Evening star., 1961-04-22
Cuba Crisis Brings Broad Probe
Kennedy Sees
Eisenhower 10
Chart Moves
Gen. Taylor Heads
Intelligence and
Guerrilla Survey
By GARNETT d. HORNER
Star staff Writer

President Kennedy launched
a review of Americas intelli-
gence operations and capacity
to wage guerrilla warfare today
before flying by helicopter to
Camp David, Md, for a con-
ference with former President
Eisenhower on the Cuban situa-
tion and other world problems.
The White House announced
that the President had named
Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, former
Army Chief of Staff, to con-
duct what it called "a survey
and review of the organization
and capacity of the United
States in para-military plan
ming"
The disclosure came in the
midst of post mortems over the
failure of the anti-Castro in
vasion of Cuba. 1t seemed to
indicate preparation for the
possibility that the United
States might have to engage in
undercover and guerrilla war
fare in combating Communist
penetration in such places as
Cuba, Laos and Wet Nam.
Pressed by newsmen for Mr..
Kennedy's purpose in ordering
the study, White House Press
Secretary Pierre Salinger cited
the last paragraph of the Chief
Executives speech two days
ago to the American Society of
Newspaper Editors. In that
Mr.. Kennedy said:
1--WE intend to profit from
this lesson. We intend to re-
examine and re-orient our
forces of all kinds-our tactics
and other institutions here in
this community. We intend to
intensity our efforts for a
struggle in many ways more
difficult than war, where dis
appointment will often accom-
pany US"
Seeks United Support
Mr.. Kennedy's conference
with Gen. Eisenhower at Camp
David presumably was arranged
to seek the former Republican
Presidents support in any fur
ther action by this Government
in Cuba or Southeast Asia.
Gen. Taylor attended a meet
ing of the National Security
Council this morning at which
the survey and review he is to
conduct was one of the matters
up for discussion, Mr.. SaIinger
said.
Mr.. Salinger defined para
military activity as "non-con-
ventional and guerrilla activ-
ity." He said intelligence was
a part Of this.
The Central Intelligence
Agency has come in for some
criticism as a result of the
SetbaCkS suffered by anti-Cas:
tro Cuban rebel forces that
1 landed in Cuba the first of this
week.
Asked if Gen. Taylor's study
could be construed as an inves-
tigation of the CIA, Mr.. Salin-
ger said he did not think it
should be considered an inves-
tigation of any specific agency
but rather a government-wide
study.
Talks to Rockefeller
Gen. Taylor is on leave of
absence from his post as pres
ident Of the Lincoln Center for
the Performing Arts in New
York City. He retired as Army
Chief Of Staff on June 30, 1853.
Mr.. Salinger said the leave
was granted after the President
requested it in a telephone con-
verSation yesterday with Re
publican Gov. Nelson A. Rock
efeller of New York.
1t is likely, Mr.. Salinger told
reporters, that Mr.. Kennedy will
confer in person here. next week
with Gov. Rockefeller-presum-
ably as part of his intensive
effort to line up a united front
in face of the Communist chal-
lengeS in Cuba and around the
world.
Mr.. Kennedy took off from
the White House south lawn
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