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44, (Continued) x : Furthermore, that within CIA circles a minimum number of experta be informed. McCone stated there was no problem in CIA, that it was secure, It was therefore agreed that the USIB members would be instructed to restrict the information to their pergonal offices and fully and currently inform the Chiefs of Staff, the Chairman, the Service Secretaries and the Secrotary of Defense. Similar re- atrictive action would be taken in State. Therefore all those in- volved in "giving advice to the President" would be fully informed. However operational divisions and the joint and specified commands would not be informed at this time, except at the direction af the above People who are receiving the information. At this point the President mentioned that "we'll have to do something drastic about Cuba" and 1 am anxiously looking forward to the JCS operational plan which is to be presented to me next week, McCone effected the above instructions by calling Mr. Cline, who wae unavailable, and then Mr. Sheldon who agreed to prepare a procedure for review an Thursday morning. McCone then called the Attorney General and advised him of his talk with the Cannon Committee, The Attorney General had no particular comment, At six u'clock McCone received a report from Houston that Donovan had gone into a meeting at five o'clock, At eleven o'clock Houston reported the meeting was still in progress. At seven o'clock on Thursday morning Donovan still had no report, At 11:15 General Eisenhower called McCone stating he was sorry @ meeting could not be arranged, he was teaving very early the following morning for Gettysburg, McCone reported that negotiations were in progress and he also reported objections stated by several members of Congress. Eisenhower advised that the negotiations be pursued, indicating his support of it and furthermore stated that if the negotiations were satisfactorily concluded the complaints and objections would, in his words, disappear,