MEMORANDUM OF INFORMAL PSB MEETING, AUGUST 5, 1953

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• Document Release Date: December 17, 2007
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• Publication Date: August 5, 1953
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PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGY BOARD
Washington, D. C.
NSC review completed - may be declassified in
full
August 5, 1953
MEMORANDUM OF INFORMAL PSB MEETING, AUGUST 5,, 1953
Places Off-ice of the Director of Foreign Operations
Administration
Present: Messrs. Jackson, Smith, Kyes, Dulles, Stassen and
Morgan.
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The project was approved.
Menda Item 2. PSB Relations irith, JPJA
The Board felt that the proposed drafting of an NSC directive for
USIA should wait until the new organization has had time to get settled.
Ag dry a Ttes 'i. Study in Decline of American PrestiEe Abroad
It was decided that Mr. Dulles would have a coordinated estimate
prepared as a matter of urgency on the basis of whatever relevant infor-
mation can be obtained, notably from State Department and CIA sources,
together with material to be supplied by Mr. Jackson, Then the PSB
Staff would be asked to draft a plan for meeting and reversing the
alleged decline in U.S. prestige. This plan would be submitted to the
Board for approval. I called the Boards attention to the fact that the
NSC action calls for Council consideration of the Boardts study before
mid-September.
end Ttem4. "A9,1 Developments
The Board considered a number of suggestions for action. It felt
that a second note to Moscow might be over-doing it at this; time, and.
that for the coming week the following would suffice: (1) the High
Commissioners offer to release for the purchase of food East German
funds now frozen; (2) a strong line on RIAS attacking East German re--
pressive measures as a crime against the people; and (3) the scheme to
encourage East Berliners to pass food parcels on to Germans in the East
Zone (''Every Ger:nan help a German."),, Messrs. Dulles and Kyes also
agreed to inquire for suggestions on how to discourage East German police
and paramilitary personnel from taking part in repressive measures. The
Board agreed further that the current procurement of food for the German
operation should continue in order to keep the stockpiles high, and that
a certain proportion of the food for East Germany should not be consigned
directly to the German Federal Republic in order to retain for the U.S.
a free hand to meet contingencies. In additions it was agreed that
press clamor for greater use of the 1"1&de in America" label in connection
with this program should be firmly resisted. In general the Board felt
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that a change of pace might be more desirable than a steady build-up
in the exploitation of satellite unrest. With this thought in mind,
it directed the PSB D-45 Working Group to inquire into the possibility
of shifting the main action to Poland or some other satellite country.
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This item was discussed,
? enda te, Ot,,Bisa
The Board instructed men with the assistance of agency representatives
to make a preliminary study on how to Implement NSO Action 866 with respect
to implementation of the Jackson Committee recommendations.
George A. Morgan
Acting Director.
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