REQUEST OF US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE FOR INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00549R000100050016-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: May 24, 1955
• Content Type: MEMO

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IAC-D-20/3
24 May 1955
INTELLIGENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
12.2suest of US Public Health Service,
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
for Intelligence Support
1. CIA has received a request for intelligence support from the
US Public Health Service (USPHS) based on the delegation to the
Secretary, Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) by the Federal
Civil Defense Administration (FCDA), with the approval of the
President, of responsibilities for biological, chemical, and radio-
logical warfare defense programs (see Enclosure A). The request
states that "To properly carry out these responsibilities it is
necessary to have access to information bearing on the current and
long-range capabilities and intentions of the countries behind the
Iron Curtain". The specific fields in which support is requested are
as follows:
Atomic Warfare
Biological Warfare
Chemical Warfare
Radiological Warfare
Psychological Warfare
Mental Health and Psychological Problems
Communicable Diseases
Civil Defense Activities
2. Your attention is invited to IAC actions regarding intelligence
support for FCDA contained in IAC-D-20, 1 May 1951; IAC-D-20/1,
4 May 1951; and IAC-D-20/2, 24 May 1951. Enclosure A contains the
delegation of certain responsibilities from FCDA to the Secretary
of Health, Education, and Welfare and Enclosure B contains the
assignment of certain of these responsibilities to the USPHS by the
Secretary. Dr. Theodore W. Babbitt, Planning Staff, FCDA, has
indicated that in his opinion there is a need for the intelligence support
requested.
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3. In view of the delegation of responsibilities from FCDA to
HEW contained in Enclosure A, it is recommended (1) that the IAC
authorize the several intelligence agencies to provide the US Public
Health Service with intelligence as described in paragraph 1 above
in the same manner as is now done for FCDA (see references above)
and (2) that selected national intelligence estimates related to the
civil defense mission of the USPHS be individually approved for
release by the IAC and (3) that these procedures be effective only
after CIA has investigated and approved the security arrangements
of the USPHS for handling these materials and has so notified the IAC.
4. Please telephone your concurrence or non-concurrence in
these recommendations to the Secretariat, code 143, extension 4140
by the close of business 1 June 1955.
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Secretary
Enclosures (2)
Enclosures A and B are unclassified when
removed from covering memorandum.
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