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1. AS RESULT OF DEFEAT OF THE CUBAN OPERATION CONSIDERABLE
COMMENT CONCERNING KUBARK NOW BEING MADE IN PRESS AND IN CONGRESS.
MANY PROPOSALS ARE BEING AND WILL BE RAISED CONCERNING KUBARK AND
OTHER ACTIVITIES IN THIS AREA OF ODYOKE. ACTUALLY MUCH MIS-
INFORMATION GENERALLY REPORTED AND WHILE SOME PROPOSALS ARE FROM
RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS, THERE ARE MANY DISTORTIONS OF ACTUAL
SITUATION. DETALS OF CUBAN OPERATION ARE SUFFICIENTLY COVERED IN
DEPCIRTEL 1637 AND SUGGEST YOU OBTAIN THIS FOR YOUR INFO. IT IS MY VIEW
THAT KUBARK ACQUITTED ITSELF WELL IN MOST RESPECTS, ALTHOUGH I PLA
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FULL REVIEW OF OPERATION AFTER REASONABLE PERIOD HAS E.
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2. WHILE IN NO WAY WISHING TO LESSEN THE SERIOUSNESS OF DEFEAT IN
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