LETTER TO MR. NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2005
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: October 27, 1955
• Content Type: LETTER

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Mr. Nelson A. Rocke
OCT 27 1955
ILLEGIB
Special Assistant to the Preside
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Nelson:
I have c neidered the papers which you sent me on
October 19, 1955, rsiattag to your proposal. that the Planning
Coordination Group be aboliebed on December 31, 1955.
The papers appear to me to be satisfactory to acct
that purpose.
Paragraph 4. a. of the draft memorandum to the
e- DCB relates to the future handling of certain G
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relation to this Agency. Thhe general principle enunciated
s in accord with our own thinking and we will proceed
to draft the amendments technically needed to carry out that
suggestion.
Sincerely,
Allen W. Duties
Director
SA/DCI/ rub, 24 Oct. 1955
Distribution:
Orig. & 1 - Addressee
1 - DCI file
1 - Reading file
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NSC review(s) completed. ,
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Revision of NSC 5412/1
There is attached, for your consideration, a draft memorandum
which discusses the procedures which might be adopted after the PCG
is abolished at the end of this year. This memorandum has been
read and approved by Frank Wisner and Dick Bissell. At a meeting
of the PCG Alternates on October 18, there was consideration of
this subject. Dick Bissell made suggestions which are consistent
with my attached memorandum which appeared to be satisfactory to
the representatives of State and Defense. Language consistent with
my attached draft amendments are included on page 2 of the longest
attachment which Nelson Rockefeller sent to you for PCG approval.
If the general line of the proposed amendment to 5412/1 is
satisfactory to you, you may wish to sign the attached letter to
Rockefeller. The only point I might mention is that if Rockefeller
resigns as Vice-Chairman (as he proposes to) and Gordon Gray sits
as the Defense Alternate, you will preside at meetings when Mr. Hoover
is absent. That would help the meetings considerably, but I should
point it out.
STAT
Species Assistant to te Director
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,GRNDU FOR: Chairman, Operations Coordinating Board
'EC'!'. Report of the Pining Coordination Group
1. Baeground
The Flaming Coordination Gro was established
rk of the OCB by letter of the President of March 10, 1955.
The Group' a functions and composition are described in the
the President of March 3, wb1ch the
sident approved larch 4, subject: "Coordination of Economic,
Psychological, Politic
Paragraph 3 ar of
rfare, and Foreign Information Activities. It
got i rector's memorandum states
Planning Coordination Group should report directl
of GCB, who would from time to time tr
reports of the Group to the President through the National Security
Council. Accordingly,
a submitted with the request that
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dynamic, new imaginative ideas in plans and program
The Planning Coordination Group was envisioned as a
mechanism to meet the continuing need in Government to infuse
urity policies, diagnose precisely haw best to
over-all problems of a given country or area, to bring into balance
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problem and all resources available to solve it, and
g planning in both overt and cavort fields and to advise
ci private individuals and groups. The Group was to
outi se U. S. private organisations and
;possible operating agencies in the coordinated develop
and programs to carry out those na:
to its functions. After seven
it is clear
rbers of the Group that these are valid continuing objectives
Coordination Group xnecban' m will not be able to
Coordination Group off active December 31, 1955.
The Group therefore recommends that the President abolish
m, and that. other means should be away
4. -The Planning Coordination Group was also given specific
sponsib ities for being advised of and channeling support to major
covert progr
;ts of policy in NSC 5505/ i and C 550211.
(NSC 5412/1) and for being the coordinating agency
a. Respecting covert operations, the Group recommends
that the President approve that NSC W2/1 be amended to as to
'or the Planning Coordination Group the r.
a entative of the President on the OC$ and the designated r
sentat#re of the Secretary of State and the Seer
in paragraph 4. a. of C 542/1.
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b. Respecting the coordination of NSC 550511, the
d to the Special Assistant for National
Affairs the Group's re tmnien
as well as the related policy statement in H.SC 174) should be
ed by the MC Planning Board in the
ion of NSC 5501.
ad subsequent
December 31, 1955, the
to the, NSC a report an actions taken to
implement NSG 5505/1 and an outline plan of opera
further integration of effort in this field. The Group recommends
President designate the, OCB as the coordinating age ne
Ets of policy in NSC 5505/1 and NSC 174 effective
Respecting the coordination of NSC 550Z/ 1, the Group
As that the President designate OCB as the coordinating
sncy, affective December 31, 1955.
eference to the recommendations in this paragraph, the
should be taken to revise NSC 1349. March 10, 1955, to
reflect the President's action
Nelson A. Rockefeller, Chairman
Planning Coordination Group
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
Through the National Security Council
SUBJECT: Report of the Planning Coordination Group
Subject report is transmitted herewith.
I recommend that the President approve
recommendations in this report.
The Director of the Bureau of the Budget
Chairman
Operations Coordinating Boar
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I approved rocaznmeer~dati+a s in a report
Coordination Group, transmitted to me through the
abolished.
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be considered experimental and to be reviewed after
a few months of experience.
Based on the experience of the past to months, I agree to
accept your resignation as Vice Chairman of the Operations
d. The Planning Coordination Group is thereby
ity Coup by the Chairman of the Operations Coord-
0, 1955, establishing the Planning
Group, I also designated you Wee Chairman of the
actions Coordinating Board. I desired your service in that
dinaatii g Board. You will continue to serve as a membe
that Hoard in the capacity of the Representative of the President,
tion is my letter to Ycm of December 16,
Sincerely,
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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