PREPARATION OF REPORT ON THE NATIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFORT, OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1952

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 16, 1999
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• Publication Date: December 4, 1952
• Content Type: MEMO

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THE DIRECTOR OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGY BOARD WASHINGTON 2E. D. C PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGY BOARD
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DEC 4 - 1952
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
The Central Intelligence Agency
SUBJECT: Preparation of Report on the National Psychological
Effort, October 1 to December 31, 1952
The Psychological Strategy Board, at its meeting on
October 31, 1952, requested the Director to study the matter
of periodic reports to the President and the National Security
Council, "with a view to developing recommendations with respect
to period to be covered, format, procedure, and other relevant
aspects thereof". In accordance with this request, work on such
a study was initiated at once. Consultations have been held with
the reporting staff of the National Security Council, and with
appropriate officers in the member departments and agency, and in
the Mutual Security Agency.
The study is still continuing, but the necessity for meeting
the NSCts request for a pro res eport eove rind the period
October 1 to December 31 52, means that an inter =working
ag eemen e wean the staffs concerned is desirable for this
purpose. It is our understanding that the attached proposals
have been discussed with you by and accepted
as a basis for drafting the next report.
It is hoped that the experience gained in applying these
suggestions to the report will be of value in determining what
form the final recommendations requested by the Board should take.
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"Preparation of Report on the
National Psychological Effort,
October 1 to December 31, 1952"
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