MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN DIRECTOR'S CONFERENCEROOM, ADMIN. BUILDING MONDAY, 12 FEBRUARY 1951

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
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• Publication Date: February 12, 1951
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Minutes of Meeting held in Director's
Conference Room, Administration Building
Monday, 12 February 1951, at 1100 hours
General Smith Presiding
Present
Allen W. Dulles, Deputy Director for Plans
Murray McConnel, Deputy Director for Administration
Lyman B. Kirkpatrick, Executive Assistant to DCI
Executive Assistant to DCI
Advisor for Management
James M. Andrews, Asst. Dir. for Collection and Dissemination
George G. Carey, Asst. Dir, for Operations
H. Marshall Chadwell, Asst, Dir. for Scientific Intelligence
Kingman Douglass, Asst. Dir. for Current Intelligence
William L. Langer, Asst. Dir, for National Estimates
Max. F. Millika,n, Asst. Dir. for Research and Reports
James Q. Reber, A/Asst. Dir. for Intelligence Coordination
Asst. Dir. for Special Operations
Asst. Dir. for Policy Coordination
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1, The Director deeoribcd the work of his staff, pointing
out that r. Kirkpatrick is, in effect, the Executive Cecretar:; of
the agency and that his position was analagous to the Secretary of
the General .4taff. fie stated that he wished to have ready nor him
each morning a log indicating the important incoming and outgoir.E:,
correspondeme and such meetings and conversat.,ons of importanc' that
should be called to his attention. It will be necessary foci e
Assistant 3..rectors to keep the Secretariat informed so that iten,s
of importance iray be incorporated in this log. In addition, a
supplementary list will be furnished him each morning shorting c t:Ai
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items of correspondence and the action taken on these. P
which he wishes placed before him the first thing each mor:i.ng is the
Daily Intell.ifence Summary. In this connection, the Director stated
that it should be a joint production of 0/CI in connection with O/N1,
0,, and 0/SI. The Director stated that he had been overly taxed by
the number of interviews of job candidates and that he wished the
Assistant Directors to do the interviewing henceforth.
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(In addition to furnishing the Director with the aho,.c
information, the Ixecutive Assistant will brief him each morning at
approximately 9130 on the items requiring his attention.)
2. Mr. Dulles reported on the present status of the
responsibility for psychological warfare. He stated that a project
worked up by was currently before the President. In
this connection he said there were three possibilities currently being
coneideredt (1) improved coordination but no new agencies created.
(2) a planning authority but with no operational functions; (3) a new
executive agency to take over all psychological warfare functions.
He stated that he had. met with Messrs. Staat and Finan of the Bureau
of the Budget to discuss with-them the problem of psychological warfare
and to describe the functions that CIA currently is performing in t;fis
field, In this connection, the Director said that he was concerned
with the magnitude of the job required in g- i r,--; lla warfare and the
delineation between covert operations and guear.la warfare. He
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and said .Mt it was his. con-
viction that operations in an active military Cht atEr should be turned
over to the theater commanders by CIA. The CIA functonn iR an active
theater should be confined to providing directives tkuzeu. Prad by the
authority of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and by beiat ppliLd with bases
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and support for operations into the adjacent areas. The Director said
that he believed the JCS would not be concerned with operations outside
active theaters or into areas prior to the area becoming a theater of
military operations.
Mr. Dulles reported that he had discussed with
Assistant Attorney General Peyton word the application of the -cCarran2 5X1
Act to CIA operations. He said that Mr. Ford was very cooperative
and that he believed something can be worked out although
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still feels that the McCarran Act supersedes
He recommended that ,r. Ford be briefed more extensively or. CIA opera-
tions. The Director said that he heartily agreed on this r'rocedure.
71r. Dulles reported that Nelson Rockefeller had asked
for CIA assistance in supplying guidance to the Advisory Committee on
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areas. Dr. Millikan suggested that this be a joint CIA-State apiroach.
Dr. i~illikan
3. Dr. Millikan inquired whether he was clear in under-
standing that CIA was no longer engaged in producing psychological
intelligence. The Director said this was a matter for Mr. Reber
and Dr. Millikan to discuss with State and that we should ask them
confidentially what support they needed in the
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5. Dr. Langer asked whether it was necessary to have a
top level man on duty in his office all day on Sunday. It was
pointed out that what was required was somebody available to reach
the appropriate people in the event of an emergency and that the
selection of the person for duty was up to the Assistant Director.
Dr. Langer asked if there had been any developments or
obtaining the necessary cables from the Department of State for use
in preparing the Daily Summary. It was concluded that no immedia to
action was necessary on this matter, inasmuch as 'Tr. Reber had been
discussing it with the appropriate authorities in the State Department.
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