Dear Mr. Armstrong:

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• Publication Date: February 1, 1951
• Content Type: LETTER

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Mr. W. Park Armstrong
Special Assistant, Intelligence
Department of State
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Dear Mr. Armstrong:
As you know, General Smith has written to the Secretary of
State to indicate in broad terms how he envisions the allocation
of certain intelligence responsibilities,, in line with National
Security Council Directives, as between the Department of State
and the Central Intelligence Agency. This letter was based on
the principles agreed to in our recent discussions on the rec-
sponsibilities of the Department and Central Intelligence Agency
with reference to certain functions formerly performed in Central
Intelligence Agency by the Office of Reports and Estimates. To
assist you in planning to meet the additional burden which will
fall on the Department, I am outlining my understanding of the
agreements upon which General Smith's letter is based.
The Department has responsibility for intelligence research
in the political, cultural and sociological fields. The research
work hitherto performed in these fields by our former Office of
Reports and Estimates is discontinued and the Department will be
responsible for meeting the requests from all departments and
agencies previously handled by the Office of Reports and Estimates.
This will include initiation of requirements for intelligence
collection and evaluation of raw information reports in these
fields. The Department will undoubtedly have further demands on
its resources arising from its increasing participation in the
preparation of National Intelligence Estimates.
As a guide towards estimating the.increased burden on the
Department, I might point out that Central Intelligence Agency
is discontinuing, among other activities, the following:
1. Political research to meet the requests of the
National Security Council, the Joint Chiefs of
Staff and other departments and agencies;
2. Intelligence research for psychological warfare;
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3. Intelligence research on international organizations,
particularly United Nations;
Intelligence research on world Communism;
Intelligence research in the political, cultural and
sociological fields for the internal needs of Central
Intelligence Agency.
The Central Intelligence Agency wishes to assist the Department
in meeting these new responsibilities, as is indicated in General Smith's
letter. To fulfill this obligation, Central Intelligence Agency
is prepared to:
1. Provide, for the remained of fiscal 1951 funds for
additional personnel up to the amount we 25X1 Al a
have both estimated that the number of additional
personnel which the Department may need is approximately
150.
2. Cooperate in the detail or transfer to the Department
of any available personnel formerly engaged in,the
Office of Research and Estimates. The Department is
free to discuss such detail or transfer directly with
the personnel involved.
I understand that working negotiations are under way on these
points. Copies of this letter have been distributed to the ap-
propriate officers in this organization for policy guidance. I
hope you and I may meet for further discussions if the need arises
in the course of these negotiations.
Sincerely,
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WILLIAM H. JACKSON
Deputy Director of
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