DM24 May 1961 'IS DEPUTIES' MEETING Present v M r Dulles General Cabell M r B isse ll M r Am ory Colonel White M r Kirkpatrick M r H elm s M r Barnes M r Sheldon M r Kent General B alm er M r Ear man MR DULLES fi a Stated he was quite concerned about the way essentially 5412 projects are being handled and stated CIA is totally unprotected if we do not follow established procedures in discussing and obtaining approval of these projects before implementation M r B isse ll com mented that he and M r Barnes were seeing M r Goodwin of the White j House today to discuss a 5412-type project on Cuba and stated that -- T 7 this was an exploratory discussion only and at M r Goodwin1s request since he was already knowledgeable of the program He said he wanted to make it clear neither he nor M r Barnes are seeking form al authority from Goodwin to go ahead with the proposal in question A discussion I ensued regarding the Special Group s relationship wigijthe various task forces appointed on Iran Vietnam Korea and other - together with Uthe Special Group's connection with NSC actions The D irector agreed ithat this was a problem for the Special Group and asked M r B isse ll to prepare a brief memorandum on this matter for his use at the Special Group meeting on Thursday 25 May M r B isse ll also undertook to bring up to date M e s s r s Gilpatric Bowles and General Lansdale on the above-mentioned Cuba program 1 i1 c 3 -I i Si b Noted a letter from J Edgar Hoover containing information reportedly received from Roa and in particular a statement that Roa made that some of the information had been obtained by the Soviets from a CIA contact This particular information alleged that the U S planned to invade Cuba before the Kennedy Administration took office in order that President Kennedy would not be left with the problem of Cuba The Director commented that possibly some misleading information along these lines had been put out and asked D D P to check this point It was also agreed that immediate action would be taken to run down the s ta te m e n t that the RIS has contacts in CIA and this task was assigned to D D P Mr Angle ton in coordination with Security c Noted that M r Robert Lovett while a member of the President's Board of Consultants on Foreign Intelligence Activities o APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1994 CIA HISTORICAL REVIKvV PROGRAM JFK Assassination P e crds Act By Mk NASA date This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu