JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM Date: 11/29/99 Page: 1 AGENCY RECORD NUMBER RECORD SERIES AGENCY FILE NUMBER ORIGINATOR FROM TO TITLE DATE PAGES SUBJECTS DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTIONS CURRENT STATUS DATE OF LAST REVIEW OPENING CRITERIA COMMENTS AGENCY INFORMATION CIA 104-10302-10000 JFK-MISC CIA-CMS FILES DOCUMENT INFORMATION CIA PFIAB DOCUMENTS (5) 00/00/ ae +f PFIAB PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT TOP SECRET 1B RELEASED WITH DELETIONS 09/18/98 JFK-M-02:F1 1998.09.18.11: CIA-8, Released under the John Kennedy Lesassination Records ollection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note}. ase#: NW 55355 Date: 12:41:936120: ARRB REQUEST. ‘CLASSIFIED ATTACHMENT HW 55355 DBocld:32401308 Page 1
- es PO/ P| ° rsa] e2- Exacuiive Registry 22-2268 25 July 1962 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD» SUBJECT: Meeting on CA Matters with the Panel of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board 1. On 20 July 1962, the Director and the Deputy Director (Plans) — met with Messrs. Robert Murphy, Gordon Gray, William Langer, and . J. Patrick Coyne to diseuss certain aspects of the Agency's Political Action Programs. The Director sat with the Panel from 10:30 ‘til noon, the Deputy Director (Plans) was present from 10:30 to 12:30 and from 2:00 to 3:30. 2. The Director opened the discussion with a historical description of the Agency's covert financial support to political parties in the fight against Commmism. He described in detail the procedures now in effect whereby Political Action Projects are originated, staffed out, and cleared with appropriate elements of Government. He pointed out that each project must have his approval prior to its circulation to the members of the Special Group. At this point, he digressed to inform the Panel that reconnaissance overflights are now approved by the Special Group and subsequently by the President. He said that this same procedure applies to peripheral flights although to a lesser de~ gree. He terminated this part of the discussion by stating that in his opinion "all covert action programs are now handled in an orderly, correct mamer"*. HW 55355 Docld:32401308 Page 2?
HW 355355 = 2 = L He. also described our activities in con- rection with. the  Ttaltan political parties. Following this, he covered our plans for the, upcomir ng gL elections. He touched on our thoughts with regard. to the: political situation in —_=~id| he At this juncture; ~ ‘the Director Giscussed Agency labor opera- tions. He read to the group . ‘short paper which outlined our support to: anti-Communist labor unions inf] ana[__] our work through \ the| | and our relationships with] labor and the assistance (are ven us. 5. Agency support to cultural organizations was raised by Dr. Langer, and the Director covered in some detail the current status of our support plus that of the Ford Foundation to the Congress for Cultural Freedom and the International Commission of Jurists. He touched on the Asia Foundation, and our desire to try to obtain the services of Mr. Livingston Merchant to head it. 6. In the time remaining to him, the Director went over with the Panel country by country an extended list of political parties and leaders supported by the Agency throughout the world. What he did not have an opportunity to cover in this list the Deputy Director (Plans) finished during the remainder of the morning and during the afternoon session. DocId:32401308 Page 3
HW 355355 7. Also in the afternoon, the Deputy Director (Plans) read to the Panel a paper on Operation Mongoose which the Director had used . earlier in the day for briefing the President. This paper was used on the instruction of the Director. The Panel asked questions about Agency activity involving Cuba, all of which were answered with the exception of one having to do with the role of the Attorney General. This query was raised by Mr. Gray who recognized and gracefully ac~. cepted the fact that he was not answered directly. 8. Before the afternoon session adjourned, the Panel raised the question of the total dollar amowmt of funds expended annually for covert action. The Deputy Director (Plans) showed them a chart conm~ piled by DDP-PG, dated April 1962. This chart gives the precise doller amounts expended annually. These figures vary from the Congres- sional ones since the support slice is not included. sen Helms . . Deputy Director (Plans) - Distribution: Original - The Director 1 ce - Exec. Director 1 ce - C/CA-10 1 ee - DD/P of 2 DoclId: 327401308 Page 4
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Meeting on CA Matters with the Panel of the President's Foreig Intelligence Advisory Board 1. On 1 November, the Deputy Director (Plans) met with Messrs. Robert Murphy, Gordon Gray, and J. Patrick Coyne to present a follow-up briefing on the Agency's political action programs since the one held on 20 July 1962. The meeting lasted from 2:30 to 4:h5. 2. There was little discussion on Cuba. In response to Mr. Murphy's inquiry, I told him that a good intelligence job had been done but that I thought it desirable to have this studied by the Board on the basis of a paper which the Director was having pre- pared and which Mr. Kirkpatrick had assured Mr. Coyne would be sub- mitted to the Board after the Director had had an opportunity to re-~ view it. SEK Aet-6.(1) (B) ° : 3e Thel __etection program was covered in considerable detail. Points covered were: (a) the reason for the program, (b) the ~ Ms manner in which candidates were chosen, (c) the amount of money in~ volved, (d) the methods of funding, and (e) the coordination of State and the Agency on the entire scenario. Following the presentation of the factual elements, there was considerable discussion of the politi- eal situation in| and the direction in which that Goverment seemed to be tending. HW 55355 DBocld:32401308 Page 5
-26 h. CIA~sponsored activities at the Helsinki Youth Festival was the next item presented. A full report was given witich followed care- fully the post-mortem written by the CA Staff. - — Bs As for CA activities in the venainder of Latin America, the te following countries were covered: Dominican Republic, » Chile Lt] oN aca Jane[ J were then touched on, with - "particular reference to the sensitivity of thel __|cooperation on 6. In Southeast Asia, an up-to-date report was presented on operations in Laos, South Vietnam, and North Vietnam. Problems in connection with North: Yietnanese operations were specifically identi- fied. | te ‘On ‘on thel 7 conflict, the Panel was made aware of \ pending and ‘current requests from thel___]tor assistance in “the training of guerrilla forees. The role of the Tibetans was also identified. In response to a ‘query from Mr. Murphy, I said that I did not see any requirement at this time for an increase of our perma=- nent, establishment 7 expressing the opinion that any trainers and paramilitary experts® woich we might send could be covered for us 8. In Europe, CA programs, in the following areas were up- dated: Berlin, France and ttaly,[ anal | HW 55355 Docld:32401308 Page 6
HW 355355 ~3- Mr. Murphy seemed particularly interested in the level of activity in Italy and our efforts to cut it back. 9- At one point in the briefing, I spoke of tha change in status of the African-American Institute and told of our negotiations with the. Ford Foundation on the Congress for Cultural Freedom. I problens. Here, I simply gave an intelligence briefing on the Yemen and the effects of the revolution there on Sandi Arabia and the British position in the Aden Protectorate. Richard Helms | Deputy Director (Plans) Distribution: Original ~ Director, CIA / 1 ec - Rree. Director’: 1 co - Chief, CA 1 ce - DD/P a DoctId: 32401308 Page 7
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Meeting on CA Matters with the Panel of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board oo 1, On 15 April, at DDP's request, I met with Messrs. Robert Murphy, Gordon Gray, and J. Patrick Coyne to brief them on major covert action developments since their previous briefing on 2 November 1962, The meeting lasted from 10:00 to 12:15. 2. At Mr. Murphy's request, I began with a description of our electoral: ‘operations as approved by the Special Group in Chile, the Dominican Republic, [___| and Guatemala. Mr. Murphy was particularly concerned w he situation in and both he and Mr. Gray found it difficalt to anderstand why the. tate Departme continued to provide large-scale economic assistance when had to date refused to clean house of the Communists and fellow “travelers both within the government and the labor movement. They were interested in knowing that. we were in touch with some of the military teqders who are © opposed to] and they seemed to feel. t point. might be preferable to allowing a BOOS, __.|to drift into the hands of the opposition. Both gentlemen wished to know the amounts that we had expended in these electoral operations and our own estimate of the . vesualts, They did not question either the need for tatervention or the size of our effort; although in the[Chilead case Mr. ‘Murphy wanted \ to be sure that we had evidence that the funds passed throug \pands actually reached the [Chilean Christian Democrats. - 3. Mr. Murphy then ‘raised tn Jprobiem and said that he had been informed in New Yor. t the te Department was putting considerable presaure on the regime to persaade it to hold the elections scheduled for 1963. He questioned the wisdom of mu "i vetarad pointing out that there was a real danger of the returning to power if the elections were held. He asked our opinion and | said that, despite the pressure, there was still considerable doubt whether the elections would actually take place. HW 55355 Docld:32401308 Page 9