OFFICIAL DIARY

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 1998
• Sequence Number: 138
• Publication Date: September 3, 1952
• Content Type: NOTES

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Official Diary
Wednesday, 3 September 1952
25X1A5a1 1. At the Deputies' meeting, which the DCI did not attend
re orted on the arrangements which we had made for debriefing in
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2. Suggested as a PW-measure that PP get out a brochure defining
the terms used by the Russians in their various propaganda handouts along the
25X1A9a lines suggested by Kennan for a reply to the recent Russian note.
undertook to look into this question,and Mr. Hedden suggested that after it
had been worked out a final brochure should be prepared by professionals.
3. Also reported at the Deputies' meeting that we were settin
up a 'Who's Who's on the Asian Peace Conference in FI. 25X1A9a
4. Reported to Mr. Dulles on the NSC Senior Staff eeting on
NSC 135, specifically respecting the JCS comments and the NSR comments.
We inferred that the latter may have been affected by the E?W paper.25X1A9a
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5. Chatted with , who had been offered to the 25X1A9a
Intelligence Offices on a rotation basis (two years) by
25X1 A9- is highly qualified with respect to Czechoslovak a an_ well quali-
fied with respect to Eastern Europe, in-general. He would be particularly
interested in working in 0/NE, but would also be interested in other Offices.
I suggested that he talk both with Sherman Kent and with Mr. Sheldon.
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6. Chatted with on certain matters coming before
7. Attended IADs' meeting.
8. Reviewed with Dr. Andrews his plans respecting the work of
the Supergrade Board. His point was that the recent ceiling ruling and the
activities of the Board to date are based upon an inadequate study of the
actual supergrade position in the various agencies and departments of the
Government, and he indicated the need for substantial work being done on
the facts. I fully concurred, and also said that he should not lose
sight of the allocation of such supergrades as between the Intelligence
and Operational Offices. Specifically, it seemed to me that there was an
undue allocation of such grades to OPC type operations, which, over the
long term, are not basic CIA functions. Dr. Andrews proposed that the
facts, when ascertained, be made freely available to the respective ADs,
Nw~ and I concurred.
(CONTINUED)
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25X1A9a
I reports and
received a lar a volume of reports for dissemi
nation to the Intelligence
25X1 A9a Offices. informed me that he had cleared this in advance with Mr.
25X1A9a
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10. re uested some tailor-made intelligence reports,
25X1 A2chich I shall refer to as I later confirmed with the
Director that this series had his approval and thereafter requestedNEW 25X1 A9a to prepare such a series. i the
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11. Spoke with Dr. Kent on from - respecting a
proposed Anglo-French-US conference on the Soviet threat to NATO. Dr. Kent
and I agreed as to the line to be taken and I undertook to draft a reply.
12. Commented to Dr. Kent with respect to the North :African
estimate, stating that I was surprised that no mention was made to the U.S.
labor support to the various Nationalist movements. Also queried whether
the estimate fully took into account the possibility of small-scale riots
in Morocco during the fall. Dr. Kent. took this point under consideration.
13. Col. Porter phoned me respecting the Joint Staff reaction
to the first two conclusions of NIE 61.i.. In those paragraphs the Russians
had been given the capability of taking most of Europe, Asia, and the
Middle East, but not simultaneously. The Joint Staff thought that this
was most "plus" and also felt that the operations could be conducted
simultaneously. I expressed some surprise at this, in view of the fact
that last year, during the preparation of NSC 114, after an NIE had given
the Soviets the capability of taking all of Europe, the JCS had insisted
on revising NSC 111 to indicate that certain strategically-important
positions could be held. Their present attitude indicated either that they
were changing their position or that we were'slipping vis-a-vis the Soviets.
Col. Porter was not, apparently, familiar with this background and undertook
to look into it. I later informed - of 0/NE of these facts and 25X1A9a
requested him to look into the history of NSC 111. Subsequently, I confirmed
with Mr. Lay my recollection of the facts.
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