Latin America. DDCI suggested that we offer to do this in
New York as a matter of convenience for the Senator. DCI said he
would be glad to call the Senator to arrange for a debriefing. Houston
said he would advise.
Bross reported that will see General Maxwell 25X1
Taylor on 13 December to discuss the s a s of the Community's pro-
grams dealing with Communist China.
Duckett for DD/S&T reported that bad weather had forced ostpone-
ment of the operational readiness exercise for OXCART
Weather will be bad for the next several days. All those
who had gone Iwill be returning shortly. 25X1
Duckett noted that CORONAL____~ad been launched yesterday but 25X1
a gas leak has caused adverse performance and recovery is scheduled
for this afternoon. A follow-up CORONA, is tentatively scheduled 25X1
for launch on 17 or 18 December.
Duckett noted the launching of another Soviet reconnaissance satellite
last night.
DD/P commended for
the China situation
reading the latest intelligence
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DCI reported on his meeting with General Maxwell Taylor yester-
day. Taylor was shown the recent DCI letter to Coyne and Clifford
concerning China intelligence programs. The current SNIE on Vietnam
was discussed, and Taylor was advised of the DCI's concern over
Communist use of Cambodia as a supply base for Vietnam operations.
DCI reported that he had chatted briefly last night with FBI Director
Hoover. Each made complimentary statements of CIA/FBI working
relationships, and this is reflected in a news item in the Washington
Post this morning.
DCI said that he will want to argue the case for additional Agency
slots for work on the China problem. He also said he wants to meet
with the Executive Director on 13 and 14 December to discuss the
budget prior to the DCI's meeting with Schultze on 15 December.
Executive Director noted that he would be meeting with Schultze on
the morning of 14 December. It was also noted that Schultze will be
at the Texas ranch this weekend and will presumably have Presidential
guidance before the meetings next week.
DCI again raised the need to do an internal memo dealing with
aspects of any ChiCom military intervention in Vietnam. It was agreed
that the paper in essence should be an estimate of the Chinese Commu-
nist appreciation of probable U. S. reactions to various types and levels
of ChiCom intervention. Kent and his office are at work on such a paper.
DCI reminded that he continues to await advice on the question of
whether or not to make a specific alert to the President on leftist
developments in the Dominican Republic.
DCI noted an article in today's Wall Street Journal about U. S.
military planning for Communist escalation in Vietnam. He commended
this to reading by Kent and the Board of National Estimates.
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1. Noting a Wall Street Journal article about Chinese Communist.,
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DCI wants to be informed of the manner in
which this is done. (DD/P - Status report by 3 January)
2. The list of Agency employees to attend the Ayub ceremonies
is to he. r harlrorl -4+1? TTlr"r r_-- --, I,., I' , .,. - - -
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4. DCI wants to be advised as to whether the Agency has yet re-ILLEGIB
ceived intelligence requirements from Army research and develobment
components. (DD/S&T by 13 December)
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