In reply refer to I 65779 63 l3 December I963 HEMDRANDUH FDR HR GILPATRIC SUBJECT JCS Proposal Concerning Communist China I have gone over General Taylor's paper on this matter and conclude that it has at least a prime-facla case for detailed exploration which I should think should be under the auspices of the Special Group 54I2 I would recommend your sending a copy to John HcCone for his initial reaction and thereafter bringing it up in the Special Group As it stands the paper does not have enough detail to get a real feel of which of the steps if any might turn out to be really feasible This would require a very close melding of intelligence people scientists and the operating types But it certainly does seem worth a try William P Bundy Assistant Secretary of Defense Attach DEC Hemo for SecDef JCSH 939-63 3 Dec 63 $21550 K SecDef Cont Nr X-79l3 w mte to SecDef BY A frm Col Hardin Dec 63 DATE 2 217227 1 Distr Cy #lDepSecDef chron REPRODUCTION OF THIS DOCUMENT IN WHOLE OR IN PART IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT WITH PERMISSION OF THE ISSUING OFFICE Special handling of this paper is requested Access should be limited to individuals requiring the information herein in order to carry out their special duties asp-em HEM 3 a Ii li i- 5% U'b Eii l3 5 Copy of Copies - I SEBIIEL Page -J of Pages 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