CIA - JFK Library Missile Gap Agenda

Document Release Event Agenda

PENETRATING THE IRON CURTAIN:
RESOLVING THE MISSILE GAP WITH TECHNOLOGY

JFK Presidential Library and Museum
and the
Central Intelligence Agency

September 26, 2011
Boston, Massachusetts

1:00pm – 1:10pm         WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Tom Putnam, Director, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

1:10pm – 1:15pm         THE CIA’S HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM
Joe Lambert, Director, Information Management Services, CIA

1:15pm – 2:45pm         INTELLIGENCE PANELS
     OVERVIEW OF THE MISSILE GAP
     John Bird, Co-author with Joan Bird of this study

     FACING THE MISSILE GAP
     Edward Proctor, Drafter of the National Intelligence Estimate, and Chief
     of CIA’s Guided Missile Task Force during the Missile Gap crisis

     THE PROBLEMS OF INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS
     Robert Jervis, Author of Why Intelligence Fails: Lessons from
     the Iranian Revolution and the Iraq War

3:15pm – 4:45pm         US POLICY IMPLICATIONS

     THE US CONTEXT OF THE MISSILE GAP CONTROVERSY
     Fred Kaplan, Author of Wizards of Armageddon

     THE MISSILE GAP FROM A HISTORIAN’S VANTAGE
     Tim Naftali Author with Aleksandr Fursenko of “One Hell of a Gamble”:
     Khrushchev, Castro and Kennedy 1958-1964

     INTELLIGENCE UNCERTAINTIES FROM THE POLICYMAKERS VANTAGE
     Ted Warner, Secretary of Defense Representative to New START

4:45pm                CLOSING REMARKS AND INTRODUCTION TO THE FORUM
Tom Putnam, Director, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

4:50pm – 5:30pm         Reception and Individual Discussions with Panel Members

5:30pm – 7:00pm         50th Anniversary: The Missile Gap Controversy 50 years ago this month, President Kennedy received national security estimates that the gap between the USSR and the USA was a myth. Join historians Timothy Naftali, Fred Kaplan, and John Prados for a discussion of this pivotal moment in history.

7:30pm – 9:00pm         Reception for Invited Guests

Registration is as follows:

REGISTRATION: Please note - this event appears in TWO parts and each part requires separate registration. If you wish to attend the full program, register for both parts ASAP. Event seating is on a space available basis. Registration forms are identical but contain hidden identifier for each part you are selecting so, to attend both, you need to feel out both forms.
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Part I - 1 - 4:45 p.m. - CIA Overview of the Missile Gap. Preceding the Kennedy Library Missile Gap forum, the CIA is sponsoring two panels on the challenges of intelligence analysis and the implications for US policy with John Bird, Edward Proctor, Robert Jervis, Ted Warner and others. Reception follows close of this session.
To Register for this portion click here: CIA at JFK Library PART I

Part II - 5:30 - 7 p.m. - Forum on 50th Anniversary of the Missile Gap Controversy. Special panel of historians Timothy Naftali, Fred Kaplan and John Prados discuss this pivotal moment in world history. Mary Elise Sarotte, Professor of International Relations at USC, will moderate.
To Register for Part II click here: CIA at JFK Library PART II