REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM AS OF 30 JUNE 1953

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2003
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: August 3, 1953
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VEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. James S. Lay,sJr.
Execu ve ' Se" ary
National Security Council
3 August 1953
SUBJECT: Report on the Status of the Foreign
Intelligence Program as of 30 June 19S3
1. In accordance with your request of 29 May 1953, T
submit to the President, with the concurrence of the Intelligence
Advisory Committee, the attached report on the status of the
Foreign Intelligence Program as of 30 June 19S3.
2. In concurring in this report, the IAC agencies wish to
point out that the effects of recent budget cuts on intelligence
activities cannot be assessed at this time, and are therefore
not reflected in this report.
3. Inasmuch as intelligence programs by their very nature
are not subject to rapid change, I propose, with the con-
currence of the IAC, that hereafter a complete revision of this
status report be prepared only on an annual basis (as of 30
June or such other date as the National Security Council may
desire), and that semi-annually there be submitted a brief
supplementary statement of the most significant changes which
have occurred since the last annual report.
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I.. I recommend that paragraph 5 of Section XII be made
available only to the President, the Secretary of State and the
Secretary of Defense.
5. In lieu of a financial statement, not included in the
attached report, I shall make an oral report to the National
Security Council on CIA's expenditures. This oral report will
pertain only to CIA data and will not include expenditures on
intelligence made by the other members of the intelligence
community. ODCUM?NT NO.
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SIMMM Report on the Status of the Foreign
intelligence Program as of 30 June 1953
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copy, no. Y
1. In accordance with your request of 29 y 1953, 1
subalt to the President, with the concurrence of the Intelligence
Advisory' C .ttee# the attached report on the status of the
Foreign intelligence Program as of 30 Jurm 1953.
2. In wing in this report,, the 1AC agencies wish to
point out that the effects of recent budget cuts on intelligence
aetivit s cannot be assessed at this time, and are t erefore
not reflected In this report.
3. Inasmuch as intellige programs by their very nature
are not subject to rapid change, I propose, with the o -
cu 'e-nit"e of the IAC, that hereafter a cozsplete revision of this
status report be prepared only on an annual basis (as of 30
June or such other date as. the National Security Gail mss
desk, and that .-annually there be Stitt a brief
sub -ie tary statement of the most significant charges which
knee occurred she the last annual report.
4. 1 amend that pa `agrap2 5 of Section III be made
available only to the President, t Secretary of State and the
fret y of Defense.
5. in lieu of a financial stateas nt, not included in the
attached report, I shall weeks an oral report to the National
Se m ty Council an O Wa expanditurssr s. This oral report will
pertain only to CIA data and will not lnelAs expenditures on
intelligence made by the other members of the t?
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