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- io - "Fortunately in some instanczs, unfoi%tinately i t \ others, the resul%s of many of these operatic. re compsrat.;.velY - a Sreat k;oa.st of the C I A and bul.3t up a t grzat a over a cons-: derablc short-liv=d. (roday the assets period of tlmc - may, evcn nQw, bc 'welting away', f o r q r Tn Egypt rve are l e f t , w i t h Nassaro - ( ~ m ~l-~orn ;'re can't escape a large share of the blame)! Thrcughout t h e rest of the Vicldle East I have the i%ellxg we don't quite know where we are. If exposed these operatjons cculdn't possibly be 'plausibly denied' - indead it would seem t o be u t t e r l y naive for anyone 20 thirik that t h e American hand lr, these operations I s not only well knom t c both locel country and Comnuniat Party o f f i c i a l s , but t o many others (including t h e press) - and it? derogatior! of the s p e c i f i c caveat contained i n NSC 5412,./3. position In our government, on a continuing basis, ~d counting t h e immediate costs of d! sag'-,ointments (Jcram, Syria, Egypt, e t a l ) , calculating t h e impacts OR our international position, and keeping in mind the long- range wisdom of a c t i v i t i 2 s which have zntailzd our v i r t u a l abandonment of the i n t e r n a t i m a l Igolden r u l e I , and which, if successful to t h e degrei: claimed f o r them, are rasponsible, i n a grnat measure, f o r stl.rrin2 up t k i 2 turmoil and raising the doubts about 1.1s t h a t exisf I n nany countries of t h e world todaJI-? ivTat of the effects on our present alliances? Where will we be tomorrow? t o launch t h i s government on a posit1v.j PP program could not possibly h a m foreseen the ramifications of fhe opera- t i o n s whlct-,'have rzsulted from it. Nc. one, other than those i n the CIA mmediately concerncr' with t h e i r c!ay t o day operation, has any detailed kncwldge of w k a t i s going on. YIth the world s i t u a t i o n 11: tha stat. -?-t S.s tod,ay now would appzar t o be %hi. tiwe to engage Y.3 9 reappraisal and reealj.stic readjustment of that program w l t h perhaps some accompe.i:ying 'unentEr,glciqent o.? our involvenents , and a narc? rntiona.1 appl.Lcation a c t i v i t i e s thar! is now apparent." %sed upor! tho Panel rcports refe,nrzd t o above and :3n I . I I1 Should not someone, soniewhere i r ;in sutkmn~l.tat.' T ? 1 1) We are sure t h a t the supporters (:f' t h e 194e decision QUL" exten31v& briefings provided Sh? f u l l 3oard by v:iricjus officials of t h e Executive Sraiich and by C I A persomel, the Fnard ( t h e n co!lsist:lr,g Of Chairman Killtan, ConolI.y, gcoj.ittle, Fa.i.rlesc:, Ifull, Kennedy, ~ ~ v e t t and Ryersm) suknilttnd a writ;t;en rcpcrt t,: ttle pLqJS,j,~2t.t dated -' Dece~bc;~ 20, 1956. ~n tht scctlon tlqat I*ei>ort czzlj-ng k,j+,l;, t-:c