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.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2011
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• Publication Date: December 26, 1944
• Content Type: MEMO

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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
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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.
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