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404-10118-10155 oe ar SECRET . 19 December 1978 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Special Action by the CIA's Miami Station to Investigate Events Surrounding President Kennedy's Assassination 1. During the spring -summer of 1962 the Chief of our Miami Station, Theodore Shackley, established procedures for mobilizing station personnel, area agents and casual sources to cope with sudden emergencies where fast and continuing collection and reporting were needed. For: example, during the early summer of 1962 rumors began to circulate in the Cuban community in Miami and reports were received from refugees arriving in Miami from Cuba indicating the Cuban government expected an invasion of Cuba by the USA. In- divigual staff officers in the station were charged with organizing their Miami area agentsto comb through the Cuban community in Florida for sources who had received such rumors through contacts in Cuba. ousfoeal exile Cuban intelligence service was organized to develop a network of.Cuban exile families who could phone in to Cuba long distance in relays and try to elicit information on the invasion rumor from Cuban on-islandrelatives and friends. When the presence of intermediate range ballistic missiles began to be suspected in Cuba, this same station emergency collection network was set into motion to acquire information augmenting reports by our on-island agents and from tehcnical collection. Later, the emergency mobilization system was used to help other Federal agencies search for armed exile groups violating the ae Neutrality Act. 2. When President Kennedy was assassinated the Station was well organized to mobilize a fairly massive search for information relating to the magnicide. I recallbeing told to get into immediate contact with all my local agents and to direct th em in the search for informational leads which might turn up an exile Cuban conspiratorial group possibly involved in the assassination and to seek any other information which might turn up evidence about the murder. All other staff officers in the station were mobilized for this effort. That is to say, all staff officers who had agents and informants. In addition to our local search for information those of us with agents in Cuba sent SW , OWVL and WI messages asking questions about possible Cuban government ties to the assassination. I also recall making a trip to Mexico in late November or early December 1963 specifically to meet with AMWEE-1 for the purpose of debriefing him on information n government, diplomatic and public circles in Cuba about the assassination. 3. My general recollection is that the Miami Station's search for leads to the President's assassination continued well into 1964 and was considered a high priority undertaking ordwred by. “Donald R.. Heath, Jr._ \ “TAD/CAS/Soviet Ops/ X- ' SECRET }7979 :
(toto (fp WK GLE. PE - ZW aes + ae 7 . oo SECRE Fan FRP: of #@ @ we @ re | STAFF CONF: S/LA=B "INFO: OOPD=0, VR, FILE, DDO@4, C/CI“4, CYEPS7EG<2,- C/EUR=6, C/OG/OMS, C/PCS, C/PCS/LOC, C/PCS/PGL, DDO/DO, OLC, (32/P) Fe GB & Gh ap ty G2 EP ch Ge ae Ge ae GH Eo aD OF de Go EP ED EH OD ES ap Gu aw GH GD OF Gp Ge GH EH Hp Gp oS em Hs EP am oD ED SH GH GO oD Gn EF GP H Gy ey > aD GH GH & ap GP om UH a2 Gr uw GH ED 4 ap on uD as GE GE « 7 78 1538813 | PAGE 001 oe _ TOT; 0823312 NOV.78 | (DIRECTOR 323590 SD iio TO GS CH Go Th HS GS Se Ge Ge Gn ew Gs an Gh ey Gy ap ep GP OD ae ge GD HE EP EP Go GP ah GE LE TH Ap aw BE Ho ae go Gy Ee ED GP Gn qe TH Ee GP ap GO 2 KD eae GP Gh OP Gs ane Ge GV ee ap Ge ee es Gm we aD ep ED ay < GE REF STAFF RIORITYE/S2 Ji 323590 . ’ \ TO: PRIORITY wd- JINFO MEXICO Cleese ie Rove ee ee em VBA FpasRF CHAN \_ RELEASE AS SANTTIZ 7 : ~~ so : a ao _ AY a i 5 ee) _ my “A, «= HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA)-HAS _ ADVISED HQS THAT THEY DESIRE INTERVIEW@RIRFCHAN/ | Caezhl) IN CONNECTION WITH HIS DUTIES AS PA, OF THE PHOTO SURVEILLANCE’ OPERATION IN MEXICO CITY, EMPHASIS WILL PROBABLY BE ON PERIOD SEPTEMBER=OCTOBER 1963. WHICH COINCIDES WITH VISIT TO MEXICO CITY OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD, rN 2. HSCA INITIALLY PROPOSED TO SEND THO INVESTIGATORS TO MADRID TO CONDUCT INTERVIEW Gifegfl UTILIZING STATE. DEPARTMENT COUNTERPART ¢. FUNDS SINCE THEY HAVE NO-FUNDS TO BRING(Egl TO U.S, FOR INTERVIEW, ~ IN VIEW PRESS REVELATIONS CITED REFS, AND TO PRECLUDE ANY FURTHER PRESS PLAY WHICH COULD BE GENERATED BY PRESENCE. HKSCA STAFFERS “IN nemege ( MADRID/HQS WILLING TO BRING \fos¥TO U.S; AT AGENCY EXPENSE. TO FACILI« meses” TATE INTERVIEW_AND AVOID ADDITIONAL PRESS EXPOSURE. -THIS, “OF COURSE, PREDICATED ON G/) WILLINGNESS TO SUBMIT TO INTERVIEW BY HSCA,. 2* 3. IN VIEW PUBLICITY DIRECTED AT@MH1 AND FORMER STATION STAFFERS REQUEST [/S-2% JPOSITION.ON SERVING AS MIDDLE*MAN FOR HSCA WHICH WOULD ¢ CONSIST OF CONTACTING@PATi AND PASSING HSCA INSTRUCTIONS AND FUNDS FOR “" TRIP TO U.S, “WOULD ALSO WELCOME ANY ALTERNATIVE SUGGESTIONS TO EFFECT INTERVIEW OFLeaq; . | - SN t 4, FILE: 201-0288248, £2, IMPDET.> - ORIG: C/LA/ST B/W,STURBITTS:CC (RED@9127, GREEN=3215)? COORD: AC/LA/MGSB (LEHMAN@DRAFT); OLC (PC/HSCA) (BRECKINRIDGE=DRAFT)3 PCS/PGL (SHEPANEK*TELECOORD); LA/ST D/B&F CINFO) ;ag es > AUTH? C/LAD (WARREN); REL: C/EUR QR, CL BY 012180.. © END GF HESSAGE —SEGREE——
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(404-10118-10296 wi - . 0 4 H a # og 33/1476 , SECRET FRPS s2e 2 @ @ 8 sv cue e LA sets2 PRECEDENC™ osu : a a ACTION: C/LA8-(419) INFOS ODPD=D, VR, FILE, DDO=4, C/Cled, C/EPS/EGe2, C/EUR@6, C/UG/DYS, C/PCS, C/PCS/LOC, C/PCS/PGL, OLC, (33/8) SP GP GD OP Gey GE OD GO GH OD GE Ee Gee a SD um OP GP GP So aD ae ED OD Ge ee am aD Gh ED GE GH GL GP ED GP Gd GD GD TD Ge EP EP EP OE Om am gp Bh En Er em OF OH ey ow ED OB un GS GE TE EP ew ODE. ° de tm ap 78 1541406 . PAGE 061 / - IN 1561466 TOR: 0912132 NOV 78 ~~. (MAOR} 41913 +S EC R E T.0931492 NOV 78 STAFF iy : mo cre] fan he acTING) oS, ad . oe f TOs PRIORITY DIRECTOR INFO MEXICO CITY, ALY - C . ; . ; at . ae “ey Ai 5 QB event KoarGHan ye 4 LS . mpc) "REFS: A, DIRECTOR 323590 ; i Loo BY ) 8, ee. ors oF 7 C Lowel , . vue Of -€ 1, STATION HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO CONTACTING koarénansy OP (K/1) AND TO SOLICITING HIS AGREEMENT TO SUBMIT TO HSCA™™ / INTERVIEW, BEFORE DOING SO, HOWEVER, WE WOULD LIKE YO CLARIFY A FEW POINTS wWelICK MAY HAVE A BEARING ON HOW WE PROCEED, FIRST, » K/1 WORKS FOR A US, FIRM AFFILIATE (BESLITZ), WILL AMY PARENT ° ~ COMPANY APPROVALS BE REQUIRED FOR US TO CONTACT K/1 AND SERVE AS HSC4 MIDDLE=MAN? SECOND, K/{ MAY HAVE TO. REQUEST LEAVE FROM HIS EMPLOYER TO TRAVEL FOR INTERVIEW, IF THIS SHOULD GE THE CASE, CAN wE AUTHORIZE HIM TO INFORM HIS EMPLOYER OF THE REASON FOR SUCH TRAVEL? HGS WILL RECALL FROM REF B THAT K/3'S EMPLOYER CAME TO EMBASSY AT LEAST TWICE TO SEEK GUIDANCE ON HOW TO _. REACT TO PUBLICITY ON K/1'S ACTIVITIES IN MEXICO. AT THAT TIME ' BERLITZ WAS HIGHLY CONCERNED AT PRESS REPORTS HIGHLIGHTING K/1'S BERLITZ EMPLOYMENT, . @, AGREE WITH HOS thar foun NOT BE BEST VENVE FOR HSCA INTERVIEW, IF K/1 SH AT TRAVEL TO UsSee PERHAPS INTERVIEW COULD BE ARRANGED IN OTHER EUROPEAN CITY SUCH Ags PARIS. 3, OUR FILES DO NOT REFLECT IF k/1 IS U.S. PERSON, PLS ADVISE, 4, FILE: 201-0286248, E2 IMPDET END OF MESSAGE 7 a SECRET | 17760
i * a | ~ ! fe hy 4 ese hy i 10 118-0300] on Le 4-10 e 3 . ‘ . nn ee . : f04/ SS «SECRET FRPi op php ene . . STAFF CONF: C/LA@B INFO ODPD=O, VR, FILE, C/CCS, C/CI@4, C/EPS/EGH2, C/EUR@6, C/IAD/IC, C/IAD/OG, C/INT/FL» C/OG/DMS, C/PCS, C/PCS/PGL, C/PM, OLC, (31/P) ne . . FEE FLO LCOS O MOORES OER EO TOSS SPOS ESE OEDE ENED | OUREEOTE HOOT OBESE EOnEEereueT: 78 1544033 PAGE 001 : TOT: 0922562 NOV 78 | DIRECTOR 324426 SECRET STAFF 0922552 DIRECTOR 324426 TOs PRIORITY [MADRID JINFO MEXICO CITY, ~ 2 a 4) RYBAT AKULE [KDAFGHAN | — of . BELIEVE DECISION WHETHER |Ke1 SHOULD BERLITZ OF HSCA REQUEST IS ONE BEST LEFY TO Kei. IN ORDER TO ASSIST [Kb} IN MAKING HIS DECISION, REQUEST INFORM [kh1 OF THE ADVERSE REACTION TO THE PUBLICITY AFFECTING[K REPORTED REF ANO OBTAIN HIS VIEWS, ,.,.STATION MAY WISH TO ASSURE (Kh) THAT TO AVOID ANY FURTHER PUBLICITY eae HAS OPTED FOR INTERVIEW TO BE CONDUCTED IN U,S, RATHER THAN IN EUROPE, PLEASE ADVISE HIS REACTION AND ALSO IF HE ANTICIPATES WHETHER HE FORESEES ANY PROGLEM IN TAKING LEAVE, , 2. IN VIEW OF REF @, INFORM MADRID DIRECTOR DISCRETICN OF wr: 2. RE PARA 2 OF REF A, BELIEVE IT Pa BETTER FOR ALL CONCERNED IF STATION CAN INDUCE ike? TO COME To STATES FOR INTERVIEW, ASSURE [Kiel THAT YSG WILL PAY ALL EXPENSES INCURRED, IF [Km1 RECEPTIVE TO TRAVEL TO U.S, PLS OBTAIN HIS VIEWS ON TIMING OF TRIP, TF KP BALKS AT HOLDING MEETING IN U.Se, PILL EXPLORE WITH HSCA POSSIBILITY OF MEETING ELSEWHERE IN EUROPE, or 3e HOS RECORDS FAIL REFLECT kpits PRESENT CITIZENSHIP, WOULD APPRECIATE IF CAN CLARIFY THIS POINT WITH {Kel, FOR YOUR BACK L Be / INFORMATION, 16898 (28 JULY 1972) REPORTED THAT STATION PLANNED ol HAVE THE |KQAFGHANS APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP AFTER ARRIVAL ON CUBAN SECRET RETuRNTOCIA / 7 7ol . Background Use Only
14-00000 i APPLY FOR “Fy <I, ’ re SECRET | STAFF 78 1544033 PAGE 002 TOTs 0922562 NOV 78 - = DIRECTOR. 324426 POG EOD EH GFE ED OD Os ED EO OO SS SOS oe SoSH SoSS TESTS HSS | SHOOT OW HY OOEE SEE OSORENEeODOUES , ? PASSPORT, FURTHER THAT ACCORDING To mee mom LATINS ARE ABLE T0 IP AFTER COMPLETION OF TWO YEARS RESIDENCE IN, 17219 C14 SEPT 1972), STATION REPORTED THAT KET SPAIN BY PUNTIL HIS SPANISH RESIDENCE ESTABLISHED, | WHICH WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL - PAT: MOST RECENT INFORMATION IN HGS FILES ON Kei'S CITIZENSHIP IS 18039 (S JANUARY 1973) WHICH REPORTED THAT gi Ba, WAS OF THE JPINION THAT THERE WAS NO PROBLEM IN DOCUMENTING (KPf AS "STATELESS" CN THE BASIS HE "LOST" HIS € AND THaT [Kes SHOULD REPORT TO THE @ a ee ; 4, PLEASE KEEP HOS AND MEXICO CITY ADVISED YOUR CONTACT WITH Kel, “ ° , Se FILE: 201°0288248, E2 IMPDET,> ORIG: AC/LA/MGSB (LEHMAN X@1222, GREY @3-8263)}3 COORDS PCS/7PGL NEK)# OLC CEGAHSCA) (BRECKINRIDGE) 3 OC/LA/NR a m3 * pe C/E/TB : LAVSTE CINFO}? AUTHs C/LAD CWARPEND 3 PELs recy BY 007255.« : END OF MESSAGE SECRET
(toat01 1840307 TEMPO 1561389 3181635Z ISP) @ SECRET . . FRPs 5 » ¢@ 8 3 AND C/EUR 16352 a STAFF ACTIONS C/LA=8 INFO: FILEs VR, C/EUR=6, ODPD=D, C/0G/DMS, Gp ico GR te Gm Ge E> GH oor =D GE Ge GE ay GP ae GN GE Ge ue GF am GR Be ER Ee ae GE ES OD GP GB Ge GE GD EP G2 GE ah HD C= OB EL GR OP EE OF EH OD GF HF GS GF HD OF GH GH GR GR TO GH GP wy ee Ty GH GH GH Gy 78 1561389 PAGE 001 1389 TORS 1416332 NOV 78 1941 SEC RE T 141608Z NOV 78 STAFF CITE Hig4i TO: PRIORITY DIRECTOR INFO MEXICO CITY. ~~ o2 MB RYBAT AKULE [kOAFGHAN REFS: A, DIRECTOR 323590 B. DIRECTOR 324426 © © © © @®@ S$ OD 1. STATION OFFICER SAw [KDAFGHAN/1 fey) 14 NOVEMBER TO ADVISE HIM OF HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS (HCSA) DESIRE INTERVIEW HIM, [K71 DOES NOT WANT TO TALK TO HOSA, HE SECAME VISITBLY UPSET AT PROSPECT. HE ASKED REPEATEDLY THAT wE PLEASE TRY TO UNDERSTAND KIS POSITION, HE KAS COKTINUEG TO RECEIVE HARASSING AND SOMETINES THREATEN®@ ING TELEPHONE CALLS SINCE LAST SUMMER'S EXPOSURES (LAST CALL @ WAS THO REEKS AGO) AND FEARS FOR HIS PERSONAL SAFETY IF THERE POTS MORE PUBLICITY, HE SAID HE HAD TRIED TO START A NEW LIFE Ii SPAIN (HE IS NOv A SPAWISH CITIZEN = SINCE MARCH 1977), gq AND_THAT HE CAME CLOSE TO BEING FIRED FROM HIS JOB LAST SUMMER BECAUSE OF THE EXPOSURES; HE FEARS THAT FORE PUBLICITY - COULD NOT BE AVGIDED IF HE WERE TO TALK TO NCSA, AND THAT @ THIS COULD RESULT IN HIS LOSING HIS LIVELIHOOD AND FORCING ? HIM TO LEAVE SPAIN, wHICH HE DOES NOT WANT TO 00. HE ALSO STRESSED THAT HE HAS NEVER ADMITTED BEING INVOLVED #ITH 214 GOED N00 THAT IT 1S THE CUBANS? WORD AGAINST HIS ABOUT @ THAT ACTIVITY. HE SAID IF HE WERE TO ACCEPT AW HCSA INTER= VIE® HE WOULD IN EFFECT, BE--ACKNONLEDGING THAT HE DID INDEED COOPERATE k1TH geg@@@@amas/"awy HE FEARS THIS v.OULD HAVE AN | | @ ADVERSE EFFECT ON HIS PRIVATE AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE. HE OBSERVED THAT HE DOUBTED THERE 1S ANYTHING HE COULD ACD To WHAT HCSA MUST ALREADY KNOw, AS HE ASSUMED HCSA “UST HAVE @ ACCESS TO ALL THE RECORDS. @ SECRET @ @ | [nN | | 17702 \ Background Use Only Do Not Repres
*“ OPERATIONAL E ‘Transportation: > BN . Maintenance of MV 227 MV 2284, and 2236 2, 000. 00 . | FY 1963 FY 1964 | : | { I - Rent, utilities, and ; ! i Real Estate: . : | maintenance. safehouses | *LIMITED 3, 300; 00 *LICALLA 1,700.00 | : | -LILYRIG 1, 200.00 | “+ Procurement of safehouses, a , post office boxes, and rentin of automobiles eo VJ a a . Purchase of ntorma Oats Kh aie i | tification documents, and SUB TOTALS $9, 700. 00 | $5,700.00 $4,000.00 | OPERATIONAL EQUIPMENT oo , | Repair, maintenance and pur- chase of replacement photographic equipment and purchase film 1,200.00 — | i SUB TOTAL $- 4, 200.00 $ 700.00 $ ‘500.00 GRAND TOTAL $49, 900.00 0 <e $30, 400,00 $19, 500, 00: (FY 1963) (FY 1964): . * NOTE: LIMITED and ag néd to Station by“EIMOUSINE: © °° 02." and credited to’ 5 ee — s Ob + ? af, f hemo t be & fect cea] Poe fe n dawazt aay s . dectassilivais seen pane womens tema ae nee ee nem tee ee ft ene thom Zee od 2 ts uee & - _ 0004058 g. . 88 . PAGE Cr. fe
[toat0rte-10364) para 1 HEREWITH - tne ol be OF bgtribution: T “s ofa OG : 7 fo 4 an fy Hes tern, nensbgnace Division’ iro. ee yy ; _ontes vatfes Rie Ni wre! a 1 iS 7 eee oa 7 Chief.o yf ‘Sta gions a ico {SUBJECT i oe a BRUMEN/ Tae Hizuion3 Syerstion [ aorien RETIRED - REFERENCES ee. bo a ere Reflex rence “gas 31977 | Fs | ction nie, a a are Sa ; . Le Forw arded as “Attachment One unger separate cover aré rés és0ets: prepared by tvaliace B, ROWEON on the activities of LIRING@3, dated oy - + 13, 22,.23,°25, 26 and 27 May 1967, Fotsarded as. Attachment feo Nakao . i i ‘under’ separate cover, are photocopies of: correspondance exchanged erie, . h A: LIRING"3 in: Mexico’ City and ia Havana. Forwarded ae. Agtachs 7 By ment Three héren, ith, is.a pamphlet obta ned ‘by LIRING"3 whieh bonts -the text of, the message allegedly sent pee Tra“Continental ogee % I . by Ernesto’ "Chel" GUEVARA. . mo oe a an : | _ Oe 2. There is’ ‘Little question chat! wtkt ges must ofteti ask 3 oe _ just where his association with ROWTON is’ “hal ae him abtd mu: a about just ‘chat ROVION ds after. The é ard | ously times os to conjectureg and suppositions, LIRGNGS3 ‘niact feel Like | Yet, ‘the ascendancy” gradually developéd by ROT ON over - LIRTS reached t the point where LIRING“3 is auth Tas uninteresting lifa he lived before meeting MTOM. ate L. -'secqnd thoughts" has up to: Row, begn.. & desive, in the. end , to. > eel - J os even more: closely with Roatan Rowton report dated 13. ‘Mays an © “ particularly, LIRING=3!s scibble attathed to that report, give bh be, cation of the confusion which exists th LIRING<3! s wind as a £@sult ‘¢ . | . the contacts he maintains at powroN's utging with the Cubans, Guad a rebels, 2nd various shades of Mexican gad Central American bektiste, a | \ Cc ONT IN UED e ee | oo Heh . oo 0 a po : | | Attachments: ‘ Document Numbor be #L = Reports s/s para 1 USC My : _ .. “| _ #2 ~ Cortespondence a/s para 1 USC ga FORA Review O8 PEER errs i r #3 - Pamphles af : . | red . 1 ; BETF 3) y 3 pap yoy cok CRCSS REFERENCE TO a DISPATCH SYNGOL AND “UMBER ” DATE ~ ws FILE HONBER 204 “758301 cee
SECRET C8hee Fabled fn SECTION C : NARRATIVE COMMENTS indicate significans Strengths ae eeckiesses demonstrated in current position heoping In proper perspertive theig relationship te ooarnll perfarmunce, Strote suyyestions made for improvement of work pedlormaunce. Give recommendations for training, Comment on fureign language competence, if required tor current potition, Amplify or eeplein ratings given in Section B te provide bene bosia for determining future personnel action. Munnee of perfarmance ul monuyerial ot tupervisory dutiag and coat conatiousneas in the vse ol personnel, spoce, equipment end-tynde, must be cgmmen ied onc applicable if “eta space is needed to complete” section C, Stiach « separate sheet of popes. As was noted in the preceding fitness report, Mr. Wigren has a solid and ‘broad knowledge of the USSR: its history, government, and intelligence services, He also has a useful working knowledge of Russian, Consequently he serves in CI/R&A as senior referent on the RIS, against which target most of the Kroup's work is directed, as ~A key responsibility in R&A is to serve/the Staff's repository and memory for essential clements of information about the RIS. Mr, Wigren has organized this abundance of material effectively, has cnsured its retricvability, and con- tinucs to update it, , . Mr, Wigren consistently shows sound and dispassionate judgment, He does ‘not jump to conclusions but digs out the pertinent facts and brings them into proper focus, He is skeptical without being negative, te accepts tasks and responsibilities without quibbling, and he carries out these assignments suc- cesufully without needing further consultation or guidance, i Heis a quict person who keeps a low profile; but when a aignificant issue ig at stake, he is firm, even tenacious, when persuaded that the facts are on his side, (continued) SECTIOND CERTIFICATION AND COMMENTS __ ; BY EMPLOYEE I CERTIFY THAT § HAVE SEEN SECTIONS A, 8, ANO C OF THIS REPORS . iN Tp t .f2. BY SUPHRVISOR rn neater ce rer tg eet here MLM T HY EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN 18 THiS FE PORT HAS NOT HEEN SHOWN TO EMPLOYEE, GIVE EXPLANATION . BubER Me SUPERVISION : ee i nnn nor OFFICIAL TITLE OF SUPERVISOR y, 0 a Re " by i Gare LI Verte kas 97x C/CI/REA “BY REVIEWING OF FICIAL Sat OF REVIEWING OF FICIAL Mr. Wigren is a solid methodical researcher and analyst. He possess developed skills in presentation both in writing: and from the platform. -He works quietly and effectively i ith a minimum of supervision required once the job has been blocked out. He is a most dependable and consistently productive, He is overly modest in personal demeanor and tends to prefer to concentrate his efforts on singte tasks rather than to handle 4 range of simultaneous undertakings. : i i aden ee ee ‘nthtahnennhptpenepnenaancntncanntsneenitit OFFICIAL TITLE GF REVIE@ING OF Fictan TYPED OR PRINTED teAswee ARO VIGMATURE ! . _— , SECRET , ot
14-00000 he should be given at least sixty days to explore this proposal and to prepare his recommendations. We concur. Mr. Coyne does not agree with the above paragraph and in lieu thereof recommends that the ONE and OCI be merged now. He believes that such merger will result in improved intelligence products to support the national policy makers. ! Preparation and Dissemination of Memoranda We have noted considerable unhappiness in the Department of State because ONE and OCI have established the practice of distri- buting throughout the community, and to the White House, uncoordinated memoranda on intelligence matters. These memoranda are prepared as “think pieces", but the Department of State feela that they often seem to influence policy at high levels. We think the Department of State has a point, and we urge‘that such memoranda be carefully restricted to circulation within the Agency unless or until they have been coordinated across-the-board. ‘We also urge that the DCI adopt the practice of asking other agencies to prepare such memoranda if the subjects fall within the purview of their responsibilities; e.g., the Department of State on strictly political matters. We believe that, at a minimum, when CIA is asked for a memorandum that inquiries should be made of o
14-00000 other departments to determine whether such a memorandum hasn't already been prepared or might be in the process of preparation, White House Relations We are concerned about Agency relationships with the White House insofar as handling of intelligence matters is concerned. We would like the opportunity to discuss this with you orally before framing recommendations. Research on International Communism entree eee aonas Sormmunism We are concerned about the reported inadequacy of research done on International Communism. At the present time some is done in the DD/I area in both OCI and ONE, some is done in the DD/P area in the International Communism Division of the Counter Intelli- gence Staff, and some is done in the State Department in the Special «. Studies Group of INR. The DD/I expressed himself as believing this was sufficiently covered. The Chief, CI Staff believes it is insufficiently covered, Representatives of the Department of State urged that greater expertise be brought to bear on the subject, Inasmuch as it will fall squarely on the shoulders of the DCI if not enough is being done, we urge that the matter be reviewed by the DCI at an early date to satisfy himself that all necessary research in this field ia being accomplished,
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