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    "ocrText": "TOP SEGRET\nOctober 3, 1956\nMEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD\nThe following met with the President today to discuss a special\nreconnaissance project -- Secretary Dulles, General Cabell, Mr.\nBissell, Admiral Radford, Colonel Goodpaster.\nThe President said he had become discouraged regarding the project\nprincipally because, whereas he had understood there would be a\ngood chance of not being discovered on most, if not all, operations,\njust the opposite had proved true. An evaluation he had seen did\nDINIEL D.\nnot take up the question of world opinion. He recalled great ef-\nforts for many years we have been making to create an opinion in\nThe\nthe world that we are not truculent and do not want war. To the\nworld, these operations seem provocative and unjustified as violat-\ning sovereignty.\nMr. Dulles said he did not dissent from the President's comment. He\nthought if we could get really important results by a crash operation\nof a week or ten days we might consider the matter further, but he\nquestioned how permanently valuable the results would be. Assuming\nthere will be no war (which seems correct, although we can never be\nsure) it would seem that the information would become obsolete if\noperations were not followed up. He did not think that we could afford\nto go on indefinitely taking the propaganda impact that has occurred.\nGeneral Cabell said the results would have validity longer than the\nSecretary might imply. A good datum of geographic and man-made\nfeatures as well as deployments would be established. In addition,\nwe might learn of things that we do not now know exist.\nThe President said a Russian can now buy an air ticket in New York\nand learn about our whole country. He questioned whether they would\nlay a complaint before the United Nations, although they might speak\nabout it. Secretary Dulles thought it was possible they might make\na complaint to the U N regarding \"aggression, 11 i.e., violation of their\nfrontiers.\nTOP SECRET\nDECLASSIFIED WITH DELETIONS\nE.O. 12958, SEC. 3.6(b)\nAgency Case E0-1996-00051\nNLE Caso 94349#3\nBy BBM NLE Dato 8/24/96\n- 2 -\nAdmiral Radford said he did not disagree as to the seriousness of\nthe question. He pointed out the need for intelligence to make our\nestimates better. With the great arguments that are going on\nregarding military programs, firmer intelligence would be of\ngreat value. The President said the question is one of the great\nprice to be paid which may be too big for the intelligence we would\nget, much as he valued it.\nIn response to a question by Secretary Dulles, Admiral Radford\nindicated the Services are developing the B-57D as a standard high-\nperformance reconnaissance aircraft which would fly at 64,000 feet,\nand be used in the Far East.\n0 LIDIBTY 841\nThe President said that knowledge of operations of this type would\nstir the world and stir our own people. He recalled the care taken\nto avoid attribution. Secretary Dulles said it is hard to see what we\ncould say if called to account in general terms - last time one of\nthe specifics gave an out. The President said he was ready to take\nup the question of operations in the Far East.\nThe President recalled he had agreed that operations could\nbe conducted along the borders in the Middle East to see if radar\noperates, and if it shouldn't further extensions could be considered.\nMr. Bissell thought the Afghan border might not have radar, but high\npriority targets probably did.\nThe President concluded by saying he did not believe we should authorize\npenetrating operations over the major area at this moment.\nA. B J. Goodpaster\nColonel, CE, U S Army"
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