</s>104-10301-10000 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 164-1030-1-0000 TOP SECRET JOHN A. McCONE THE SIXTH DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE By Walter Elder Edited by Mary S. Mcauliffe, DCI Staff Historian 1987 The attached is a draft history CL BY BYE-1 which has not been forwarded for DECL OADR review outside the DCI History Staff. DERIVED FROM BYE -1 WORKING DRAFT 99 BY NO. 018-88 copy a of 2 Handle via BYEMAN Control System TOP SECRET VMC 1

**Key Points:**

* John F. Kennedy's assassination marked a significant transition in the United States, with Lyndon B. Johnson becoming the new President.
* The Bay of Pigs operation and its aftermath were discussed in meetings between McCone and President Kennedy.
* The Cuban Missile Crisis was a major event that saw McCone playing a key role in alerting top policy levels to the possibility of Soviet offensive missiles being installed in Cuba.
* Meetings with President Kennedy on various topics, including Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam, were held throughout 1963 and 1964.
* Discussions with other officials, such as McNamara and Gilpatric, on issues like intelligence community programs and national reconnaissance, took place regularly.

**Notable Events:**

* Diem's overthrow in Vietnam (November 1, 1963)
* McCone's meetings with President Kennedy to discuss the situation in Vietnam
* The development of a covert program aimed at exposing the KGB
* Discussions on the role of intelligence in a nuclear test ban treaty

**Notable Officials:**

* John F. Kennedy (President)
* Lyndon B. Johnson (President after Kennedy's assassination)
* John McCone (Director of Central Intelligence)
* Robert S. McNamara (Secretary of Defense)
* Gilpatric (McNamara's assistant)
* Clark Clifford (Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs)

**Reports and Position Papers:**

* McCone developed position papers on various topics, including the Middle East, Latin America, and the role of intelligence in a nuclear test ban treaty.
* Reports on reconnaissance requirements were issued by McCone throughout 1964.

**Meetings and Discussions:**

* President Johnson held his first NSC meeting on December 5, 1963; McCone presented an intelligence briefing.
* McCone met with President Johnson to discuss COS, Saigon, on December 6, 1963.
* McCone developed position papers in preparation for a trip to Vietnam on February 28, 1964.

**John F. Kennedy:**

* President Kennedy ordered Colby to go to Saigon as Presidential emissary on November 3, 1963.
* Meets with McConnell and Helms on November 12, 1963, for a basic discussion of Cuba.

**Assassination:**

* President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

**Investigations:**

* McConnell meets with President Johnson alone on November 23, 1963.
* McConnell attends meeting with President Johnson on A-11 on November 29, 1963.

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