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- 18 - satisfied t h a t t h e s p i r i t o r its I n i t i a l recomcerdation had been met fully, the Board postponeC? f i n a l comment thereon pending t h e outcome of organizational changes of t h e DDi/P xhich were then Contemplated by t h e D:rcctcr of Central 1ntcll:igence. I n a report t o t h e Board by the Director o f Central Intelligence dated Ma'rch 3, 1960, he stated h i s 1:ecognition t h a t Yull in~l%nentatlon of t h e Board's- recomnenda.tion rests I n larcz pa.rt or! the r x q a n i z a - tior! of C I A ' S Clandestine Services and. on a.idl.tiona1 Flznncd chmges . . which were then in p o g r e s s . (As w i l l . be r e f k c t e d l z h r , the P m r d i n a subsequent report t o . the 'Pres?dent. reitcratzc! p o ~ t i o n o cf it3 ' . ,orIglr.al recom2ndatlon lr. t h l s area Scaling w.i th t h e nzed f o r hi.i;t--.r organization and management, G f CI.4 s Clandsstli.;? S<rvic?s. ) , On Dec,amber 16, 1358 the Preeidcni's Eoard mt. wiLh tne Presiden5 t o discuss the series of rc?2ornuenCat:.onr; contaiii::.c! 5." t!?c @c tober 30, 1958 rzport , Includin(~ t h e mca;nmsi-:.4ation cpoteii & w e . Believing that the reconicendstions on cov2rf o::xat-Ions !vh!.ch 1 *; had made two 5rea.i.s earl:-e!r. i.3.e not be,w i'ully ~ . ~ ~ i p l m ~ r i 4 ~ x ? , :.hz Board Chalrman, xLt5 t!i? &xxxrr@ncc of 4.1 inern!icJ_np ot t h e ?:card, made tile followhs r?i*al. comments cn t h e sub:ec!: : VII. cold \:ai:- Operations "!hil;? we have not rr.entionc,c? C O ~ C >jar Operatinns .. extenni1:ely in +,?:!E wi-ittcn sestlot-1 o.? cur repnrk - 5 .e., opera tfons i f l w l v i n d cland?sfine, :>o3 i t i c s l , psycholcgl- cal. a?d paranilitar; grojec ts ccn!:?uct..xl by t h e C I A m d c r t h e authority of MSC 51!12/2 - t h e m , nsv~ztheless, is zi m a l question in o w q:indo as t o %!-:e net; 1c.ag-tew a d v a n t a p s t h a t arc being derived i'rcm many of the Fro- g;remn wh5.ch 3 r d m Involved ccvertl; i n th,; In:.zml a f f a i r s of pract?-c?.lly every countrdr t o which ne have access. Hcr'zrever, slnce pcli t r c a l 2ut:lgments urou3.3 bc requirzd i n aEy assessmerit of such p:*ograms (whetkor they be p o l i t i c a l , psychological or garanilltarj- 2.n nature) and - since suck: judgmmtn ai''? b,c-yor.d purview of this T)oa:*c! - we have refr?.incd from 3 3 ~ formal attempt t o evaluate the cover: Cold ?lar e f f o r t . !(e dq, however, have coments conczming soii;.2 aspects of it which we believe ycu might be intcrected I n hearlug st t h i s t i m e . "In t h e l i g h t cf :;he outlook ?-n many areas of' the world i n whlch the C I A has engaged in Cold ',!a~- O2,sra- t i o n s of one s o r t or another over vzr.jring periods of time we feel. t h a t an object:ve endeavor to I ~ E ~ S U ~ Y t h e values of these operations, as wel.1 a.: t o review tile methods of their handling, might be s;ezly well wol-th while.