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program with respect to that country [Cuba], except that I think Mr. Willauer should have a position directly subordi- nate to the Secretary of State for so long as Cuba remains a critical problem in our foreign relations. There should be no doubt as to the authority of the Special Assistant to the State Department (Mr. Willauer) to subordinate covert and overt activities, nor as to his responsi- billty for conveying policy guidance to the operating agencies. In their broad outline, these policies will, of course, be subject to the approval of higher authority. V An interesting aspect of the Eisenhower memoran- dum is that he elevated the position to be assigned to Mr. Willauer from that of being a Special Deputy to Assistant Secretary Mann, the Assistant Secretary for American Republic Affairs, to that of being direct- ly subordinate to the Secretary of State. When Thomas A. Parrott who acted as secretary for the Special f)-,.:(~ '-C '! !J-' :·F,·~·tl Group meeting transmtted a copy of the draft of 9ttr1es' '. 11'!..... ~_.i..;.i ·~·.·_t·,~t.,.-;..t..1: 4..,( 1.,:~I~io ..l.) memoraiiaum;;tO"T'ra~yBarn'es-,'Parrott had been made aware of the possibility that Eisenhower was in favor of raising the position of Willauer. In an aside to Barnes in his transmittal note, Parrott indicated that even if Eisenhower did want Willauer made directly responsible to the Secretary of St&te, in fact: "He [Willauer] will be instructed that he - 172 - ;1;:0P 8 CCRASs.rm