RADOYE L. KNEZEVIC

Created: 7/23/1963

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. C.

KU963

FOR:

McGeorge Bundy

Special Assistant to the President

The White House

SUBJECT:

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This is in answer to Mr. Arthur Schlesinger'a memorandum of Would appreciate it if you would paBB this information on to him.

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5. As an operational matter, we find that it would be untimely andto render support of this kinde *re 1

a deliberate program of retrenchmentoxiunaTboing dispensed to exiles

through our projects. We have managed quite successfully, for example,

accomplish significant reductions in grants to

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7. We appreciate Mr. Schlesinger's calling this matter to ourthai we cannot simply proceed to use the "

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would be wise to do so.

Richard Helms Deputy Director (Plane)

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