MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2004
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 15, 1974
• Content Type: MEMO

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15 October 1974
MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION
PARTICIPANTS: AD/DCI/IC
Dean Francis 0. Wilcox, Murphy Commission
Executive Di rector
Mr. Fisher Howe, Murphy Commission Deputy
Executive Director
IC Staff
: 11 October 1974
1. Dean Wilcox opened the discussion by describing briefly
the current status of the Commission's work. He expressed general
satisfaction with the progress of all four of the Commission's
basic study groups -- i.e., Congress, International Economics,
Public Diplomacy (includes USIA, cultural affairs, etc.), and
National Security (which includes the Intelligence Subcommittee).
He remarked that nearly all of the Commissioners had been interested
in serving on the Intelligence Subcommittee, and he implied that
some of the other committees had had to press hard for volunteers.
2. Dean Wilcox also said that he was pleased that the pace
had picked up on the Intelligence Study papers and felt that in
general they were getting back on schedule. He indicated that
the subcommittee hoped to have its final report and recommendations
ready by January, which will require "more effort" on the part of
the Commissioners than the one day a month they have so far given
to the project.
STAT 3. Fisher Howe told that of the papers the Com-
mission had received so far, he e that those by Mr. Kelly and
Col. Schaf were much too long (they deal with analytical methodology).
He was more concerned, however, that Mr. Macy's paper on resources
had put too much emphasis on broad, managerial issues without getting
down to the basic problems of resource constraint.
outlined some of the problems the Intelligence Community aces
with respect to resources, and Dean Wilcox said he probably would
ask Mr. Macy to be in touch with again when he begins
rewriting the paper.
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4.1 said that Kent Crane, of the Commission Staff,
would be coming to the Agency on October 15, and he wanted to get
a clearer idea of Crane's role in the future so that he would know
how much briefing to give Crane. Wilcox and Howe ducked the
question and said that they hoped we would be as helpful as possible
with Crane, but that his future role was still "unresolved."
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