DRAFT REPLY TO NELSON ROCKEFELLER

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2007
• Sequence Number: 98
• Publication Date: April 6, 1953
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4/8/53 DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHINGTON
April 6, 1953
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. George A. Morgan
Acting Director, PSB
SUBJZ'CT: Draft Reply to Nelson Rockefeller
I have studied Mr. C. D. Jackson's draft of a reply to Nelson
Rockefeller which you sent me last Friday.
Attached is a draft reply which reflects certain changes in Mr.
Jacksonts draft which I feel should be made.
Ltr. to Nelson Rockefeller
fr. C. D. Jackson, Draft 4/6/53.
S/ Walter B. Smith
Walter B. Smith
Under Secretary
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April 6, 1953
At Thursday's PSE meeting the entire Board discussed your proposed
language covering the reorganization of the International Information
Activities and the Psychological Strategy Board contained in your communi-
cation of March 21.
Besides this, General Bedell Smith gave us a memorandum covering a
more recent discussion between yourself and Don Lourie, which as I under-
stand it, came up with recommendations somewhat different from those
outlined in your March 21st communication.
PSB1s reaction is as follows:
The Board feels that the overall problem of the ultimate organization
of the Government's International Information programs, both overt and
covert, should be a primary concern of Bill Jackson's Committee, and re-
quested that Bill Jackson be advised of this fact in order that he might
advance his schedule in such a way as to produce a recommendation from his
Committee, after consultation with your group and with FSB, in time for any
necessary legislative action. Therefore it would be preferable that final
action not be taken on the Rockefeller report regarding the new international,
information agency until the Jackson Committee is prepared to report to the
President, However, the PSB had the following reactions to your proposals
as reported by General Smith at Thursday's meeting.
As to the ideas arising out of your more recent discussions with Don
Lourie and the Secretary of State, the Board felt that it was normal and
appropriate and feasible to have the head of the overt international informa-
tion activities administratively responsible to the President? The Defense
representative stated, however, that it was both unrealistic and impractical
to have him "report jointly with the Secretary of State to the President
where matters of foreign policy are concerned, and jointly with the
Secretary of Defense where matters of military policy are concerned", and
other members of the Board shared his view. The,State Department is
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coicUrned not so much with regard to the mechanics of reporting as to
insure that there will not be a channel of reporting on matters of foreign
policy independent of the Secretary of State. Both State and Defensa
representatives felt strongly that it was difficult, if not impossible
to draw an exact line of demarcation between military and foreign policy.
The Board was also concerned with the dangers inherent in having the
Board become too large, feeling that only a really small and manageable
group could effectively handle matters of policy, particularly the delicate
matters involving coordination between overt and covert. The Board there-
fore felt that, wider the as uraption that the organization anticipated by
the Committee is made effective, the top operating people should tie into
the Board for purposes of coordination, should be responsive to such
coordination, should attend Board meetings when appropriate, but they need
not necessarily be members of the Board,
Sf Wa ..ter B. Smith
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