OFFICIAL DIARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01041A000100020139-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 1998
• Sequence Number: 139
• Publication Date: September 2, 1952
• Content Type: NOTES

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Official Diary
Tuesday, 2 September 1952
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1. Colonel Baird spoke to me about restrictions recently placed
on attendance by CIA personnel (as well as personnel from other agencies)
at lectures in the War College. Mr. Dulles and I have determined that since
these restrictions were not discriminatory, CIA would not complain to the
War College. Colonel Baird undertook, if there were a demand, to attempt to
arrange special lectures by outstanding individuals coming here for talks
at the War College and., after discussing this at the IADs' meeting, I called
Colonel Baird and requested him to do so*
of Secretary Pace which, as presently arranged, will take place Wednesday
next.
2. Arranged for attendance by 0/NE, 0/CI, et al., at a debriefing
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3. Spoke by phone with regarding a recent cab on
which had been referred to Gen. Canine. I merely inquir d whether
was i.ng the position that this type of a relationship was a FI function,
rather than an AFSA function, although it should be coordinated AFSA. Mr,
indicated that he was taking this position and undertook to have me
briefed on the situation in the near future.
!L. spoke to me on the urgency of his obtaining a man
to head up his Intelligence section. He has a GS-15 slot. I later raised
this point with the TADs and there is a bossibility that Sherman Kent mey
25X1A9a have a candidate, if he is able to get
5. Attended NSC Senior Staff meeting on NSC 135 and NSC 135/1.
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25X1A9a 6. of Comoro spoke to me about the availability of
presently Secretary of USCIB, who is a GS-13. Later 25X1 A9a
came in to see me and I indicated that there would be a position open to
him in the 0/CI Policy and Liaison Staff. only concern was as to 25X1 A9a
the training of a successor for his present position. I shall have to
speak to Mr. Sheldon on this as soon as he returns.
7. I spoke by phone with Gen. McClelland and suggested it would
be helpful to have a Como liaison officer in 0/CI and he agreed. Mr.
25X1A9a Sheldon had designated Hof 0/CI for this position and I so
informed Gen. McClelland.
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8. Spoke with and suggested the advisability that
0/CI, as a corollary of its Special Intelligence responsibility, keep itself
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informed as to all activities relating to noise listening and electronic
counter-measures. The desirability of this was most impressive in the case
of relations with special processing centers and we later had a discussion of
this question in the IADs' meeting.
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9. informed me of certain changes suggested by
General McKee in the current draft of the summary evaluation paper which were
holding up final agreement.
10. Pursuant to instructions from DCI, sent Volume One of the
25X1A5a1 tudies to Undersecretary Bruce and informed him that a complete set was
25X1 A9a available, if he desired it. Informed - of this.
U. Chatted with Messrs. Farley and Weber of the NSC Secretariat,
respecting the 0/RR. report on the Communist Five-Year Plan, which was relevant
to certain discussions we had had recently respecting the possibility of
comparing US and Soviet positions. Also discussed briefly with them the
question of a Commander's estimate for the President.
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25X1A9a on or about Sep ember 6th. Arranged with to have an FI officer debrief
25X1A5a1 if he were willing to talk. This last question will be determined
25X1 A9a by through an intermediary.
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1 . Cleared with Dr. Andrews and a legend to be
25X1A5a1 stamped on prior to dissemination, and also requested
a paper showing what distribution was being made.
25X1A9a Ilt.. Suggested to that we set up in FI a "'Who's Who"
on delegates to the Asian Peace Conference which is shortly to convene in
25X1A9a Peiping. He will take this up with when he returns early
next week.
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15. Chatted with of FI respecting certain reports
which he had collected and the difficulty of getting them to the
Intelligence Offices.
25X1 A9a 16. Arranged with Mr. Amory to have a talk with
25X1A6a who is back from
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