MEETING WITH JOHN A. MCCONE FORMER DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1974 1:30 P.M. (30 MINUTES) THE OVAL OFFICE

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IIE ESIDENT HAS SFENG'
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THE WHITE HOUSE 5236
The Oval Office
MEETING WITH JOHN A. MCCONE
FORMER DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Monday, November 11, 1974
1: 30 p.m. (30 minutes)
From: Henry A. Kissinger
XGDS
PURPOSE
To give Mr. McCone an opportunity to discuss with you his
thoughts on the Central Intelligence Agency and the President's
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
II . BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS & PRESS ARRANGEMENTS
A. Background: Mr. McCone, who served. as Director of Cenirai
Intelligence from 1961 to 1965, recently discussed with
Governor Scranton his thoughts on the Central Intelligence
Agency and the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory
Board (PFIAB). Mr. McCone is apparently concerned about
the "erosion of CIA", both internally and in the public eye.
Governor Scranton recommended that Mr. McCone be given
an opportunity to give his views directly to the President.
Mr. McCone will have attended the November 10 dinner and
reception honoring Representatives Chet Holifield and
Craig Hosmer, retiring members of the Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy.
A biography of Mr . McCone is at Tab A.
A list of the present membership of PFIAB is at Tab B. The
Board's next meeting is scheduled for December 5 and 6, 1974.
B. Participants: Mr. McCone and Secretary Kissinger or General
Scowcroft.
C. Press Arrangements: Meeting not to be announced.
. NFIDENTI ? T 'XGDS
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CONFIDENTIAL
I understand that you are concerned over the present
state of the Central Intelligence Agency. I share your
interest in insuring the strength and vitality of that
organization.
I have become increasingly aware of the vital importance
of the work of the Intelligence Community in providing to
me and my senior advisors accurate information and
assessments on foreign developments.
At present, the Intelligence Community is faced with
serious resource problems brought on by the pressures
of inflation and the need to keep pace with technological
advances. It is particularly important that we continue
to maintain an effective technical capability to monitor
the development of Soviet strategic forces, as well as the
means to provide the essential political assessments of
Soviet intentions. At the same time, it is becoming
increasingly important to collect and interpret information
on international economic developments.
I appreciate this opportunity to obtain your thoughts on our
foreign intelligence structure, particularly the Central
Intelligence Agency and the Foreign Intelligence Advisory
Board. What do you feel to be the major problems facing
us in the intelligence community?
Attachments :
Tab A: Biography of Mr. MC Cone
Tab B: Present Membership of PFIAB
Tab C: November 1971 Press Release
CONFIDENTIAL
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Born in San Francisco, January 4, 1902
Studied engineering at the University of California
Married in 1938, two children, wife deceased (1961)
Married in 1962 to Theiline Pigott
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
Chairman of the Hendry International Company since 1968
Director of Standard Oil of California, ITT Corporation,
United California Bank, Western Bancorporation, Pacific
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Construction engineer, Llewellyn Iron Works
Superintendent, Consolidated Steel Corporation, 1929
Executive Vice President and Director, Consolidated
Steel Corporation, 1933 - 1937
Organizer and President, Rechtel-McCone Engineering
Corporation, 1937 - 19d5
President and Director, California Shipbuilding, 1941 - 1946
President and Director, Joshua Hendy Corporation, 1945 - 1958
.Chairman, Joshua Hendy Corporation, 1958 - 1969
GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE
Past --
OFFICE ADDRESS
HOME ADDRESS
Member, President's Air Policy Commission, 1947 - 1948
Deputy to the Secretary of Defense, 1948
Under Secretary of the Air Force, 1950 - 1951
Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1958 1960
Director of Central Intelligence, 1961 - 1965
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY BOARD
ANDERSON, GEORGE W., JR. -- Appointed by President Nixon on May 1, 1970
to replace General Maxwell Taylor as PFIAB Chairman; former Chief
of Naval Operations; former U.S. Ambassador to Portugal; presently
director of several large corporations.
BAKER, WILLIAM O. -- Originally appointed to the Board by President
Eisenhower and reappointed by each succeeding President; currently
President, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated; member of the
National Academy of Sciences and numerous other governmental and
quasi-governmental boards and commissions.
CHERNE, LEO -- Noted Economist; presently Executive Director of the Research
Institute of America, Incorporated; member of the United States
Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs;
member of the Board of Advisors of the Industrial College of the Armed
Forces, and numerous other boards and commissions.
CONNALLY, JOHN B. -- Former Secretary of the Navy under President Kennedy;
Governor of Texas 1962 - 1968; Secretary of the Treasury December 1970
to June 1972; presently a partner of the law firm of Vinson, Elkins
Searls, Connally and Smith.
FOSTER, JOHN S., JR. -- Physicist; presently Vice President for Energy
Research and Development, TRW, Incorporated; former Director of
Defense Research and Engineering, Department of Defense; and former
Director of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Associate Director of
Berkeley Laboratory.
GALVIN, ROBERT W. -- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Motorola,
Incorporated; Director of Harris Trust and Savings Bank; Director and
past President of the Electronic Industries Association; and former
member of the President's Commission on International Trade and
Investment.
GRAY, GORDON -- Publisher; Director of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and
several other large corporations; former Secretary of the Army, Special
Assistant to the President (Eisenhower) for National Security Affairs,
Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs), Director
of the Office of Defense Mobilization; former Chancellor and President of
the University of North Carolina.
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LAND, EDWIN H. -- Inventor of the Land Polaroid camera; presently
Board Chairman and President of Polaroid Corporation; member
of the National Academy of Sciences and numerous other similar
groups.
LUCE, CLARE BOOTHE -- Novelist and Playwright; former U.S. Ambassador
to Italy, and Congresswoman from Connecticut; presently member of
the White House Preservation Committee, the Academy of Political
Science, the American Institute for Foreign Trade, and numerous other
boards and commissions.
ROCKEFELLER, NELSON A. -- Former Governor of New York; presently
Chairman, National Commission on Critical Choices for Americans.
SHULTZ, GEORGE P. -- Former Secretary of the Treasury and Assistant to
the President (1972-74), Director of the Office of Management and Budget
(1970-72), and Secretary of Labor (1969-70); economist; educator;
member American Economic. Association, National Academy of Arbitrators,
Industrial Relations Research Association; presently Executive
Vice President of Bechtel Corporation.
TELLER, EDWARD -- Physicist who played a major role in the development
of the first atomic bomb, and has made important contributions in the
fields of chemical physics, molecular physics, nuclear physics and
quantum theory. He has been associated with the University of
California since 1952, where he currently holds the position of University
Professor of Physics and Associate Director of Lawrence Livermore
Laboratory.
BYERS, WHEATON B. -- Executive Secretary of the Board.
At General Haig's request, Chairman Anderson forwarded to Governor
Connally the recommendation that he tender his resignation from the Board.
No response has yet been received.
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 THE WHITE ROUSE
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Mr.
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The White House annotm,,-d-today that the President has directed a number of
management steps to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the U.S. foreign
intelligence community.
Continuing review of the responsiveness of the U.S. intelligenge
effort to national needs.
- Strengthened leadership for the community as a whole.
-- More efficient use of resources in the collection of intelligence
information.
Elimination of less efficient or outmoded activities.
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Improvement in the quality, scope and timeliness of intelligence
An enhanced leadership role for the Director of Central Intelligence
(DCI) in planning, reviewing, coordinating, and evaluating all
intelligence programs and activities, and in the production of national
intelligence.
Establishment of a National Security Council Intr..llirance Committee.
chaired by the Assistant to the Presider-t for National Security Affairs.
Its members will include the Attorney General, the DCI. the Under
Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 1?,lie Committee will give direction and
guidance on national intelligence needs and provide for a continuing
evaluation of intelligence products from. the viewpoint of the intelligence
user.
Estabil invent of a Net As~es^mnent Croup within the, National Security
Council f;tatt. The group will be headed by a senior stafi member
and will be responsible for reviewing and evaluating all intelligence
products and for producing net acsessnlerta.
l;etahlishment of in Inteliic ence Resources Ar.lt iaary Committee , chaired
by the ).)CI, including as members a senior representative from ills.
Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, and the Central Intelligence Agency. Thin Committee
will advitae the DCI on the preparation of a consolidated intelligence
program budget.
(OVER) I
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information.
The improvements directed by the President follow an exhaustive study
conducted at his direction by the staffs of the National Security Council (NSC)
and the-Office of Management and Budget (OMB) with contributions from the
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB), the President's Science
Advisor. and the Intelligence community.
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DCI, including as members the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
(Vice Chairman); Director of Bureau of Intelligence and Research,
State Department; Director of National Security Agency, Director of
the Defense Intelligence Agency; representatives of the Secretary of
the Treasury and of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
and the Atomic Energy Commission. The Board will advise and
assist the DCI with respect to the production of national intelligence,
the establishment of national intelligence requirements and priorities,
the supervision of the dissemination and security of intelligence
material, and the protection of intelligence sources and methods.
The President has also directed certain changes in the Department of Defenses
intelligence organization.
A National Cryptologic Command will be set up under the Director of the National
Security Agency. Under this command will be consolidated activities now carried
out by separate agencies. A further change is the consolidation of all Department
of Defense personnel security investigations into a single Office of Defense
Investigations. The President has also directed that a Defense Map Agency be
created by combining the now separate mapping, charting and geodetic
organizations of the military services in order to achieve maximum efficiency
and economy in production.
? Reconstitution of the United States IWilige.nce Board chaired by the
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON'
November 8, 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR: GENERAL BRENT SCOWCROFT
ARREN RUSTAND4
FROM:
SUBJECT: Approved ?residential Activity
Please take the necessary steps to implement the following and confirm
with Mrs. Nell Yates, ext. 2699. The appropriate briefing paper should
be submitted to Dr. David Hoopes.
Event: , Meeting with John McCone, former Director, CIA
Date: Monday, November 11, 1974 Time: 1:30 p.m. Duration: 30 rnins.
Location: The Oval Office.
Participants: Mr. McCone; General Scowcroft
Press Coverage: White House Photographer
cc: Mr. Hartmann
Mr. Marsh
Mr. Cheney
Mrs. Davis
Dr. Hoopes
Mr. Jones
Mr. Ne s s en
Mr. O'Donnell
Mrs. Yates
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MEMORANDUM - 5236
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
CONFIDENTIAL/GDS
MEMORANDUM FOR: SECRETARY KISSINGER
FROM: Richard Ober
SUBJECT:
President's Meeting with
Monday, November 11, 1974
Director of Central Intelligence,
Mr. John A A. McCone, former
Attached is a talker for the President's meeting at 1:30 p . m . ,
November 11, 1974 with Mr. John A. McCone.
Mr. McCone has been notified.
RECOMMENDATION:
That you forward the attached talker to the President.
Attachments:
Talker with Tabs A,' B and C.
Memorandum from Warren Rustand (Tab D).
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ACTION
November 5, 1974
SECRETARY KISSINGER
UE)AORANDUM FOR.
SUBJECT:
Richard Ober K
President's Meeting with
Mr. John A. McCone, former
Director of Central Intelligence,
Monday, November 11, 1974
At is a talker for the President's meeting a
November 11, 1974 with Mr John A. McCone .
Mr. McCone has been notified.
RECOMMENDATION :
,bat you forward the attached talker to the President.
Attachments' %
Walker with Tabs A, B and C.
Memorandum from Warren Rustand (Tab D
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
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THE WHITE HOUSE t-'
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
WASHINGTON
Approved Presidential Activity
Please take the necessary steps to implement the following and confirm
with Mrs. Nell Yates, ext. 2699. The appropriate briefing paper should
be submitted to Dr. David Hoopes.
Meeting: John McCone, former Director of the CIA.
Date: Monday, November 4, 1974 Time: 12:00 Noon Duration: 15 minutes
Purpose: To discuss with the President some of Mr. McCone's thoughts
on the CIA and FLAB.
Location: The Oval Office
Press Coverage: Not to be announced.
Mr. Hartrnann
Mr. Marsh
Dr. Hoopes
Mr. Jones
Mr. O'Donnell
Mr. Nessen
Mrs. Yates
November 1, 1974
BRENT SCOWCROFT
WARREN RUSTAND
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THE WHITE HOUSE
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M/s4 01 N G TO
MEETING WITH JOHN A. MCCONE
FORMER DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
PURPOSE
Monday, November 11, 1974
12: 00 noon (15 minutes)
The Oval Office
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From: Henry A. Kissinger
I
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To give Mr. McCone an opportunity to discuss with you his
thoughts on the Central Intelligence Agency and the President's
Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
II . BACKGROU `:D , PARTICIPANTS &- PRESS ARRANGEMENTS
A. Background: Mr. McCone, who served as Director of Central
Intelligence from 1961 to 1965, recently discussed with
Governor Scranton his thoughts on the Central Intelligence
Agency and the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory
Board (PFIAB). Mr. McCone is apparently concerned about
the "erosion of CIA" , both internally and in the public eye.
Governor Scranton recommended that Mr. McCone be given
an opportunity to give his views directly to the President.
A biography of MM'r. McCone is at Tab A.
A list of the present membership of PFIAB is at Tab B. The
Board's next' meeting is scheduled for December 5 and 6, 1974.
B. Participants: Mr. McCone and Secretary Kissinger or General
Scowcroft.
C. Press,.,/Arrangements: Meeting not to be announced.
CONFIDENTIAL/XGDS
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TALKING POINTS
I understand that you are concerned over the presen
n NovembIr, 1971, President Nixon directed
rtain changes in/the structure of the Intelligence Communi
signed to ensure the most efficient utilization of intelligence
pr ss reSase is`at Tale. k ~e.~r: `?`c~ K,ti;~..S r.r.C+ fi:. L A,
I have become increasingly aware of the
vital importance of the. work of the Intelligence Community in
providing to me and my senior advisors accurate information
and assessments on foreign developments.
$?,4 At present, the Intelligence,,Coommunity is faced with serious
-rdC6-
sate of the Central Intelligence Agey . Ishare gfir 1 ~l
resource problems brought on by the pressures of inflation
and the need to keep pace with technological advances. It
is particularly important that we continue to maintain a-
Capability to monitor the development of Soviet strategic forcess6 ` i
At the same time, it is becoming increasingly important to i~.a. k , It,
collect and interpre
developments. %
I this opportunity to obtain your thoughts on our
Intelligence Agency and the Foreign Intelligence Advisory
Board. l "!-i -`,v... _ 1 ~v.o?a ; W.,.. ,~.,
Attachments: '
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Tab A: Biography of Mr. McCone
Tab B: Present membership of PFIAB
Tab C: November 1971 Press Release
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CONFIDENTIAL
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