MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE FROM C. V. CLIFTON

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CIA-RDP80B01676R000400180001-0
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T
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3
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December 15, 2016
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April 22, 2004
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1
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Publication Date: 
December 1, 1961
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MF
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Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80BO1676R000400180001-0 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80BO1676R000400180001-0 Approved ForjRelease 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80B0167&R000400180001-0 NSC REVIEW COMPLETED, 10/31/03 TOP SECRET December 1, 1961 The Secretary of State The Secretary of Defense The Director of Central Intelligence The President desires that his daily intelligence report, which is entitled "The President's Intelligence Checklist,,' be made avail- able on a daily basis to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense. This report includes more than intelligence items and is considered by the President as a daily communication be- tween the Director of Central Intelligence and the President's office. Consequently, it includes comments, notes, and sugges- tions which the Director of Central Intelligence makes to the President. This is desirable and should continue. Because the usefulness of the Checklist might be diminished if this report were too widely circulated, the Director of Central Intelligence should arrange delivery so that the report is read by the two Secretaries only. In the event that an Acting Secretary of State or an Acting Se cretary of Defense is performing the Secretaries' duties, the respective Acting Secretary will be fur- nished the report. When the President is out of the city, the Checklist, minus the background documents, is transmitted by electrical means by the White House Army Signal Agency. When it is transmitted by this means, the Central Intelligence Agency should furnish a copy of the transmission directly to the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, rather than through means of electrical communication. Approved For Release 2004/07/08: CIA-RDP80B01676R0 4Q018 0 1-0 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80B016761R000400180001-0 For your information, in the White House, this report is handled usually by the Military Aide to the President and is available to Mr. McGeorge Bundy and General Maxwell D. Taylor. There is no fixed time during the day when the President reads the report. Its submission is worked into his schedule as the need arises. The report is returned to the Central Intelligence Agency on a regular basis. The President's Checklist is a very closely held report in that it contains information of the most sensitive nature gathered from all sources available to the Government and for which very few individuals have the necessary clearances for all the types of information which it contains. Consequently, its handling must always meet these requirements. C. V. CLIFTrN Major General, USA Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80B01676R000400180,00J-