DEPUTIES' MEETING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 26, 1957
• Content Type: MIN

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MINUTES OF DEPUTIES' MEETINGS
JULY THROUGH DECEMBER, 1957
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Thursday, 26 December 1
PRESENT: Mr. Dulles, Gen. Cabell, Mr. Wisner, Mr. Amory, Col. White,
Messrs. Kirkpatrick, Sheldon and
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a) Stated that he was leaving at the close of business to go to Patrick
Air Force Base and spend a day looking oyer the missile launching facilities
at Cape Canaveral. He expressed a belief that bases of this type will soon be
one of our principal intelligence targets and that this is the main reason for
this familiarization trip to Cape Canaveral. Mr. Wisner asked that if
information which might be of assistance to the Clandestine Services comes
to the DCI's attention, he would like to be advised since he would probably
wish to arrange for a party from the Clandestine Services to plan a later
briefing trip to Patrick A.ir Force Base.
b) Referred to a recent newspaper article concerning
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the UN employee who refused to release the names of Hungarians who furnished
information to the UN for incorporation in its recent report on Hungary. He
noted that he had met at a dinner party recently and found
him to be a very intelligent and interesting man. He stated that he thought
will shortly be getting involved in security hearings as a
result of his firm refusal to disclose the identities of the Hungarian sources.
c) Referred to an article in the New York Times concerning the
problems the Soviets were having in publishing the section of the Great Sovier
Encyclopedia concerning the USSR's internal history. He expressed the belief
that a very entertaining speech could be written concerning the treatment
accorded Malenkov in this particular section and asked Mr. Q to
have Kook into the possibilities.
d) Stated that he had been advised that
widowed, is looking for employment and possesses extensive linguistic and
other qualifications which we might find useful in CIA. He asked Col. White
and Mr. Wisner to explore the possibilities of finding
employment here.
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e) Referred to the memoranda prepared by I and
Dr. Scoville containing their respective divergent views as to which
component of the U. S. Government should be given authorization and
control over space development programs. After some discussion, it
was agreed that no matter where this responsibility was lodged, whether
within the Pentagon structure or not, the principal aim should be to See
that the space development program received the wholehearted support
of the scientific community. Since our views have not yet been formally
sought on this point, it was agreed that we take no further action at
the present time.
listing the names of the people who should be present at
future DCI presentations of NSC 5412 matters before the National
Security Council. It was noted that this list contained the names of
twenty-three persons, and while at first that might seem excessive,
it was finally agreed that there was no need for concern over these
persons being present at future NSC 5412 presentations.
g) Referred to a memorandum J. C. King had given to Mr. Wisner
and which Mr. Wisner had passed to the DCI concerning the sale of
copper by the Chilean Government to the USSR. He handed this
memorandum to Mr. Amory and asked Mr. Amory to prepare a little
memo for his (DCI1s) use giving some historical background and analysis
of the sales of copper by Chile to Soviet Russia.
h) Noted that at 11:00 o'clock that morning, he would be meeting
with General Crittenberger to discuss the current series of Fulton Lewis
broadcasts in which Mr. Lewis is attacking RFE and the Crusade for
Freedom. A. general discussion ensued concerning RFE, Crusade for
Freedom and Mr. Lewis after which the Director asked Messrs. White
and Kirkpatrick to sit in on his meeting with General Crittenberger.
f) Handed to Mr. Wisner a letter he had just received from
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General Cabe.ll:
a) Referred to a memorandum from the DD/I dated 12 November
and to subsequent comments thereon by the DD/S and the DD/P
concerning the necessity for providing thirty-five additional slots for
Project HTA.UTOMA.T. Gen. Cabell recommended that unless some
way could be found to acquire these extra positions within the framework
of reductions being contemplated within Project AQUATONE, we accept
an increase in the CIA ceiling for those thirty-five persons. After some
discussion, it was agreed that Col. White and Mr. I would get
together and see if the planned reductions in AQUATONE would not
completely offset the increase needed for HTA.UTOMAT. If such an
accommodation cannot be reached, then Col. White should reraise with
the DCI the problem of increasing the CIA. ceiling.
b) Referred to a letter he had received from Mr. George V. Allen,
Director of USIA., stating that he (DDCI) had been appointed a member
of the Committee on Cultural Presentation. Af some discussion, the
Director suggested that be designated as
General Cabell's alternate to attend most of the meetings of the Committee.
Mr. Wisner:
a) Referred to reports of plans being developed
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land stated that he thought we should keep a very close e
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this situation. After some discussion, it was agreed that Mr. Sheldon;
in close cooperation with DD/P, would prepare some notes for the DCI's
NSC briefing scheduled for Monday, 6 January 1958.
b) Mr. Wisner noted that on the 30th of December meetings are
scheduled with representatives of the U. S. Department of State and with
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expressed the hope that these discussions could be fairly well limited .L.
to policy matters rather than permitted to slide over into operational
subjects.
Mr. Kirkpatrick:
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b) N ted that the Department of State Foreign Service Inspectors
are shortly scheduled to come over to CIA for their annual briefing.
He did not anticipate that the agenda for this year would be as lengthy
as the one held last year.
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Mr. A.mory:
a) Brought up the question of the types of furniture and interior
decorating that was to be included in the new building. He expressed
his conviction that planning should now be done with respect to both
of these items and urged that new furniture be obtained for all offices
in the new building. Col. White observed that a good deal of planning
and consideration has already been given to these factors and that
very large sums of money are involved. It was finally agreed that the
subject matter of furniture and interior decorating would be placed oa
the agenda for a future Steering Committee Meeting.
a) During the discussion of Mr. Fulton Lewis' talks on the RFE,
Col. White noted that had proposed that he arrange to
make a complete audit of the RFE books. I Iwould perform
the audit through an outside cleared auditor for security reasons if
DCI agreed to this procedure. The Director thought this would be a good
plan and said that he would speak to General Crittenberger about it
in his meeting that morning.
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