The Director of Central Intelligence, the Intelligence Community, and the President
243. Memorandum From the Assistant Deputy Director for Plans of the Central Intelligence Agency (Karamessines) to Director of Central Intelligence Raborn
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DDO/IMS Files, Job 78–5505, US Govt-State. Secret.
244. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Subject Files, EX FG 11–2. No classification marking. The memorandum indicates the President saw it.
245. Letter From Director of Central Intelligence Raborn to the President’s Press Secretary (Moyers)
Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, Confidential File, FG 11–2. Secret. The letter indicates the President saw it. Moyers forwarded it to the President under cover of a February 14 memorandum in which he stated: “Admiral Raborn wanted you to see this. He was concerned, obviously, about the Washington Star story.” On February 13 the Star reported that, according to “informed circles,” Johnson intended to appoint General Maxwell Taylor to be DCI. “There reportedly has been some dissatisfaction with the operations of the present director,” continued the Star. “Johnson apparently feels he needs a prestige man in the CIA job now, and Taylor fits the bill.”
248. Memorandum From the President’s Special Consultant (Taylor) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Johnson)
[Source: National Defense University, Taylor Papers, Box 63, Folder E, Report to President Johnson, 1/17/66. Confidential. 1 page of source text not declassified.]
249. Draft Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Smith) to President Johnson
Source: National Security Council, Special Group/303 Committee Files, Subject Files, The 40 Committee. Secret; Eyes Only.
250. Memorandum From the President’s Special Assistant (Rostow) to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, National Security File, Agency File, CIA, Vol. II. Secret.
251. Memorandum From Senator Mike Mansfield to President Johnson
Source: Johnson Library, White House Central Files, FG 11–2. No classification marking.
253. Letter From Director of Central Intelligence Helms to the Chairman of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (Clifford)
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 80–B01676R, PFIAB 1966. Secret. Drafted by Bross.
254. Memorandum for the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (Taylor)
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DDI Files, Job 79–01201A, SIG Procedures and Support. Secret; Eyes Only. A log in the folder in which the memorandum is filed dates it September 1966. The recipient of the memorandum, Vice Admiral Rufus Taylor, was appointed DDCI by the President on September 20, confirmed by the Senate on October 7, and sworn in on October 13. The memorandum was sent to Taylor via the Deputy Director for Plans, but it contains no drafting information.
255. Memorandum for the Record
[Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 80–B01676R, PFIAB 1966. Secret. Extract-4 pages of source text not declassified.]
256. Letter From Director of Central Intelligence Helms to the Chairman of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (Clifford)
[Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 80–B01676R, PFIAB 1966. Secret. 2 pages of source text not declassified.]
257. Memorandum From Donald Macdonald of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research to William McAfee of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Source: Department of State, INR/IL Files, NSC 5412, 1957–, Basic Document. Top Secret. Both Macdonald and McAfee worked in the Office of the Deputy Director for Coordination.
258. Memorandum From the Deputy to the Director of Central Intelligence for National Intelligence Programs Evaluation (Bross) to Director of Central Intelligence Helms
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 80–B01676R, United States Intelligence Board. Secret.
259. Memorandum From the Legislative Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency (Warner) to Director of Central Intelligence Helms
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DDO/IMS Files, Job 78–5505, US Govt-Congress. Secret.
261. Memorandum From the Deputy Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Denney) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Kohler)
Source: Department of State, INR/IL Files, 303 Committee, Jan-June 1967. Secret. Drafted by Denney and William McAfee of INR/DDC. The memorandum is an unsigned copy.
263. Paper Prepared by the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Katzenbach Files: Lot 74 D 271, Report of the Committee. Secret; Sensitive. The paper was prepared for the Katzenbach Committee (see Document 260) and was Appendix C to the committee’s report but was not made public.
264. Memorandum From the Deputy Director for Plans of the Central Intelligence Agency (FitzGerald) to All Staff Chiefs and Division Chiefs
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DDO/IMS Files, Job 78–06423A, US Govt-State Dept. Secret.
266. Memorandum From the Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research (Hughes) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Kohler)
Source: Department of State, INR/IL Files, CA-Coordination and Review. Top Secret; Sensitive. The memorandum is an unsigned copy marked “Number 3 of 6 copies, Series A.”
268. Memorandum From the Chairman of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (Clifford) to President Johnson
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, INT 8 US. Confidential. An attached September 21 memorandum from Rostow to Secretaries Rusk and McNamara requests comments on the report. Reaction to the conclusions and proposals are in memoranda prepared by Director of Central Intelligence Helms, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research George Denney, Jr., Director of the National Security Agency Carter, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Nitze. (Johnson Library, National Security File, NSAMs, NSAM 368)
269. Memorandum From the Deputy Director for Plans of the Central Intelligence Agency (Karamessines) to All Staff Chiefs and Division Chiefs
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, DDO/IMS Files, Job 78–06423A, US Gov’t-Special Group. Secret.
270. Sixteenth Report of the Intelligence Organization of the Department of State
Source: Department of State, INR/IL Files, PFIAB Materials, 1966–68. Top Secret. The report was prepared for the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and forwarded to Clifford by Hughes under cover of a November 9 memorandum. (Johnson Library, National Security File, Subject File, Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board)
271. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Katzenbach) to President Johnson
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Central Files 1967–69, INT 8 US. Confidential. An attached November 6 covering memorandum from Thomas L. Hughes (INR) to Katzenbach indicates that his staff had revised the memorandum and its attachment in accordance with Katzenbach’s guidance provided in his October 14 memorandum to Hughes. In that memorandum, also attached, Katzenbach complained that the Department of State paper had “an overly bureaucratic tone,” and he suggested it should be revised to “stress the substantive necessity of having such a system as our intelligence resources increase. The means we choose to achieve control over our resources should be secondary to the fact that we must find some way to create a common data base. This data base must enable us to distinguish between the relevant facts from the mass of information flowing into the Government.” He also proposed deletion of discussion about foreign service reporting which, he felt, was “a problem to be dealt with at a much later stage when we discuss how information from the common data base is to be distributed.”
272. Memorandum From the Secretary of the 303 Committee (Jessup) to the Executive Secretary of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (Coyne)
Source: National Security Council, Special Group/303 Committee Files, Subject Files, The 40 Committee. Eyes Only.