REPORT ON ASSISTANT DIRECTORS' OPINIONS REGARDING PROPOSED CIA JOURNAL

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 26, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 12, 1951
• Content Type: MEMO

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DIRECTOR OF TRAINING4 CIA
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SUBJECT: Report on Assistant Directors' Opinions Regarding Proposed CIA Journal
REFERENCE: My Memorandiri of 27 June concerning an Employee Journal
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19 I talked with the Assistant Directors of 0/CD. 0/RR,R_ n /CI, 0/0, and
0/IC! and wirii th 1 ' , T , + . -I-
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spe ng wi h the full autho he latter
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ttitudes ranged from lukewarm
to hot. 0/CD and 0/R&R seemed to shout the least interest; 0/NE and 0/SI possibly
the most, but I should say that the Journal---after certain objections had been
ironed out---would have the backing of all concerned. The National Estimates
0 Board discussed the project and voted unanimous approval of it.
2. The principal suggestings arising directly out of the referenced mem-
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Such a nubiication ought to be an im
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actor in im-
a Proving morale and furthering tra
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'rom and whether or not there would be enough to fill a respectable publication.
iscussion, however, seemed to me to indicate that material ou-,ht to be plentiful,
..,w., -___ vaJ V I VL1 V11 owuLtCity grounas to -one inclusion
f anything to do with intelli
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s or techniques. On the otter hand,
-4.s pointed out by dlr. most of them are ancient, standard, and kno 5X1 A9
C_:%; ~ a e e world over. By sticking to these and emphasizing the
past rather than the
gresent, you olAght to be able to rtm a series of articles of great interest to
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ose working 3n intelligence which oughtt nevertheless, to be innoucous to
ecurity.
6. Oddly enough, there was
1.4 a articles on the work of CIA outside the US.
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no comment on the matter of including
Perhaps wrongly, I took alience for
e. The only comment on a news column came from Mr.
25X1A9a 0/NE who thought it a good idea. We thought such a column could be obtained
from 0/CI; then possibly sanitized for security.
_f. Points of view on a personnel and administration page ranged
from insistence that it would be ruinous to the paper and should be omitted, to
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insistence that it would make the paper and must be included,
,g. There was general agreement that twice a month would be too
ambitious, at least at the beginning, Mr. uggested not starting with
5X1A9a stipulated dates of publication but rather getting out an Issue, seeing how it
was received, and followinrr it with another when another was ready.
h. There seemed to be general approval of the idea of circulating
25X1A9a the . Mr. said this could easily be done for 0/SO,
and eemd to k it possible to reach at least some of his
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i. Two of those interviewed thought CONFIDETIAL would be a
better classification than SECRET. It was frequently noted that, if it is con-
sidered secure to circulate the contents of the ASA REVIEW under a CONFIDE_TIAL
label, CIA can do practically anything, I think I should still favor a cover
classification of SECRET but with varying classifications inside the covers.
Otherwise, you might be robbed of an excellent article that had, for some reason,
to be classified SECRET.
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j,. There were some who believed that such a small staff could
not handle a journal of the type proposed,
3. Other objections and suggestions were:
as Security would be a formidable obstacle, might take an ex-
cessive amount of time, and could result in the production of a disappointing sheet.
b? said that, a few years ago, some government
bureau had forbidden any more use organs" in the government. He thought this
ruling might still be in effect.
c. also said that it wo-ild be difficult, though not
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that it applied to them.
d. One AD was worried for fear that the Journal might result in
more work for his office.
e. It was suggested on one occasion that the Journal, rather than
making employees happier in their work, might so glorify the green in somebody
else's pasture as to foster discontent where it had not previously existed.
f. Suggestions were made regarding some sort of inter-office
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committee to handle matters urity and of individual of.-ice contributions,
After conversation with however, I was convinced that it would be
better merely to have a OFF man designated in each office through whsm;the
editor could work.
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g. Two additional columns were suggested: book reviews of pub-
lications relating to intelligence, and a selection of newspaper clippings
bearing on CIA and intelligence work,
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