AS I AM LEAVING TODAY, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW OF THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE MEMORANDUM PROPOSING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE.

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December 26, 1944
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Approved For Release 2011/10/11: CIA-RDP09K00541 R000700090016-1 26 December 1944 1 RANDt FOR. TH...`-. PRESIDENT As l an leaving today, I panted to let you know of the present status of the ne or ;ndum proposing the establishment of a central. intelligence ervice. It was. referred by the JCS to the JIC for comment T;nd rec- ommendation through the Joint -Strategic purvey Committee. The JIC Committee his produced two counter proposals: one by representatives of the military agencies and the other by repre a atatives. of . t;a.te, FL 'j,, and O 3S. These two counter pr6- 2osals, differ from each other so fundamentally in amproach, con- cept, and scopes to be irreconcilable. Both pagers ure to be presented to .the Joint L trate,ic Eurvey' Committee. The pro 1-osai of the civilian agencieE cloely follows.. the original pro .oral to you. It is k--,-,A upon the ;remise that. the end product of intelligence activity mu. A be a complete,. synthesis. estizste upon which --?)olicy with re ' ect t o thenational security as a *hole may be safely based. mile a tproying the &ppointeent of the Director by the `res i- dent, as suggested ,by aye, the civilian paper would have the Li- rector iat?ad,:!' ,eportiag to the President, reporting to the Approved For Release 2011/10/11: CIA-RDP09K00541 R000700090016-1 Approved For Release 2011/10/11: CIA-RDP09KO0541 R000700090016-1 c Board, co tsiating of the ecretaries of ' xr, tote, and Davy. The Board would et the policies but the Director would h ve the adainistr*ti4power to carry them out. The proposal of the military sem sera Ili not yet finalized. M now draft eaadee early action. Its is concerned 2ri airily m t Astioasl security in,Its narrow ienae.. its coa t, it a , nroachea the problem .ref pr4*1d4? i =tional policy i # i ence frog the deb srtarentel - soiat of view. ' It provides, 4fa " a -iin1a ' of'oen.tra lsatian and ad m& rt c, to re- ti-ken is the Inadvisability of having so nany individual ai encies strlat. 'the authority of Abe Director- rho -the wish appointed by the bii et-' 8eereturiec,. acting jointly, The ect'-of Able pa or would eli hate little of the exit- ing Nto t tora r.i~ re . uest of the Strategic urvey .r 4 I eaer~rd?`:be ore it: end sxplIiced the theory': erlying the frii.ary paper end the manner of +.dninii ttration. From the questions and co >e. entf of the 2embors, I judge that they recognize the nece .dity of a tabli ping Such a z ,r:'tern but. once the Director is a,% ~oiated b r the eaident they SA that he report to the Board rather than to the ',resident. The grouad ;rortin& directly to the aPresident. I stated that this was a 4rfor. Presidential decision. Approved For Release 2011/10/11: CIA-RDP09KO0541 R000700090016-1 Approved For Release 2011/10/11: CIA-RDP09KO0541 R000700090016-1 Approved For Release 2011/10/11: CIA-RDP09KO0541 R000700090016-1