INTERDEPARTMENTAL DEFECTOR COMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R003300190032-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: April 2, 1953
• Content Type: MF

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/06: CIA-RDP80R01731 R003300190032-5
2 April l953
P,IR"i ORANDU JI FOR: ?sir. Du11es
SUBJECT Tnterdepartmental Defector Committee
I have just heard from Jim Hunt that I I has been
responsible for a suggestion that the PSB as such should have
a permanent full-time member of the Interdepartmental Defector
Committee. ivr. 1-Iunt has expressed mild concern about this point
which he thinks may be raised at the PSB luncheon today, and has
indicated a preference that the Committee membership be left as
it is.
Mr. Huntts reasoning is as follows. This is a small, compact,
effective operating Corm ittee. The members know each other well
and each person there has direct operational interests. It is
feared that the addition of new members might inhibit the free
discussion between the present members and. that it might open the
door to more requests for membership. As matters now stand, the
Defector Committee can always brin ; in a representative of arr
Agency or organization whose interests are affected or whose help
is needed. This is done on an ad hoc basis and Mr. Hunt would
prefer to have it left this v ay.
STAT
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/06: CIA-RDP80R01731 R003300190032-5