AFTER RECEIPT TWO TELEPHONE CALLS AND ONE TELEGRAM, BENDER SPOKE SAT EVENING TO MUCH EXCITED.
Originator: CIA
From: DIRECTOR
To: JMASH
Document date: 1960-07-25 00:00:00
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1. AFTER ROCKLY INO TILSPHONE CALLS AND ONE TELSORAY, BENDER SPOKE

SAT EVEITIA TO MUCH EXCITED ODCOVE. LOCOVE'S ANXIETY CAUSED BY ALLIEDCED LASS

COITACI WITH JIM SITA AND TIME LAO BETTERY IS CALIS AND BEIDER'S ANSHER. HOS

AND FRIENDS ASSUMED THEI HAD BEEN DUMPED.

2. BENDER REASSURED OCOVE: SPITH PROBABLI WENT SAS PAMILI OVER LONG

WEEKEND AND BENDER BUSY NITH PRO. PER HAS/US& ARSO SOP BETDER ADVISIO COCONS

THAT SMITH WOULD INFORACOSCOVS SOMENIHE MONDAX OF CURRENT STATUS MATTER. JHUS

REQUEST SIT COITACT DUCOVE SOCHEST SAYING MATTER NOT FULLY SETTILD BUT IT

APPEARS QI BASIS INFO AVAILABLE TO HIM SO FAR THAT UNILATERAL ARRANGHENI PERHAPS

BEST SOLUTION. SUTH WILL KEEP COCOVE ADVISED FURTHER DEVELOFITS.

3. FIL, FREITE MOST RELUCTANT REVERSE ITS DECISION RE DISSIDENTS. ON

OTHER HAND THEY COM-ITTED NOW MEET DEADLINE/QUOTAS SET BY SHITH IN EM FIED AND

UNDERSTAND THAT IF THEY CANNOT DELIVER, SMITH WILL TAXE UNILATERAE STEPS. (DETAILS

OS THIS BY SEPIRATE MESSAGE.) THUS OUR PROPLEM IS A IS DISSIDENTS IS KEEP THEM

FROM TAKTIG FUBLIC POSITIONS AGAINST FRD AND BRING FIGHT IN OPEN AND AT SAME FINE

USE THESE CAPABLE PEOPLE IN FIELD NOT CROSSING WIRES WITH FRD ACHIVITTES. SINCE

GIE JHARO REGUIREMENTS: IS CREATION FI/CI CAPABILITY, HES ICH COISIDERING USE

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