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~p SECRET Central Intelligence Agency -- except for the Garcia case -- for all practical purposes ended by August 1960.* The only other significant involvement between the Vice President and the Central Intelligence Agency, prior to the change of administration on 20 January 1961, concerned a briefing of the Democratic candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, prior to the 1960 election. On 23 July 1960, follow- , ing the Democratic convention, Allen Dulles briefed Sen. John Kennedy, and on 28 July Senator Lyndon Johnson. In his memorandum to President Eisenhower, who had directed that Dulles give these briefings, the nCI reported that in the two hour period for each briefing he had covered US relations with the Soviet Uflion, developments in the Berli~ situation, in the * Whether this re~lects the concentration of the Vice President's activities on the upcoming November elec- tion, whether the principal contacts came to be main- tained between Col. J. C. King and Nixon's office -- with the consequent reference memoranda being included in J. C. King's files, which have disappeared from the sight of God and man -- or whether, in fact, this is an accurate reflection of the limited contacts, the author cannot confirm. His inclination is to believe that the contacts probably were as limited as described- above. - 269 - "Fer S l::C REi