LETTER TO HONORABLE JOHN A. MCCONE FROM WILLIAM J. HOPKINS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2006
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: August 21, 1962
• Content Type: LETTER

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THE WHITE HOUSE
August 21, 1962
Dear Mr. Director:
The President on August twentieth
signed an Executive Order entitled "Interagency
Coordination of Arms Control and Disarmament
Matters," a copy of which is enclosed.
Sincerely,
WILLIAM J. 41OPKI
Honorable John A. McCone
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D. C.
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OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
INTERAGENCY COORDINATION OF ARMS
CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT MATTERS
WHEREAS there has been established by law the United States Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency; and
WHEREAS the Arms Control and Disarmament Act provides that the
Director of that Agency shall be the principal adviser to the Secretary
of State and the President on arms control and disarmament matters and
requires the Director to assume primary responsibility within the
Government for such matters under the direction of the Secretary of State;
and
WHEREAS the Act authorizes and directs the said Director to coordinate
significant aspects of the United States arms control and disarmament policy
and related matters; and
WHEREAS it is desirable that the President establish procedures for
coordination, and for the resolution of differences of opinion between the
United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and other affected
Government agencies, concerning all significant aspects of arms control
and disarmament policy and related matters:
NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Arms
Control and Disarmament Act (75 Stat. 631; 50 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), and
as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. As used hereinafter:
(a) The word "Director" means the Director of the United States
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
(b) The term "affected agencies" shall include the Department of
Defense, the Atomic Energy Commission, the Central Intelligence Agency,
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and, when not
inappropriate in the context, the United States Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency, and shall include also such other agencies as the
Director may designate hereunder.
(c) The terms "arms control" and "disarmament" shall be defined as
they are defined in section 3(a) of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.
(d) The term "related matters" shall include those matters which
are necessary to, desirable for, or otherwise directly connected with the
functions described in sections 3 and Lt of this order.
Section 2. Cooperation. The Director and the heads of affected
agencies shall keep each other fully and currently informed on all
significant aspects of United States arms control and disarmament policy
and related matters, including current and prospective policies, plans
and programs. Differences of opinion concerning arms control and dis-
armament policy and related matters arising between the United States
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and other affected agencies with
respect to such subjects which involve major matters of policy and cannot
be resolved through consultation shall be promptly referred to the
President for decision. In such instances the head of an agency
presenting recommendations with respect to such differences to the
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President shall give the heads of affected agencies notice of the occasion
for and substance of his recommendations.
Section 3. Policy coordination. (a) The Director shall establish
procedures consistent with this order and the Arms Control and Disarmament
Act to assure coordination of:
(1) his recommendations to the Secretary of State and the President
and to the heads of affected agencies relating to United States arms contra!.
and disarmament policy;
(2) Government planning for the conduct and support of research for
arms control and disarmament police formulations, including the compre-
hensive and balanced plan provided for in Section )4 of this order;
(3) Government planning for the dissemination of public information
concerning arms control and disarmament;
(Z,.) the preparation for and management of United States participation
in international negotiations in the arms control and disarmament field;'and
(5) the preparation for, operation of or, as apprcpriate, direction
of United States participation in such control systems as may become part
of United States arms control and disarmament activities.
(b) The Director shall exercise leadership in assuring that
differences of opinion concerning arms control and diarmamment policy and
related matters are rescved expeditiously and shall take such steps as
may be appropriate in order to produce common or harmonious action among
the agencies concerned.
Section I. Research. With the advice and assistance of affected
agencies, the Director rohall develop and keep current a comprehensive and
balanced program of research, development and other. studies needed to be
conducted by or for the Government for arms control and disarmament policy
formulation. The Director shall maintain a continuing inventory of Federal
activities related to the planned program and advise the affected agencies
as to their respective participations in the planned program in order to
produce hE.rmoniouas action and prevent duplication of effort. The Director
shall periodically submit to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget a
consolidated schedule of such activities with assessments of their
respective programs by the responsible agencies, together with his
evaluations regarding these activities.
Section 5. Force and armament levels. The Secretary of Defense
shall keep the Director informed with respect to the planning of armed
forces levels and armaments and, for consideration in coinection with
such planning, the Director shall furnish the Secretary of Defense
statements of existing and projected arms control and disarmament policies.
JOHN F. KENNEDY
THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 20, 1962
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EXECUTIVE MEMORANDUM
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
EXECUTIVE MEMORANDUM No. 38
DATE 28 August 1962
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (PLANS)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (INTELLIGENCE)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (RESEARCH)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (SUPPORT)
COMPTROLLER
INSPECTOR GENERAL
GENERAL COUNSEL
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
I FOR NATIONAL ESTIMATES
DCI
DCI
In the field of interagency coordination of arms control and disarmament
matters, any policy matters or problems affecting CIA operations or
intelligence should be brought to the attention of the Director's office
promptly.
(signed) Lyman B. Kirkpatrick
This memorandum contains information for the addressees. Ad-
dressees may give this memorandum additional circulation within
their components as required. All copies should be destroyed not
filed, upon completion of circulation. A master file will be kept in
the Executive Director's Office and will be available upon request.