OFFICIAL DIARY (ACTING DD/ I )

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01041A000100020036-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2000
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: December 15, 1952
• Content Type: NOTES

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Official Diary
(Acting DD/I)
Monday, 15 December 1952
1. AD/CD reported that one of his operatives had been criminally assaulted
over the week-end but that the matter was in the hands of Security. So informed
DCI just in case there should be any publicity on it which he might see.
2. Brought up report submitted by DAD/CD on the basis of observations of
25X1A9~ (0/SI) that Russian attaches had been attending the National Electronics VA 'j)
Conference in Chicago two months ago and inquiring assiduously as to how we use F- 4,r
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pare a strong letter to Acheson, implying that if Acheson didn't take appropri-
ate action immediately to restrict them to the 50-mile zone, he would raise the
matter at the NSC.
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3.
visit to
Conferred with
the Ele ctronics'
Conference.
on the details of Russian attaches'
Felt that the f acts are completely straight
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and that
they are as
ed.
initially repor
Lt.. Conferred with Sheldon on drying up of certain materials and on the problem
of clearing senior 0/RR personnel. I stated that I could not understand how it was
25X1A9a conceivable that a man should be nonclearable for- work and yet furnished ac-
cess to all NIEs, etc., that a senior person in 0/RR necessarily has to work with.
25X1A9a in other words, I felt that if investigation turned up something about a
1W GS-14 that made him wish to exclude hire, that should ipso facto call for Security re-
view proceedings looking toward termination of his employment. He felt that as a
general statement of policy, there was a lot in what I said and agreed to review a
certain case with that in mind.
5. Mrs. Eleanor Dulles (NPA) called to suggest that more efficient use might
be made of the data available to NPA by Intelligence. NPA is represented on the EIC
by ODM and also thru O IT of Commerce but this involves some insulation which prevents
25X1A9anaximum flow. Sent as Chief of Co-ordination of Economic Intelligence
to get an elaboration of her views and take necessary action.
6. Lunched with Colonel Bradford Butler and Colonel Lewis Levell. Butler,
who is Chief of Training for Army Para. Military, raised the question of the split
in the Intelligence community as to the availability of indigenous resources as of
D-Day behind the Iron Curtain. Apparently, G-2 feels that there is such, and on
the basis of its views, is expending approximately one hundred million dollars each
year in preparing 100 teams to drop shortly after D-Day. Air and Navy are very du-
bious but what bothers me is that "CIA" is reported to have two views, one on the
senior level and one on the working level, the latter of which backs the Army. So
far as I am aware, we have never estimated in detail on this matter; so the so-called
CIA views must be various emanations from the wrong side of the Reflection Pool.
25X1A6a Later spoke to Sherman Kent and about this and also asked Lt. Col.
Vanderhoef, of General Partridge s o. ce to see what G-2 had on this with an eye
to doing a special estimate if such seemed desirable.
Tilts document is part of an integrated
~..r file. If separated from the file it must be
b cte to indivldua! systematic review.
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7. Talked to about a
reed to send
g
25X1A9aone guy right away on TDY C but suggested that balance of those requested
on TDY be held up for about ten days so that Becker?s world-wide views on this
matter could be taken into consideration.
8. Sent 3 hours with the Board and IAC Deputies, hammering out NIE-78
25X1A2 A virtually agreed paper resulted, though in my opinion it is not
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specifically rdgret backing away from the expression of odds favoring the out-
break of war during the course of ten years.
9. Attended Reserve Officer Meeting. Witnessed excellent film on Russian
railroad transportation. Was somewhat horrified to learn that our graphic register
has given up all interest in Russian railroads, turning the matter over to Army Map
Service of the Corps of Engineers. This seems highly debatable because the close
integration of railroads and other industrial facilities means that many railroad
pictures show oil refineries and other industrial plants. Also noted that laying
of pre-assembled tracks and ties, which seemed to be done so efficiently in the
motion picture (at the rate of about 5 miles per hour), is prohibited in America
by the railroad brotherhoods:
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