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Following h i s rZce?.pt of the al>c,v? cimnents 3rd -".::coin- mendation, the President, on January 39, 1957, rcfirrec! the rec- ormiendation t o "the representatives designated unckr ?ISC 5 'i.12/2 f o r study , consulting with tF,elr prInc?-pals, and r q o r t ?;lie;-eon . to' ,%e Pr2sj.dmt". In appoving the a h w ~ oct? on, thz prr-;7ident, dj.,rec:e? that a report be sc?xniZtec! t o h . h as IIOOT-I as p~a2ticabl.z arid prior t n h l s takins f i n a l actton therem. of, :;!:I:$ :lts:.cer t o the Special NSC Ij41212 Group, t h e w r i t e r sui?- ,*;- t - ..>.: . ubt4 3 reporC on the probltx t o :ha Presidentl~ Special &xis- ~ , C A ; . & for' Na';icnal Secur;.tlr Affairs !wha :.ii?s t;l?.:i? a mexber :,f t h e fi.>paratory t o consideration o C ti;e !:rs3.3ent 1s 2eferrsl 1- .. -4- Special p a r t : I "In the Woup'n, zonsideFat!.cc of tyiie s t e p s xi:ieh should bu talton t o remedy 3-82 siti?at:: r>n which granipted the K2.lllan Board rxonmndc?tj.nn, kh: rDllowlng iioints should be 'corne 3.r. nine: invol'iTe t h e u t i l l z z t i o n of I personnel, and I "a. he clandestine cperations !!&? i n quest1c.n ]of a l l C I A t s [ of sll j . t s funds. "b. Some of thcas clandestine p r j e c t s are sixh a natcre that' If they Are not capefull)- thought !;hpou.gh I n advance, and i f they are not carried i n t o dffect competently, they can bzckfire I n suc!! manner as t o d o Immeasurable harm t o the national se:::I?ity and pnestip? of t h e united States. 'IC. Jolnt Etarfing of SUClj projects i s of pars- mount-lrn ortance. (In t h e p a s t there ha3 been no (advance7 j o i n t Ltaffing of any of tk.:se clandcstine projects . } "d , by thz NSC 5412/2 Croup are also of g m a t lrnportnnce lr! terms of effectlvely irnplcmentinc :;he> U l l i a n Boa,rd recommendation. I n the past m c s t of these clandestine p r c j e c t s have not enjoyed the b e n e f i t of formalized consideration an3, lnaofar as I lmow, none of them has been formally approved by t h e KSC T412/2 Group. It is trcc that some of Lhese p r c j e c t s hy-vs been mentioned casually o r otherwise st infcrmal meetings of t h e Group, but such i n f o n n a l j t i e s can s c a r c e l y be cons!.dered a substl.tute for the j o i n t nrmal consideration an? formalized approiral