Reminiscences of Gordon Gray : oral history, 1975.

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Reminiscences of Gordon Gray : oral history, 1975.

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National Security Council: Eisenhower's use of the Forty Committee, meeting records, advisory function; Cuban issue: formation of Central Intelligence Agency plans, memorandum of presidential meetings, Bay of Pigs, mobilization of exiles, assassination plots: Castro, Nasser, Trujillo, extent of discussion in Eisenhower's administration, extent of Eisenhower's awareness of plans.

Transcript: 58 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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