PROPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE INSTRUCTION CONCERNING ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04718A000400020043-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2000
• Sequence Number: 43
• Publication Date: November 3, 1949
• Content Type: MEMO

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3 November 1949
MEMORANDUM FOR: THE DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: Proposed Administrative Instruction
concerning Aliens in the United States
REF:R9NCE: Memorandum to the Director from the
General Counsel, dated 28 Oct 1949,
subject: Proposed Admin. Instr. Re
Entry, Status and Disposal of Aliens.
1. In our memorandum dated 28 October 1949, for-
warding the Proposed Administrative Instruction, we
stated that the draft had been submitted to OPC and,
according to telephone conversations with Mr. Hulick,
we thought there was no basic objection to the procedures
on the part of OPC. We have now received from
the attached memorandum, dated 1 November. As stated
therein, our reference of the proposed memorandum to
OPC was on an informal basis and was not a request for
formal concurrence or non-concurrence.
2. In paragraph 4 of his memorandum, 25X1A
states several objections to the Proposal for adminis-
trative procedures controlling the entry and status of
aliens in the United States. Our comments on each point
are submitted herewith:
25X1A a. states his principal objection
Ts to have s office brought so extensively
into operational matters. We had ourselves
raised this question before with 25X1A
We have 25X1A
been informed by them the this office would
continue the handling of the alien problem
from an administrative point of view. The
only alternative we can suggest is to create
a special staff or service section within or
immediately under the Executive to cope with
this problem for the Agency as a whole.
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25X1A
25X1 C
Actions or commitments concerning aliens which
backfire do so directly into your office, so I
cannot recommend putting the focal point in
any of the three operational offices concerned.
bJ objects to paragraph 4 concern-
Tng recommendations by the General Counsel.
This was intended to be recommendations on ways
and means rather.than on whether or not an
action should be taken. Since, as worded, it
appeared too broad to us, we requested its
deletion and this paragraph is not now in the
draft before you,
c. I mnotes that paragraph 5 places
In the General Counsel's Office responsibility
for all action concerning entry which necessitates
action by U. S. officials or agencies. He states
his belief that this office could not take such
action without paralyzing delays and the Proposal
cuts directly across liaison relationships. We
take definite exception to the statement con-
cerning "paralyzing delays". Any case or request
presented for urgent action, if accompanied by
the necessary information, need not stay in this
office longer than necessary for us to get the
proper clearance from yourself or the Executive.
We are in an excellent position to get such
clearances. We have good relationships with
those officials who need to take action on the
entry or status of an alien in this country.
Since the outside agencies which must be called
on for action are the Visa Division of State,
the Immigration and Naturalization Service and
the Department of Justice, we do not believe
we will interfere with the proper liaison
arrangements of OPC with State and Defense.
In so far as the FBI is concerned, we believe
these alien cases, under your recent instructions,
are to be handled with the Bureau through I&S.
In any case, nothing in this Directive is intended,
in any way, to interfere with planning concerning
aliens, both internally and together with other
agencies,
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wish to call a meeting as recommended
byl it would not appear necessary to call
on 030 or inasmuch as they not only approve of the
draft proposal, but are, in effect, complying with
it in practice and have been for some time. Since it
is purely an internal procedure paper, I see no need
for representation by State and Defense, at least in
any preliminary consideration.
25X1A
LAWRENCE R. HOUSTON
General Counsel
Legal Staff
25X1A
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