“… couple of years ago.. 8. Mr. Ichord asked if any CIA members served on the President's Commission. I said no, but mentioned that former DCI Allen Dulles was on the Commission. He then turned to the makeup of the Commission staff and how it was chosen. I replied that we were not really compet …”
“… de the Warren Commission with all relevant information but beyond those two individuals the investigation has not been completed. QUESTION: Allen Dulles who was a member of the Warren Commission knew about assassination plots against Castro. Why didn't he provide the Warren Commission with t …”
“… was a conscious effort to cover up. Senator Church said there could be several other reasons such as one frequently pointed out that since Allen Dulles was on the Warren Commission there was no need to tell the Commission. QUESTION: Are any of the participants in the cover up still employed …”
“… at he had worked for CIA for many years prior to 1963, and insisted that his original contact had been set up between Harold Stassen and Allen Dulles in Philadelphia in the summer of 1954. Most of these assertions were fabrications. MONCURE’s CIA relationship was exposed in various lega …”
“14-00000 SECRET EYES ONLY 14. In 1958-59, Maheu was used by the FE Division in two sensitive operations targeted against Sukarno. Mr. Allen Dulles was aware and approved of these operations. Mr. Joseph Smith who was then Chief/PMI, is knowledgeable of the actions. 15. While none of …”
“… rview, Colonel Edwards allegedly stated that "only Mr. Bissell and two others in CIA" were aware of the "Giancana-Maheu activity" and that "Allen Dulles was com- pletely unaware of Edwards' (sic) contact with Maheu in this connection." 4. During”
“… have been aware of plans to approach Robert A. Maheu, et al. Further, our files reflect that six Agency people were aware of the operation--Allen Dulles, William Harvey, Richard Bissell, Sheffield Edwards, Colonel J.C. King, and James O'Connell. 5. The above is provided for your information …”
“… ians, however, have refused at the United States' request to grant export licenses for the planes.) 7. Wer Bell wants to see Gen. Cabell or Allen Dulles on this matter. He says he is willing to act as our agent and believes he can gain the complete confidence of Pedrazand De Moya. He said th …”
“… idavits provided by Cia Director John NcCone and J. Edgar Hoover. However, the members of the Commission had been told in secret session by allen Dulles that the CIA would generally not admit, someone had been an informant or agent, even under oath, except at the specific direction of the Pr …”
“… idavits provided by Cia Director John NcCone and J. Edgar Hoover. However, the members of the Commission had been told in secret session by allen Dulles that the CIA would generall y n ot adm it, someone had been an informant or agent, even under oath, except at the specific direction of the …”
“… idavits provided by Cia Director John NcCone and J. Edgar Hoover. However, the members of the Commission had been told in secret session by allen Dulles that the CIA would generally not admit, someone had been an informant or agent, even under oath, except at the specific direction of the Pr …”
“… This proposition received high-level attention in Washington, including that of President Eisenhower, Secretary of State Herter, and Allen Dulles. In approving Clark's approach to Trujillo, the President specified that Clark should travel as a representative of the State Departmen …”
“… ent a definite constructive program to influence the course of events in the Dominican Republic. My conversations with the Secretary and Allen Dulles emphasized the problems and the possibilities T of this type of approach. 30 March & 7 April 1960 The Special Group considered action …”
“… are copies of the following letters which are to be included in the personnel file of Mr. William V. Broe: Letter of transmittal to Mr. Allen Dulles from Colonel A. 0. Qabriel Letter to Mr. Broe from President Elpidio Quirino Letter to Colonel Gabriel from Lucas V. Madamba, Assistant …”
“14-00000 July 8,1952 Note: Nelson please deliver this to Allen. To: Allen Dulles You recently asked me for our views on Yugoslavia. The enclosed memorandum 1s a consensus formed from all of our key staff members. It …”
“… ws on Yugoslavia at this time. Thomas W. Burden MiOFAS W. BRADEN Chiof International Organisations Division 2 Attachments 1. Ltr to Allen Dulles from Leonard Sinmm did 7 July 52. 2. Memo ded 2 July 52 ro HCFE views on Yugoslavia. CIO:TWB:eh 1 % Crig - Addressee (thru BD/P) 1 …”
“… 1953 "That ng n’y won recently given a new chief, following the resignation of Gen. Podell Smith, wo th the appointment a few days ago of Allen Dulles, the brother of the new Secretary of State, the immediate director of the secret war ugainnt the uSERT and the Pcoplo’a Democracies, the …”
“… posal for a "Friendship Balloon Lift." Certain materials relating to this proposal bad previously been transmitted to the Director by Hr. Allen Dulles. in reply to questioning, Mr. Scripps asserted that he was well acquainted with the SCFE winds of freedom campaign, in which he had part …”
“Sincerely yours. (Sgd.) Scott McLeod Administrator The Honorable - Allen Dulles Director,’ Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D. C. (Original in 201 file of J.C. King) CFCDFT 61,69&9”
“… Shortly after the Bay of Pigs, President Kennedy asked General Maxwell Taylor to chair a small commission, consisting of Robert Kennedy, Allen Dulles and Admiral Arleign Burke, to investigate. Highly critical of the piecemeal and acquiescent administrative decisions which had accompaned …”
“… ce depended, in the final analysis, on the attitude of the President and the Special Group chairman, as well as on the temper of the DCI. Allen Dulles served as an advocate for the CIA’s proposed activities. John McCone took the position that, as DCI, he was a personal adviser to the Pre …”
“… positions. 17 April 1961 Landing at the Bay of Pigs 22 April 1961 Study group formed (Maxwell Taylor, Arleigh Burke, Robert Kennedy, Allen Dulles) 'to examine Bay of Pigs operation. 4 May 1961 President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB) reconstituted with James Kill …”
“… topics concerning the RIS, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Oswald's associates in the USSR.* In a meeting between CIA representatives and Messrs. Allen Dulles and Rankin of the Warren Com mission on 14 January 1964, Rankin asked that CIA 222‘ draft questions to be included in a letter to the …”
“… ram of Covert Action Against the Castro Regime, 16 Mar 60. .300 C. CNO Correspondence with Department of State and NSC: 1) Letter for Allen Dulles from Arleigh Burke, 17 Mar 60 TS (DD/P 0-1436) - 311 2) Letter for Gordon Gray from Arleigh Burke, 16 Mar 60 . 313 3) Memorandum for t …”
“… a meeting with President Fulgencio |Batista in the summer of 1956, a meeting which prompted 1 the Cuban President to write to the DCI, Allen Dulles, in praise of the * meeting. 7/ In fact, Agency support for the peaceful transfer of power from Batista to a democratically elected s …”
“… he Special Group under NSC 5412/2 should be held on a weekly basis, with Cuba to be a regular subject for discussion. Gordon Gray and Allen Dulles had some differences of opinion concerning the advisability of reading other individuals into the act. Gray suggested that the % Pres …”
“'Communists and other extreme radicals appear to have penetrated the Castro move- ment," Allen Dulles said. "If Castro - 16 - TOP SECRET”
“… n the model of the Guatemalan operation, and in part, I think, a feeling, probably on my own part in some degree perhaps on the part of Allen Dulles that ‘ J. C. was not effective enough to handle this kind of very fast moving, quite large scale, quite complex, paramilitary operatio …”
“… . • • This, of course, was valuable as a built-in penetration of JMARC in the best FI and CI tradition.* 16/ Early in February of 1960, Allen Dulles was briefed in general terms on the planning that was being initiated by WH Division, and at the same time J. C. King told the Director …”
“… tment of Defense. 31/ It was during the period between 8-17 March 1960 that the previously mentioned covert anti-Castro pro- gram which Allen Dulles had agreed (on 17 February 1960) to provide to the Special Group evolved. Among those in the Agency having a direct hand in preparing a …”
“… was revised from an estimated $500,000 in Dulles's 14 March presentation to a total of $1.3 million for that same year. From the time Allen Dulles enunciated the covert action plan (14 March) until President Eisenhower ap- proved it (17 March), there was an interesting bit of bi-p …”
“… Gordon Gray wrote to Eisenhower: You may recall that not so very long after I became your Special Assistant, in a meeting you had with Allen Dulles and me you gave instructions that activities of the so-called "Special Group'’ should not be recorded in any place except the files of …”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET programs with reference to the Cuban problem. 75/ About this same time, Allen Dulles made known to the Special Group his displeasure that the Depart- ment failed to consult with the Agency prior to announcing the reapp …”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET proceeding under the chairmanship of Bob Anderson, with which you may or may not be familiar. Allen Dulles has a particu lar liaison with Bob in this matter. The Defense Department, of course, has . many interests. 78/ The suggestion that Un …”
“… really characterized the whole damned operation •• ...• about which, it seemed to me, there was a good deal of well-meaning hypocrisy. Allen Dulles, always meaning what he said, would say repeatedly, "now, I want the very best people assigned to this project ... there is nothing more …”
“… as Cuba, this being one of the first three items that Kennedy wished to talk about and that:r"He [JFK] had previous-. ly been briefed by Allen Dulles a number of times and had some familiarity with the details." 12/ - 176 - TOP SECRET”
“… State people to try to approach Mr. Kennedy via Mr. Rusk and Mr. Bowles. 15/ During the 21 December 1960 meeting of the Special Group, Allen Dulles briefed the attendees on a meeting that he had participated in the previous day in New York, with a group of American business " men …”
“… ram of Covert Action Against the Castro Regime, 16 Mar 60 . 300 C. CNO Correspondence with Department of State and NSC: 1) Letter for Allen Dulles from Arleigh Burke, 17 Mar 60 TS (DD/P 0-1436) - - • • 311 2) Letter for Gordon Gray from Arleigh Burke, 16 Mar 60. 313 3) Memorandum …”
“… of New Jersey (SONJ), and WH Division. As early as 9 March 1960, the minutes of a Special Group meeting reflect conversations that both Allen Dulles and Gordon Gray had concerning the problems being faced by the major petroleum companies operating in Cuba SONJ, Texaco, and Shell and p …”
“… that as a result of the meeting, he prepared a 4-page secret memorandum and sent copies to President Eisenhower, Secretary Herter and to Allen Dulles. * 1/ In part at least. Mr. Nixon's version of the meeting with Castro was made public as early as November 1964 in an article he wrote …”
“… President and Vice President of the United States, prior to the 1960 election. On 23 July 1960, follow ing the Democratic convention, Allen Dulles briefed Sen., John Kennedy, and on 28 July Senator Lyndon Johnson. In his memorandum to President Eisenhower, who had directed that D …”
“… SECRET President Eisenhower in March 1960, Nixon was put in a Catch-22 situation; for as he said: President Eisenhower had instructed Allen Dulles, head of the CIA, to brief the Democratic candidate on all opera tions, including Top Secret operations. I knew that Kennedy had alread …”
“… d. 29/ It was not until 18 November 1960 that Presi- dent-elect John F. Kennedy was fully briefed by Direc tor of Central Intelligence, Allen Dulles, and the Deputy Director for Plans, Richard Bissell, on the extent of the anti-Castro activities being planned by the United States Gove …”
“… ncana on plans for the assassination of Fidel Castro. In addition to the individuals just named, it also appears highly probable that Allen Dulles, the Director of Central Intelligence (and possibly both Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy) was aware that Castro was an assassination …”
“… e from, apart from, and independent of the formal anti-Castro program which was undertaken by CIA. At most, four or five senior officials Allen Dulles, Richard Bissell, Shef Edwards, Bill Harvey, and pos sibly, Tracy Barnes — probably were knowledgeable about the Mafia connection and M …”
“13-00000 Appendix C-1 CNO Correspondence with Department of State and NSC:* 1) Letter for Allen Dulles from Arleigh Burke,. 17 Mar 60 %”
“… lad for his desire to make sure no opportunity is left uncovered. 4 Warm regards. Sincerely, Align AR LEIGH BURKE The Honorable Allen Dulles' Director of Central Intelligence Enclosure PERSONAL - TOP SECRET 6 312”
“… A *ct % on’ his truth serum, or on’ his hypnosis before his grand jury. Perhaps if. he invites me to a duel in some place other than « ALLEN DULLES ._., Louisiana he may find me far OIA ■FNUGR mer CIA chief subpenaed., more cooperative, and I don’t vln kk-yt mean a duel with words.” …”
“succeeded in iden the assassination of ALLEN DULLES : " tional news medium, who aid- 'ed and abetted Novel in his President Kennedy as an op conducted by ele-; P flight. Further, Novel’ …”
“… couple of years ago. 8. Mr. Ichord asked if any CIA members served on the President's Commission. I said no, but mentioned that former DCI Allen Dulles was on the Commission. He then turned to the makeup of the Commission staff and how it was chosen. I replied that we were not really compet …”