OFFICIAL DIARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01041A000100040207-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 22, 1998
• Sequence Number: 207
• Publication Date: February 13, 1953
• Content Type: NOTES

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Official Diary
Friday, 13 February 1953
1. had sent me certain research studies on the Soviet
Army and I suggested to him that these studies would be of extreme. 25X1A5a1
value to the people at who had worked up the vulnerability study.
2. Reviewed with of 0/NE his proposed paper to be
submitted to the Jackson Committee.
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3. Requested Mr. Amory to draft up a brief memorandum for Mr. Dulles'
signature correcting Mr. Stassen's 50-million-ton Soviet steel production
4. Chatted briefly with respecting a personnel
matter.
5. Mr. Amory and myself briefed Mr. Lourie of State Department.
Lourie indicated he desired to talk more at length at some later date.
6.
J11jilil I= phoned;, respecting the matter and raised
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a question of s eakin Aaassen. I suggested that this might best
be done by L5X1
7. General Partridge phoned and indicated that the Army has been
maintaining a small inquiries unit at the National Airport in order to
debrief people returning from South America. Some question had been
raised as to the value of this unit and he requested that we survey its
potentialities. He suggested that our people get in touch with Colonel
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8. F.ed USCIB.
and
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visiting 0/RR and 0/SI. One point which they
The latter had
raised in an unofficial
Ie to a transfer of the
Off hand, neither
(wi-io was present throughout the meeting) nor myself could see
any objection and we undertook to consider the point. This, as I understand
it, would not involve any difficulties with respect to RESTRICTED DATA, since
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11. Briefed General Canine on the action to be taken under NSC-
137/1 and arranged with to have cop es Ljji&ropriate NSC
papers sent to the Genera". e arranged to have f 0/SI see
Mr. Gardella of General Canine's staff to implement special aspects of
this task.
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