MEETING WITH MR. WILLIAM MCAFEE, DDC/INR DEPARTMENT OF STATE ON 6 FEBRUARY 1974

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• Publication Date: February 11, 1974

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Attached is friy Memo for
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19:- RE-WRITE OF ROGER
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the Presidential letter that you had
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Meeting with Mr. William McAfee, DDC/INR
Department of State on 6 February 1974
ROBERT R. MULLEN COMPANY
1. On 6 February 1974 I visited Mr. William McAfee,
DDC/INR, to brief him of our use of the Robert R. Mullen Company
for Initially this meeting
was scheduled for the afternoon o eoruary '74. Mr. McAfee had
to Cancel this date. I was not available the next day. By the time we
met, CBS had broadcast our cover involvement with the Mullen Company
via TV in the evening of 5 February and in an expanded version via
radio on 6 February 1974.
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2. I told Mr. McAfee that we had one officer under Mullen
and another officer
\ I said these officers
had beet engaged in operational activities which were compatible with
our understanding with the respective host intelligence services, but
that the latter had not been informed of their presence. I added that
toward the end of the previous week, we had become aware of the
possibility of the public revelation of our cover relationship with the
Mullen Company. We, therefore* instructed
to brief their Ambassadors and with their
concurrence, the chiefs of the liaison services. This was done on
2 February 1974, and on the same day, briefed Acting
Assistant Secretary of State Hummel. then informed
Assistant Secretary Hartman on 4 February. I said that as of the time
of our meeting, we had no indications that the publicity would result in
difficulties by thc but I stressed that
the reaction of
was never predicted.
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3. Mr. McAfee expressed his particular disappointment of
not having been briefed on 2 February 1974. He said that he had been
in the office as Duty Officer. This would have put him in a position
to handle the inquiry by Deputy Assistant Secretary Wells Stabler on
5 February 1974. Mr. Stabler is the Deputy Assistant Secretary in the
Bureau of European Affairs responsible for the Low Countries. I let
this observation pass without comment. Mr. McAfee then asked me
for the names of the 2 fficers. I replied that as long as their
names had not been ma e p lic, I preferred not to do so.
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY KUBISCH LETTER TO AMBASSADORS IN THE
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7. While arranging the meeting with Mr. -McAfee the previous
afternoon by telephone, he asked me whether I had seen the drafi letter
to ambassadors by Assistant Secretary Kubisch. I said I had, and that
it presented problems. Mr. McAfee said that Mr. Kubisch was anxious
to get it out. I suggested we discuss it during the meeting and informed
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8. Mr. McAfee asked Mr. James Gardner to join us. The
latter opened the meeting by stressing the urgency to get an agreed
draft. I said this could be achieved if Mr. Kubisch would accept that
CIA will not participate in the CASP exercise, and that discussion of
CIA personnel and activities would be on a bilateral basis between
the Department and CIA. I added that we had no problem with doing
this at the time of, but outside of the actual CASP review. Messrs.
McAfee and Gardner agreed that CIA affairs should not be discussed
in front of other participants in the CASP review.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE COMPLAINTS
16. Mr. McAfee then took his turn of getting some complaints
off his chest. It consisted of two items:
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RE-WRITE OF ROGER CHANNEL CIRCULAR AIRGRAM 6693
19. 1 asked about the status of the re-write of Roger Channel
Circular Airgram 6693 of 17 December 1969. He said it was with the
Secretary of State. Mr. McAfee had previously told me of a number of
re-drafts, one of which finally went to Deputy Secretary Rush. He had it re-done
again, but INR took exception to the elimination of an unidentified paragraph.
The. last version and 'NW s dissent were sent to Secretary Kissinger where
Mr. McAfee believes it will rest for a good long while.
COMMENT
20. This frank and rather extensive exchange of views was
carried on in a very friendly atmosphere as an exposition of the respective
points of view and" heartburns " in the hope that it may assist in resolving
some long-standing issues.
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