DEAR MR. RUSSELL:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP64-00658A000100290005-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 10, 1946
• Content Type: LETTER

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I sieh to express my appreciation for the opportunity of discussing
the importance of the 1947 budget for state Department intelligence
activities to the Central Intelligence Group and the War and Navy
Departments. It has occurred to me that the following brief anal-
jsis of the principal considerations involved might be of assist-
ance to you in any discussions which you might have with the Secre-
tary of State.
Tice concept of an interdepartmental Central Intelligence Group, as
embodied in the President's directive, means that the national in-
telligence mission can be accomplished only if each of the executive
departments performs the intelligence functions required to discharge
its responsibilities for insuring the national security. In other
words, no department is self-sufficient, in the field of intelligence;
each must depend on the others for a substantial part of its require-
ments. Therefore, the failure of any one department to carry its
share of the load will not only affect adversely its own operations?
but will have an extremely detrimental effect uponnany other depart-
ments and upon the national intelligence program.
The role of the State Department in the conduct of the national in-
telligence program: is second to none in importance and magnitude,
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of foreign political and economic affairs are unique and can be dis-
charged fully by no other department. Therefore., in these fields it
is essential that the State Department perforce its appropriate intel-
ligence functions, not only to serve its own riteds, but also those of
the President, the War and. Navy Departments, the Joint Chiefs of Staff
and other Federal departments and agencies.
T hope that the above notes may be of value to you, and that you will
ad?se me if any further information or assistance is desired.
Sincerely yoga
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Acting Director
Honorable Donald S. Russell
Assistant Secretary of State
Department of State
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