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[9]1 October 1963
[11]NOTES FOR MR. McCONE:
[13]1. [pve has prepared for your information a summary of General
[14]| Chiang Ching-kuo's visit to the U.S. Attached to this summary
[15]are the four most important papers as follows:
[17]a. Your position paper;
[19]b. CIA commitments paper;
[21]c. Memorandum for the record on DDP briefings;
[22]ad. Record of conversation with the President.
[24]The visit is considered to have been a success and Chiang Ching-kuo
[25]returned with an understanding that any abrupt move by his govern-
[26]ment to recover the mainland with military force would not be
[27]supported by this country. Chiang Kai-shek has accepted the position
[28]paper and CIA's commitments paper, and our station is now working
[29]out cooperation on intelligence and operational activities against the
[30]mainland. ‘7 . ae
[32]2. (in commenting on the orapaed to send Dr. Cavanagh 4#@ Rome, Bill
[33]' Harvey suggests that Cavanagh be certified to t ican as your
[34]personal representative, and suggests you might\4o this through
[35]Cardinal Cicognani or Archbishop O'Connor. Request your guidance.7
[37]3. (ppp has run another acco ament of the relizbility of the documentary
[38]material provided by Penkovskiy and see reason to change their
[40], statement of 31 May to USIB that it wag "A most serious penetration
[41]‘of Soviet officialdom and one that will Iy{rt them for years to come",
[42]Helms suggests you have this assessment checked with DDI and OSI
[44]and if they concur, re-assure USIB along the above lines. ~
[47]4. Dez FitGerald briefed the Joint Chiefs recently on his overall program
[48]against Cuba. In the discussion the main thing that emerged was
[49]General LeMay's view that the present program was far too small to
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[59]overthrow Castro. General LeMay wondered why we di not/se
[60]_ bombings. . There was also a discussion of Navy and Air ree
[61]programs to protect raiders in international waters and in the
[62]‘event of hot pursuit. It was agreed that further planning would be
[63]conducted.
[65]to you. No one criticized you. Senators Pastore, HumpMrey, and i
[66]Anderson praised yous) . ; !
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[69][Zohn Warner has prepared a recommendation based on nig reading |
[70]that our standing in Congress is currently on the decling
[72]Saltonstall, Vinson, and Arends to seek advice an
[73]for public statements by these members and other
[74]members] va
[78]far. Kirkpatrick has forwarded a memorandum on efforts to obtain
[79]a a replacement for Colonel Grogani]
[81]velop a strategy,
[84]Dick Helms has forwarded a memorandum of his briefing of the
[85]Bureau of Budget officials on the Agency's covert agtion programs.
[86]McGeorge Bundy attended and offered 2: opinions;/ (a) that there be
[87]a regular annual briefing of the Special Group covert operations
[88]as a whole, and (b) that during the present perifd of apparent detente
[89]there might well be very good reasons for investing even greater
[90]resources in covert actions.
[92]eer: - a Woh ae —
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[95]| security. Bross is presently drafting a\m ‘morandum to the Secretary / i
[96]: of Defense on this. subject which is being\yeviewed by Houston and
[98]ennesman]
[100]SOL es
[105]10. (Me. Gilpatric has written you a letter confirming versation
[106]‘about assigning Frank Hand as Special Assistant to Wéneral Carroll.
[107]I suggest I pass this to General Carter for Agency action.7
[109]W. Elder