LETTER TO ALLEN W. DULLES FROM DWIGHT D.EISENHOWER

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000900020027-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2003
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: October 25, 1960
• Content Type: LETTER

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October 25, 1960
Dear Mr. Dulles:
Pursuant to plans which I approved last fall, the Secretary of
State has established the United States Disarmament Adminis-
tration to strengthen leadership and coordination of the manifol1
activities of the United States Government in the field of safe-
guarded disarmament and arms control.
This Administration will be responsible to the Secretary of
State and will be staffed with personnel from the interested
U. S. Government departments and agencies, together with
personnel recruited from outside Government where appropri-
ate, thus assuring the blending of skills essential to the highly
complex work in which it will be engaged.
In addition to coordinating or conducting an intensified program
of study and research, the new organization will be responsible
for formulating recommendations for policies and basic posi-
tions for consideration within the U. S. Government with resper~t
to effective disarmament and arms control, and for direction
and support of international negotiations on these subjects. As
in the past, the Secretary of State will continue to coordinate
these policies with you as appropriate to your responsibilities.
The Disarmament Administration will permit the United States
to marshal the best available skills applicable to the field in a
continuing campaign to develop practical means for attaining
effective disarmament and arms control agreements, for easing
the burden of armaments, for lessening the dangers of surprise
attack, or of war by accident or miscalculation, and for promoting
a just and durable peace.
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I am confident that your agency will give full and continued
support to the Secretary of State in developing an effective
organization and in building a sound and imaginative dis-
armament and arms control policy.
My own devotion to this endeavor is deep and abiding. The
well-being and safety of our country and of the world may be
significantly advanced by its efforts. I shall support it in
every way I can.
I am sending letters related to this one to the Secretary of
State and to other agencies and departments with responsi-
bilities in the field of arms control.
Sincerely,
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The Honorable Allen W. Dulles
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington 25, D. C.
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FUNCTIONS OF THE U. S. DISARMAMENT ADMINISTRATION
The mission of the Administration will be to assist the Secretary
of State in formulating disarmament and arms control policies and basic
positions consistent with national security for consideration within the
U. S. Government, and in negotiating international agreements in this
field. This mission, which will be carried out in cooperation with the
other interested parts of the government, and with the assistance, where
necessary, of experts and consultants under contract, will include as-
sisting the Secretary of State in the following functions:
A. Development, review, analysis, evaluation
and coordination of plans, studies, policies
and programs, and research in connection
therewith;
B. Maintenance of up-to-date information on
all studies and research and development
activities which are being carried on, both
inside and outside the government, in support
of the United States governmental effort in the,
disarmament and arms control field; development
of a long-term cooperative program for such
studies and activities; and undertaking or com-
missioning such studies or activities as may oe
appropriate in the light of the long-term program;
C. Formulation and coordination of policies for the
guidance of U. S. delegations to international
negotiations;
D. Maintenance of contact on disarmament, arms
control and related matters with the representa-
tives of foreign governments;
E. Planning for, cooperation with, and assistance
in public information programs designed to k---ep
foreign and domestic public opinion accurately
informed of U. S. policies;
F. Development in cooperation with the other interested
U. S. agencies of plans for U. S. participatior. in sl.ucr,
arrangements for control and inspection as may be
required under international disarmament and arms
control agreements.
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