DIRECTOR'S MEETING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R002300090079-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 13, 2002
• Sequence Number: 79
• Publication Date: January 8, 1952
• Content Type: MIN

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Director's Meeting
Tuesday, 8 January l~rt2
1. There was a brief discl.?ssion based upon :sir. Dulles' re,?ort cjn
Senior Staff discussions of Southeast l~sia of the situation in that area ~cric
the possibility of doing something abolrt ~ 0/PC had reported that tt~~;rf=
was not a great deal that could be done and the DCI was inclined to auree, ~~.1
least ant that he had heard of no suggestion that would do r.ruch t,~7
cure the w akness in the 0 area.
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2. In connection with the foregoing, Mr. Dulles noted tha~ the
President had been very much interested in the Log item with rPS;~ect to the
far ens .
L.G. In connection with the foregoing, the DCI directed that the
presence of important people in ~iashin~ton should be noted in the Lo}.
5. Mr. Dulles handed to the Director another petition res :ectin;;
Dr. Y~i.llikan and there was a brief discussion as to the desirability of h~sri~~g
Dr. Millikan stay with the agency.
6. Mr. Wisner reported that the JCI~s letter to Sechetary LovP~.t
respecting China had been forwarded to the JCS and was held up there, Tk
DCI said that we could wait a month and should then follow up faith arr inc1~? ir,.~
as to what had been done. He requested N1r, Becker to remind him of this.
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7. Mr. Wisner re ooted on a talk had with Park Armstrong of 5~~.te
on the telegram from CIA) respecting 0 and the DCT. instructed
that Mr. Armstrong be given a paraphrase of this .telegram.
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9. Mr. ~~Tisner passed on a report from that Milt~~?a
Eisenhower would be in town on Thursday or Frid o - is week at which t:~..ane
planned to speak to him about the The :C= 25X1
indicated that he would be willing to phone Mr, Eisenhower and ~1r. W:~sner is
to inform hian where the latter will be available on the dates indica~;ed.
10. Ihr. Dulles also mentioned that
on Saturday; the DCl consented to see him.
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would be in rf~.~~~.t'n~:ton
11. Iyir. ~Jisner referred to the importance of the coming Greek ~~ri: l
showing up Coirmxunist methods and the DCI indicated appreciation of tine irk=nr~ ance
of this trial, noting that it would tend to counter the position taken b~Y
Vishinsky respecting armistice talks, which would be very appealing to a ~rert
nwnber of people unless they were warned of the true facts of ~orn?xun! st e~al ngs.
12. Reference was made to the order integrating SG and PC ope.tazicns
an&I the DCI thereupon signed the order which had been prepared.
13. Mr. Hedden stated that Col. Baird had taken over the ~roble~n
of the unclassified training pool, forrner],y administered by Gen. Davison, wn
would work it out by segre;ating the work into 10-day periods . He p~!_annPC t~>
make a fuller report on this at some later date.
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Headquarters Commandant and the DCI suggested that he might be an excellent
number ~ 2 man for Idir. Hedden.
15. Mr. Hedden referred to a report on the radio to the e3~.fect ~,ha~~
Mr. Popov. , Deputy Director for Psychological Ldarfare for the hussiaz~s, h~~~
died at a relatively early age. He wondered whether there was an uneeclar~d
purge in progress. Mr. Becker mentioned that OCI was keeping record of
Russian officials dying in middle age and said that he would get a re'.>ort; .,rx
this.
16. Mr. W'nite reported that he and Mr. Wolf had gone to see=
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who had confirmed their understanding that there is no other building in '~=sea:_ngton
available for CIA and undertook to testify to this effec=~. I, was
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the tracts of land previously considered and that it might be possible to :;ct
space in the Soldiers Horne area in Washington, Northeast. The lCIco~~raent~>d .hat
this would not be as good as the IJevins tract but authorised exploration o. i,s
possibilities. There was also brief discussion of the problem of the a;nourrt ~_.hat
CIA, would get and the DCI felt that would be the liynit that Cc~n;~r~,ss
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17. Mr. White stated that the DCI might receive a call from the Lfii~_
on the resignation of one This was a man T~rho adrrtitted that he ti~r ~s
a Comrmanist Party member while a student in the University of Chicago ,just ::>~~:~re
he was to take a polygraph test and under the circumstances was per~~iitted t~
resign. George Harvey, Secretary of the House Appropriations Committee, hac.
called on some alleged injustices involved in forcing this man out o~' ~,he s;;,en, y
and it was planned that Mr. Pforzheimer would see him. He merely wished the D+~I
to be informed in case he received a call.
18. Mr. Becker informed the DCI that there would be no VSC ~eeti7~g
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