CATEGORIES: DIEM DATES: 13 Sept. 1963 STAFF: Emerson PERSONS/ACTIVITIES: Halberstam, David; McCone, John, DCI OCCURRENCE: Halberstam stated that the chief of the Central Intelligence Agency was the most powerful man in Washington. He further commented that the present U.S. association with Diem while necessary, has severely damaged intelligence gathering. SOURCE: IG Report 1967 (CIA), p. 22 FILE: NW 50955 DocID:32423615 Page 73