MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD FROM M. S. C.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001400040071-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 71
• Publication Date: March 6, 1964
• Content Type: MFR

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
6 March 1964
1. At about 5:15 this evening, I returned an earlier
call from Alexis Johnson. He said he was worried and needed
advice on a security matter and referred to a memo written by
McGeorge Bundy addressed to SecState, SecDef, DCI and
Administrator, FAA, dated 27 February This
had been a covering memo for the proposed public statement on
surfacing the A-11 and some questions and answers for use by
Mr. Salinger in the event the President released the information.
It had been distributed prior to the 29 February NSC Meeting.
Johnson said he had brought the paper back from the meeting and
had given the covering memo to the boys in his Secretariat and
told them he was finished with it. Being a ap.er, it
should not have been given to the Secretariat,and somehow it was
distributed through State's TS channels to some of the personnel
on the TS lists. He said it contained the code word and also
some implication that CIA had something to do with it.
2. I had the paper in front of me, read it, and
informed Secretary Johnson it didn't worry me, but that I would
get our security people to take a look at it. He assured me the
paper had remained in security channels--the TS channels.
3. He also mentioned that the agenda for the meeting,
which Secretary Rusk had brought back with him from the meeting,
had got in the Secretary's outbox. He said the only thing it con-
tained was the code name at the bottom of the page.
4. I told him again I was not worried about it, but that
I would call him back and give him a final answer as to whether any
follow-up action would be required.
5. After checking with Mr. Bannerman, I called
Johnson back and told him it didn't excite us at all, but that quietly,
on low key, Monday, our security people would go over to talk to
Mr. Wm. M. Marvel, the State control officer on this, just to see
the degree and the magnitude of the proliferation of this thing.
Johnson said he was relieved.
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General Carter:
Will something`fike this do as an M/R
on your conversations with Alexis Johnson?
If so, do you wish copies to be sent anywhere?
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