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Secretary Laird
12/24/70 1:05 p. m. page 2
L: Another manpower reduction
Shultz1 man sat down
with Bob M
and worked it out. I better call George. I don't
know whether his people are communicating with him. I will get this
other g thing going. Another thing: McCain came in with a hell of a
message. He says he has got to have more men. I w wanted you to
know
I understand Al called last night regarding intelligence.
K: On the civilian side.
L: I have worked it out with Moorer, Bennet, the Chiefs and
the service secretaries. The hearings are starting on February 1.
All of the tactical material will be as it was before.
K: The news stories read as if the whole DIA is being pulled out
from under the chiefs.
L: DIA will still perform their functions, but the Chiefs want to
set it up in a separate intelligence organization. Some of these news-
paper guys make it out like it was something to do with the Pueble and
that's not true.
K: The only thing is we didn't want the Fitzhugh report implemented
without getting a crack at it.
L: Tom and I are in agreement but some of these guys want to read
him into the memo. But let it run that way.
K: We have no problem with that.
L: What we have to do
Bob Haldeman wanted a cut-off date.
to do something to get that, but I was concerned the way
the papers were playing it.
K: One thing the President wants. If the ships aren't out of Cuba
next week he wants another Black Sea cruise with a heavier ship and a
Baltic cruise.
L: I have one set on the third.
K: Okay, but put a cruiser on that.
L: Okay, We have been playing this thing down, dead-panning it.
K: That's the way to do it but if they're still there b the end of next
week he wants that done.
L: Okay.
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