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1 October 1963

NOTES FOR MR. McCONE:

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1. DDP has prepared for your information a summary of General

Chiang Ching-kuo's visit to the U.S. Attached to this summary

are the four most important papers as follows:

a.

Your position paper;

b. CIA commitments paper;

c. Memorandum for the record on DDP briefings;

d. Record of conversation with the President.

The visit is considered to have been a success and Chiang Ching-kuo

returned with an understanding that any abrupt move by his govern-

ment to recover the mainland with military force would not be

supported by this country. Chiang Kai-shek has accepted the position

paper and CIA's commitments paper, and our station is now working

out cooperation on intelligence and operational activities against the

mainland. ]

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2. In commenting on the proposal to send Dr. Cavanagh

Rome, Bill

Harvey suggests that Cavanagh be certified to the Vatican as your

personal representative, and suggests you might do this through

Cardinal Cicognani or Archbishop O'Connor. Request your guidance.

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3. DDP has run another assessment of the reliability of the documentars

naterial provided by Penkovskiy and see no reason to change their

statement of 31 May to USIB that it was "a most serious penetration

of Soviet officialdom and one that will hurt them for years to come"'.

Helms suggests you have this assessment checked with DDI and OSI

and if they concur, re-assure USIB along the above lines.

4.

Dez FitGerald briefed the Joint Chiefs recently on his overall program

against Cuba. In the discussion the main thing that emerged was

General LeMay's view that the present program was far too small to

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overthrow Castro. General LeMay wondered why we did not/use

bombings. There was also a discussion of Navy and Air Force

programs to protect raiders in international waters and in the

event of hot pursuit. It was agreed that further planning would be

conducted.

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"[John Warner has reviewed the record of recent congressional

debates on the test ban treaty and finds 13 senators made reference

to you. No one criticized you. Senators Pastore, Humphrey, and

Anderson praised you.

6. John Warner has prepared a recommendation based on h

reading

that our standing in Congress is currently on the declin

suggests that you meet privately with such members

as Russell,

Saltonstall, Vinson, and Arends to seek advice and

develop a strategy

for public statements by these members and other Subcommittee

members.

7.

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Mr. Kirkpatrick has forwarded a memorandu

a replacement for Colonel Grogan:

on efforts to obtain

8. Dick Helms has forwarded a memorandum of his briefing of the

Bureau of Budget officials on the Agency's covert action programs.

McGeorge Bundy attended and offered & opinions: (a) that there be

a regular annual briefing of the Special Group on

covert operations

as a whole, and (b) that during the present period of apparent detente

there might well be very good reasons for investing even greater

resourcès in covert actions.

9.

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John Bross has forwarded a memorandum for the record on your

meeting with Generals Carter, Blake, and Carroll about personnel

security.. Bross is presently draiting a memorandum to the secretary

of Defense on this subject which is being reviewed by Houston and

Bannerman.7

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10. Mr. Gilpatric has written you a letter confirming his

onversation

about assigning Frank Hand as Special Assistant to

neral Carroll.

I suggest I pass this to General Carter for Agency action.]

W. Elder

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