RESUME OF OCB LUNCHEON MEETING, 19 FEBRUARY 1958

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2005
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: February 20, 1958
• Content Type: MFR

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20 February 1958
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Resume of OCB Luncheon Meeting, 19 February 1958
PRESENT: Mr. Allen, Mr. Dearborn, Mr. Dulles, Admiral
Foster, Mr. Gray, Mr. Herter, Mr. Quarles,
Mr. Scribner, Mr. Smith, Mr. Staats
Continuing the discussions of recent weeks on the "Techno-
logical Checklist", the desirability of giving priority to a nuclear
airplane was again explored. It was agreed that, particularly in
light of the low performance in terms of speed and altitude which
could be expected from such a machine, placing its development on
a crash basis would not be justified from the point of view of
psychological impact. It was felt that any decision along these
lines would have to be made on military grounds, and consequently
it was within the province of the Defense Department.
2. Testimony by Ex-Senator Benton
Mr. Allen referred to testimony by William B. Benton on
February 17 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In
this testimony, Mr. Benton had presented a dramatic idea whereby
the President might request from Khrushchev his permission to
broadcast directly to the Russian people, probably on a reciprocal
basis.
Mr. Allen then explained a dilemma in which he found himself
in dealing with the problem of exchange negotiations with the Soviets.
He said that in order to do full justice in his information programs
to the American position, it would be necessary to refer to the
personal conversationsbetween Ambassadors Lacy and Zaroubin and
others. On the other hand, there were obvious pitfalls in publicizing
what could easily be described as privileged,conversations. The
NSC review(s) completed.
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conclusion of the group was that the USIA programs should provide
as complete a record as possible of the available and open data
on negotiations, but that personal conversations should not be
alluded to.
3. Hijacked South Korean Airplane
Mr. Dulles gave the group a rundown of available information
on the incident in which a South Korean airliner was diverted in
flight to North Korea. He spoke particularly of the fact that two
Americans were aboard.
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