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From the Department of State there also were at least three individuals who should have been asked to appear as witnesses: Thomas Mann, Roger Hilsman, and Adlai Stevenson. Thomas Mann, Assistant Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs until a few weeks before the invasion, had expressed strong reservations about the capability of the anti-Castro brisade to achieve success without the intervention of US forces and about the need for the US to be more overt in its support of the anti-Castro movement. ~1ann's objections drew heavy fire fromWH!4. Roger Hilsman, Director of Intellisence and Research, had his proposal to make a study of the feasibility of a covert attempt to oust Castro rejected by Dean Rusk; and Adlai Stevenson became the scapegoat for a bumbled briefing by CIA's Tracy Barnes and the disastrous policy decisions of Secretary Rusk and President Kennedy. Each of the three would seem to have warranted a hearing before the committee. and I don't want you to infer anything really beyond what it says. It was not particularly easy--I did not find it particularly easy-- to discuss things clearly and derive a clear understanding with Dick about the division of ;Labor be.tween us when he was my Deputy. I don't imply by this any sense of conflict or rivalry, but he would go ahead and handle certain kinds of matters. We saw one another, of course, all the time. Quite often I would consult him about something that I was handling. I think rather less often he would consult me. I don't mean to imply, however, in any kind of concealment from me~-I never had that feeling at all. But it really was our habit during the whole time that we were in those positions that the division of la.bor betwee.n us was more tacit than explicit. II ~/ 237