MEMORANDUM FOR: REAR ADMIRAL ROBERT L. DENNISON FROM WALTER B. SMITH

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• Publication Date: May 16, 1952
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FOR* Reath lkcira1 Robert L. Dennison
Rana Aide to t Pr"ident
I ougWt that this ana ei be sent to t!r.
Stailte of the ka'east of the Ndget, Zor addi-
tiaml em nts ro .h h miht be pertinent, I have
talked this ovate e: th : t a-t 3 wid this u .d render
sa"r a radar ten t2r me I .ar ar is
on which the d it Bye has been worU .
WALTER B, SMITH
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instructions there to submitted here-
with a g0nera1 M%17618 of the report of Mr. Gordon Gray to you
dated 22 ?ebreuxy 1952, on the organisation and work of the Psycho-
d. This report with its conclusions and recom-
is concurred in t the three members of the Board.
analysis Mr. Gray revia the events of the pew few
ids ah h led to the creation of this new irwtr nt of Government
the deveelo ent and of the !card since its inception,
in addition, Mr. Ares has outlined the progress *j ich has beer made
in resolvi proble arising from the differences s n the Govern-
ment a 9tncies concerned and in obtainire a concerted ; ohologr,ical
effort,
The Board cone that the report Whould not be published.
In s sting, publication, Mr. " was undoubtedly motivated
by the desire to obtain better public cor e1ae tsion of the Government+e
p cholo ical esre efforts and to enlist public support In the
solution of the problems involved. The merit of these suggestions
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is fully appreciated but the clear disadvanta from the disclosu
sensitive and classified material in the report amply justify
decision not to publish it.
On the other hand$ from its study of the report and in light of
sent world situations the Board fouls that it would
appropriate opportunity you chose to restate to the country
and to tbo world the principles and policies guiding ow psychological
in the cold war as we'll as the problem that are faced w id the
work that has so far been accomplished, including possible reefer,
as l'ard' a relation to that work. Such a statement night elaborate
iificait i s of r.
pr;
a report
opportunity to clarif`jr the thinking of certain met eats
lic and of our allies,, vha vuW not yet be fully
persuaded of the scope and vigorous nature of A rican policy with
reespe to the cold war. This would do euc h to aeccplieeh what we
believe to have been Mr. 3r ' e objectives in suggesting publication
of the report. v mad also provide an opportunity for you publicly -Tt
+e Mr. Grey to contrit ition to the work of the i$oard.
Nix, '=ray 3 euuge tod, four specific chat afooti the ! o d.
These wot
First, that the Director to made Chairman of the l
without a Tote.
The title Director indicates a somewhat higher level of respon
sibility than was originally contemplated when the office was first
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cd and des a some clarittcatitm. fu ever, the Director
is with the it`d, and as all proceedi are
are based on unanimity of opinion, we bell
that no change in the composition of the :mod
time. Arran iaanta have been aade to rotate the duty of
officer, and for the Director to take his turn in that capacity. This
will accs lieh to some extent the purpose of qtr. (ray's recto vnda
up the cb, tions which a more radical change
econd and third suggested changes contemplated that
the Director sit with the a4atiozawl Security Council as needed, and.
'oraa y report to the President at regu
estion involves your personal views and preferences* As
er the Council has a tendency to k7ove and you have had to
!fr. (trayf s purpose would be an
c fished if the Director attended Council meetings as rwluirod and
pursuant to invitation by the Council's r'laouti Secrettary,
-th proposed change is that a iibear of the joint
should sit with the Board. !laving oa of the joint
Chiefs or its C.haireatn attend the Board meetings as a consultant and
ail.itary advisor would simply be a strengthening of the representation
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,, prescribed in your directive of
4 April 1951 orbs'. the Board. If you approve this a g estion,
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it may be accomplished by invitation to the Chairman of the joint
Chiefs of Staff as the zwi ds of t.e Daard require.
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You have already taken the recommended acton as
on of the report,
With react to the other sujestion: In ! r, Gray's report,
the Board respectfully reco .ende that: (a) no change in organizar-
time; (b) the Clatirmantthip of the Board be
rotated with the director takirr his t as presiding officer;
(c) the Director be aUed on to attend National Security Council
aestings as the ede of t;a~ Coimc{`1 require * id at U-18 invitation
of the Executive cre to * to the Councilj and (d) you indicate to
the Joint Chiefs of Staff your approval of having the utirtt an,, or
we of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet with the Ord as a consultant
advisor as the need arises.
S1GNED
WALTER H. SMITH
Chaim
chological Strate&V Board
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 ipQo TO 20 PUMILM
w lass t am of the great eammulaloos of hutch,.
Do world in whiab us liw Is being ahangsd t1- strait m ii ate of
tharot and reeling -- eoprents released by the h,eriaaa and T neh
tsva~ltt.~ar in the lath 0=6470 4 the Ld nodal %n olutiaa is.
go 1911 and IF Imo destaIsstiw wars aid the d,ssisn Nrvoluti4 Ix
we 'wit tda?. This Is us Lower, the wart Late ubiai most of s
VMS bars. Ms MW bar shone that it wilt In a far dtfGrMt wart!
before we die.
In this time at aris1I and stress, the 1^eriaaa m IA ao bas
rise, to a new roU. li aq speak of this role without 'vanity or
elf-conscioasasss because we did not Book it but rather tried to
avoid it. Our role, as we hope norr expressed it in .our aatiuoal
policies, is to beip lead the natiaoe throes this ties of to ill
in such a way that in the aid there shall be an am4onaion -- not a
rsdtoti as -- of the areas of f reecho and knowledge. Zupressed in
another wq, oar role is to build a bridge over the aura of oco-
fvsLon and ft atrstiaa se that htaanit, aq safer elms. It we
hen 0060"d is this rods, the peoples of the world soy be spared
the ssarrifiae at huma We sad aa~ tewrat which aooae,aLied other
great eoavu1aiaos of hiatary, and each nation may find release for
its energies and genius in an eta of peace sad tray digxitJ.
It will not be easy fart as to plq this role. Tait apart
free the tatur l flow of historical forero, we know that the leader"
at sumac great powr haw determined to exploit the trials of t.".
peried to the itch . leas ago the am in the Lr in sensed. the
ftff ash at this tv:niag podnt in b PAM affairs. -Today they ate
sorkiag, sabsmdng, to intensify t h e a t e ins, o e i the ebash
their ultimate goal at a world serving %a muds of the Lraalft.
and ri the em2msts of aatiaaalia , serial serest and despair to
Their ste+atsp might be emmIko sod into tires warts: bLin and refs.
Orr reaction to this drives for world power was slow, but
when it ear, it took the tore of an Idea. This idea -- at, first
e qx esesd In the lirrasao Doetriaa and the Yoruba] Plan -? w,s
beflaml'T so silia w tbies ruria? `dll help those wlo, b Ueving
Is lt+tsd , >] {tiralws and b lp esi after. Amblid Us fares,
at We !/^r in VA sae recede and ltd sWtal streog* !o Me
.roue dd& atiared a viii to sand- and to s.Oprrsts, w seat
lead, atabims to Per Uwe feat, and still awes moobiaes to proauet
mrway-thlag ttat slier is ahst^rl+sit~. 1r seat thou, OW *001111011002
earpsrts to raise preftstiaa In their' fastarlas seed on their f sire,
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to ~rsam to Om r1 '.u 4 to deices at malaria and otb s
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lissuses, the V wa r's. Um *1 alums and ftes it
tM bad $ . 6-1 Use abet" t*i a crart, we 1s6ad a awpsiaL
at few was 1` $1 Lt wsss is as,--pup-+, In fi2as, ft psblla
arsti - T r bslpnd air trisaia- is *1 from world to rates
a dotaatIs Wald mart this psesetlal odraa46
Ow eeeeonda belp, our t sa~atssa program, ew defense
efert - if ,whey umed -- we inrispsasab~le per" at tbs isriess
pi for be3dgisg his p r*o4 at apiss val. But tbo rsleat1a
as .s at us walmdu aloes Ube bride Me ds~ insied as mod at
swoldQ ela.nat. This adasiag e2,ro^I I. - iss`aesisd agimal
tIberia as presbima1 mad eanpol.liaW rsasor * ? 1d
albs the f ]ja.t we of ow reams in ideas and i Igj etieo, 'f
s siiosld nab osrtaia that all our saarifiess are dissected tows d
the attaiaasat at alsrly defissd sob. ib at thI IS t&xa at
paersasrvia( am eouatay is eeaeos 14, as well as oral, fiber in order
to sostitaar sseaasfully oast role of leedwr4thiJ4,
- Owar aim is peace -- not wer. Thciugb a proteetivie sb3/2d
is *mammary to peaoa in a varld threatened with war, we oeawt
Indeftnitey paw at oar rssaaees fcr eoanomio and unitary aid,
aid prey w oar amm xbrangth. lio mitt use our ingemiity to find
lass east], rimes to pn oduos situations of strength which will radios
..tbe posaibilitias at war and sinultrasawly saris to shorten the
PW*Snrt oonfli t.
L d.iad so, us nmrt cab it .oar to those who are asr
tstead is gad to theee wbe *oold be ar friends, that we not 's]lr
a16M Mdlitsplstia iapfea'ialis , but ats? that we diselscia is ,tm'sl
and
isbl2eo~isal as all. The aaly sale we Seek ,JA Us
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= r4 Us MA of the first World tir, a Massian rsvo1d..
tsa mWT IOQdWW oeortftd the seta at a kind of at g1a , WL WMl4
be 'aoitbar Var ..r pease. a That leader "a later dispo.,.d at IV
Ids -Isms it ..NVISAW, but tysy V 1],l- fari^rd merit in Ms
"sa and sa.O..d to aiWt it to to saaw .aj'c. sifratiam rrbdab
"U," the .rsaert 1 34 ib>r. TO&V the world bow the nowdaC of
frair amiss -?? ,....salt Ukiah stein .h rI of g6osr.1 per, carried
Mt >.der the sl..ak of as im natural psaaa.
That assastit began, in fast, bet 0, the asemad World War
was aw*er. As the artiiaa of the Western Helier athnr red, the f WV&0
of intrrnatiDeal Cc visa Not to work in their rear to poison the
rinds of the liberated against the llboratars, to turn the fro* "etlcwnP
against each other, to arise posttions of pn er, and to brae. d,4n
the prest4P of the United States. And file the viet irioua na* i ons
of the West were disbanding their armed forces, the Krealla w.i man in
fs37 Country were mWing to battle std tioas in p eparat i cej for the
%n&1 stru g].. e0 long foretold im Gcrosnm t s t R ong and fable,
In blasting cawr se l ve a for eat a t. cjLMW% after, we oft" r_ .ova r l cxi k
the fact that the leacers of ? sheviam had '*mr tr' ! r tr th?.in I ae,9
in this kind o f cnaabat f m r a g o v t ha 1 f jsntury. fii t h4 n t.h 1 r
aat7, they had graduated frca the hard s chore i ad c calsp 1 ra cy zed
revolution. After their eet.ure of p.jw+.r in Rriaia, their 1nat1tutae
our
oliti
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p
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warfare had saboolad farefgr fanatiee in the teadmtquns
of infiltration, mLbversian and the ooe>gtweat of power. '1j!r ;noatt
the wrarid they had built up Id.tvorks of agents vho wfvui d a'nre Rt
the Vord of eanaazwd toL.an*ry erst as aafassaination or jformant a civil
WW*
The" was so groat element of genius in the areal in' n
effort, but that effort had ass and sea ointua and a fanatical
Pei'sistenae. iad although Ocim aajam had lost seoh of its pcw.r
to *=we , the Soviets .tail retained ample powrsr, to cooftw. The
GLUM to sic at 'Divide and sosquarra guii.d inch of
what they did. fatdea aiding nKtio% raps against :toe, an against
ash -- this was their .teek is trada. They kri.v, of odors, bow to
take advantage at men's vises, but they found it }.t as prefitabi.
to appeal to age vas vivim.s. May twisted boae.t labor.Lshoaac dam
%d Mmu-y ~ ~~+s is m dab -abmw into furthering their stmt gy
to w the weed peas. as a
vaspam of 608=1116
The ~~ QOPmwli v in watrfasv aesruss to the aggressor. In the
a.memt, the waarinesa, tba cantlssion of the poet-war vvrl_d,
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aodatesss at the Tears bef are the war.
Am a natiae- we tried to rneree tine and refit sooner the peaceful.
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a" Asia to Soedat 1) we all bat diasntled our werti~ W L44
jnfaetaation .ervia s, the. opening the weld to the Soviet Its
aw be oohs as extineian at war ief awry a.aeas. w Ballad book war
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hard is 1 -- we find it head te&W m. is saapeehaad ibat peace
went t, V114 roe Vp Me dual post. and tier is bra.. 1h famed it
itaalf vVe Us 1Yi1a1 ftais., f+ae we waro the am grest pone which
load sorer week at tin 'vmr with rawrvea at annul and ssnterial sturangtk,.
Dent $ 1eep a~.a.at atd T ' faditir we Awerls ens vine ill-fitted fee
lhis )load at tea. it Urea *0 r4 we pLp faeftall. ii
Zardj- ~. 1~? a..raitnd peeping taipossd
s tun of emmmea s sb the ultimate
40M me ter w aft" 369i.r. ?. a VOW w+p.aaiw to In >bsAUS.
Ilbs ' yes pee sib111JW of leadership which had case wepvn as.
2'bas ossrly two years passed bef we we began to f see +tp to
ahi.14 at t tie. Work of 1660va".
tiag sr with wen barepas a11is., we began to raise a prateat3ve
VAN slant 1i .islaiag lack the ires ao:lais. In the following Teary,
Sbrliz, ne and war D ri td..h &111. iaprowis.d the airlift and se,
- Us& Aalpsit at Next we awed to the aid a[ ~tlgealaria,
ubwe ,maggot had the Xi+s.tliw, and we wean aful to
vebebilitatiaay and when the Sarriat. set siege to the free sit? of
Plan and t .xwglit together 16 nations to work fc?r I irxaean r.arverf.
Wilk We aid of thew nations we set Western Oirmay -M the road to
of the C'aaeunist assault to Wsstsrn guru", we 1ameh.d thf Marshal.;
411m C iLlss. Tbea, whra the Kremlin s tare teg is tae yet i ftad the Wei ^
b#Uiag the gates of the Sear Svt in the face of inareasiog pressure
Vaa is aid r+ewof., we aowd eae step at a tine. Brat we
p?Mias.d apt aappart to Oeceses and Teeiosy, two natims which wens
lhano ws bad started oat writboat a leag-aWW plan or '
~rspeeiat, w it snout at all *am effarrt. Seas a solid pines of
Mar@eastii. ? ? roll again CONUMII.f agpres.i.s was wa.W floe.
lie, $laat bas to his X%-ft Cy. at 1eew^/. ften apse iapartant for
;ape!!- !Vat to featiarl sr haw *Omani" adwn.at
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a a&/Op w NINA sad w aM aaaalr In &W#,
s.rt aA lrlra lord .tie tiaaieeed h, Me faeewt at saw and a
Nah.$ ii hemp red w ftw loss, as Oweaedat at .ISl at.
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in now parts of the world bsoscv.e they ?esrd to some people %c to
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aaaifsstat iose of a sew ti z t 1 + In fact, the ? it at
90064131" for the United 9tat.s tab bad existed in now a uuatrie s
was ing ."'Maly depleted.
sommla and defon.e prograa?, pursued in eoaperati ec with ante friends,
waer r+wtorring .. .is health rind raising omfide:ses that prae eonld
be maintained. let, at the some tine, they wr. asnsinR arisgiirtngrr
item, @sias at 8ar>M.Ys Vie. - #ia mane tlM , jaw p
- trap rrr111s pia to jaw he"an? bet t~lrar is
2tds --tow- ft1q , 1rtl, mad tors old]UPOSSO
Sm tM latlb faeoan Caaaadx% laud aim a far s at
uyos as wavabl" at a Ward at MW adt.d rac0iaar. This Yen
a s~ralloa(+ to Me 4a?t.d In tlre first lastanw sod to IM
free world w a wbal.. If it Lad not bees rqusrely I seed, It weld
have ospand the floodgates at disaster in Via. but the United 3%** ow
famed it, and $ backed b7 t be United laat i oar, repalmed the North l a ream
end the Ocher. Ur^maaiste who had joined than. This ailitary swae..
say well haw been a turning point. It was supplsa.ntad tp a great
diplamatis achismr- t in the face of Mter in.d 8arist appoeitinra
the coaaltasion of a pease to atf with Japan which restored that brf
nation of Asia to the ca.^slaity of netioo..
So in the five years rhi ah followed the seoand World War
we could lc+ot boat upon ?An suec.ams and ' faU?mes, We could
also look forward to further - and possibly gr+atmr -- ti sal s . Are
artroas ~titi>ts affil My had soarqu@1%4 to talsiand miser!
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M m R M j@=M=GAL an=" SQUID
soft 1* 1!A a f.s1ft Orwlasi sdthti as, D. a. +-
meent tb" w bed to. de moale item we !ad saes is as Asst to via sat
baled Ms eoatidws K air t'r!OW110 afsled meld wsisa the will of am
aommdds.
this t.sliag w the rs+saIt at an . iatimary proas.a,
In the dspartasaRe and agents. of U. govemameat a peat deal of
refleatict had been giw to the 1.savas we had learned in the
straggle and a gazaral desire had dewlapsd to ooooert our ?ff ortr
to bettor effect.
l~irMereass, there was a diffusion of natielral power ant nt
dopartasat., oanocia&s of traditional ogmpsrtmsntaticsi of interests
sad authority and on guard against intrusion in affaire felt to be
their exolusiw wears! The interiepartmrntal diffionlt1,es aM
1wak of unified leadsaship denied to the united bt. . the fall
vslsie awd 1 i.ot of her bold %* U in recent Teak.
Lt what w the amemor to the prehl.a? Was it posaiDlw
to dorelsp a strategic eawaept which would pmt .wawa order and drive
iacba all p-asas at cat etfw*? And eoald we psss.at ow policy..
sell eats in slab a 110et Mat tisy v cold st+rlls a iw , ahwrd
Is the hearts and .emus at sae sad males thaes feel that their eaves
w ear .mare!
bring f arth the highest wpabilitiss of all agansi+es of get. f
In the y.err which followed the war, a number of eammittoes
bad been met cop to soordiante the work of different departments and
agenal" in the iofaasatiam and prapagamda f i.elds. These aaesaittessc
had no authority, howsvsr, to deal with matters of Dread policy air
atr%t gy. They could not, for example, ahailsgp deaisicms whist
night be .oaeesdcally or silltari.ly sai^e bit'. psycbalagieallj bare
t 1. They worked acme distance below the tip in the chain of le- .r-
ship aai had little infli si os an poUct.s and deciaione. No committee
alt agaoey had the purer to develop lead strategic Hess which; vuuU
Is ..siring an mover to questl.anw lies these, some high
etfiaials bsesems.:easrinsed that we needed the acme kind of maid d
lewd rshlp as In a 414teq- it , Lwrdiagil, they n opoa.d
Its app~slotiasoat of a sort at 664iso[ at staff far U. ..ld rnrrs
t+sspawadb1a dirssd3 to U. Pts.1 .mt acrd Qa~e^mri68%-I oat.
This sle1of at .lrs!t, with ors a4vla y bassi d high lrwl c[fistals,
was 14 wsrk aA U. breed at~,, tss st jeetlvs. and prig ities,
8seido U. role at eseb g sm ast^rset agae w and dtsusi the .anau
rmliamsl offset..
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%be P ..idelit.- 20 Diswstor vatld Law a psreas.nt staff to help
hls farm out his r.spoai bi 11 ties. A r.pme.atatlve of the Jour
a'ltratsp sari. Or1^r IbM tasz'. Would be a Dir.etor appadatad t r
peeride far 000 ss*a s f f . o t t w p19001 t, so dl*atiaa MA aedert,
vdtbis the fbvmftmrk of apprw.d aatiooal p"allalma, it psyatLologlsal
aP'aratiraaa ?a
T. aaoaepli.L this pmapos., the Pr.siA.at d.ir.ob.d that
the Uad S*W tart' of otat,., the Depsz y 8.ar.tary of Defense ash
the Dir.str of Csacleal Ist.11480 es sbaald serve as a lWobalvgi.al
_ata M.#t praiew a area attsott antic 1 .ffagi.
err direvttw i hiab tbs Presidsett isaerd ae AWU 4, 1951,
W" sarthI of a aerpraedM botmem th as thews. did W*
sppo1xt a ____ at staff for i6s tattaeal pa effort,
but it did order sate of the hi*sst offs ss at tti. 901VOwaant t*
blo V p is as d a f t at as end r- it ma at on aaJar Mpot-
U i. is as g si t food this PVpwel toe radiaai.
Day bali+sod %ra tiev'a sommmi 9869r for th ra1.. *I* t"ditiao
wid On atsbafts had an-geed to `aaab Owwwwvt eg.aq, lB their
gOXAM , tM miss 'tiAa at a adder at st f! w .. *s P+.aI&selt
and go irpeae~lr^^ . raa4d ba,a redder .13+eectl~0o, d pre111064
do bstM to we 4nrtlw at M d WMA die a mwiiloe wet
Is a trraM afad+s. *a& a al =14104 1M
aaaluatioa at the national psyahologisal offae4,." It IMAIN to report
to the Iatiwal $e itr Ow=ail oa its om aattfit as sad as the
*Jaotitas, paliois and progr , and for the ooormbliar and -
*formulation and pvtlgation...at owr-all aatiaaal ologiaal.
The President's order Mde the Board r.spwnsib a for the
a i is of Staff wardd sit with the loud as its prln*W aI-litaa7
a*t?rjMW at all agras1os sagagsd $.a the effort to (aft ens SNOWS
MW Land
Skits was a t!r anodats. in set" never-au MUGMI
`d tied ser- 04' ON" oatttttRelberls 0 It Vol" toner t reu -
rd so%* -s tbal ail to ageoalM wav varklsg tapMw and dadag
tr~
'fir g emstow oft* the pups.. of the.. prapr
fw d1rh riet atft !t fttNrebtr et OW tietet far pease Md f1ree&%
ob j.atiws, ? the Baari tiwtld identity Cotao#3 what
w tier. %WIft to 4066.g74 A .. Zbsa it would dray tip pollol,. ono
to adh sw Soso ebJeetiws. It vaald terino togrtb.r all
twarta^wn uhimb o.Lf p1. a part is wesb p''s
M 1W" 4*694 1p. /afdarl Omdopm Oawatl ? press- peso
er
alai llr. one-4U $ t Is so 14ld at or OLM, a stop.
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so 2sarl vwtit h m sa &a4* rswliiratiaa that mm=7
idadfle" a@Ltm is tls MIA at foreign fair 1r ww_
s at -
mital apnsg bas as affsaR mpow the adads land wills
sa. To ssadaLss that sffsot the svwru at cost asst, In its d1t-
fseost apherss socardiag to a aaaa * pl,m `Moan role%* sit astiaos
totslire'?
The ?rssidsst$a dirsativs t1d not put the Board into the
field of Spea Baum. The Board vadd not, for o wsopL, manage
the Tadao at metes or mW at Vas infeenation offices whisk the
gossrt out had oat up In other ooustriss. It w to be a hi.g%-
ls'wl p~orp wourldeg in the field of 6arvad stratepr and ooordinatiaa.
The first Dire at or warat to work on Jul` 2, 19V.. '!emu
Dspar rout of State, the Department of Defaaoes and the Grntr41
Intsll.idenos igsur lent his srtough help to set ap the rn;aal.eu%
of a staff. This staff w arganlasd Lit this vag:
1. An Orf ioe of Plans and Poli cp . This staff group
vomits an broad strategic pr?blasr, defloes the c*}-
jeotives which we aho-ald sin at in o.xr psyche)1og1 os1
eff ors;, and drays up, io eoopera t1 an with other ageasise,
the program to aJhiew thoeo ob)ectivee.
2. An OCfisi of aeard,ination. This staff group helps
Us together the eff a its already under wsl in the
psyobolrog!-aal field and follow throes an plans and
program apprw+sd by the Baca.
3. An Office of Draluatiom and Rsriav. This staff
prwP obtains t'resa ather ageeesia of the govers^eaat
the isbslllisnss estiaates which the staltf needs for
its waft and prsparee evaluations of the effectiveness
of ioo ps7sWoonal oparatiaos.
4. An 1laevAfte Office for adtasaislratiw asttsrs.
In reavltiag the psramsat staff the Director ties handi--
GqVA at otart, not only 1- MW Scuml Jiff tanlties of treand'&-.
in aLL. and In the gowrnmst, but alas 1- the shortage of s q sstw
An ps i1 atestagf sad spsrattos. Withis the goes Bret
that Uwe aw sad ags-inliats for the aesaa1
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R rrtaent -- nor for that matter in the nation .--- vss tai a rra
vu ennsidsrshls a +sr of men t7inad tr eope vith a sit.uat.ior:
.rte i oh was ''t4i thw r vdr a-or poars. " AA ws Int" 7 cdna h+d rwvw r
'ire.a,d of forcing Vila kind of oonf l ir,t, ijec the wot' ? 4, s hs,d
made na pre p&ra tiuas fa:- t-&*,
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Ms KISCL Mtn
srtst vidsspread e, these was thn i4w that the Hoard vow ta 6166"
hamper the work oi" the Psyahologiosl Strategy lewrd. Arxttaps'tbU-`
there Ware also aWy aisoonespti*a Ublah themeatesed'tc
Board with eoue thi ng less than vtuv strained snthusiaast,
sp,nnibLlitj-. The result was that they viewed this araatlon of t',.
regard to a possible surrender of treditlansi aatberity and re- '
t h e lash at a bmw at *osg t of Payebologiml stntsQ, ?.Daesuas
at this tbaae warn a great deal at saa~fbsiaa regarding the wee at
the Dowd and its staff. 8erisar approb"sioats di elapsd in the
minds at people in tae established dspsrnts aM ag.naies w4tb.
Par1sps am* aariaws %d e my staffing diffioaltj.a M,it'.
pr orpsgaada aperatiats, and in geneftl hone surd
,
dsnelop strategie pmC>r+atee to influence o4hw nwti. j,
t Board to be a v4 z 4pmey rtish wo dd,
maiit twolm
ins t the tntse of #msri4w. Thoi-e Who -fasrossd W ',
=rerything fry the declaims of the Prrsideot to-the
it Pbrycdtolegteal Stew tecr Board
emar d ,W! a' Ott i4 ij*rrV0 y
and the Barons vatild acute the bout if
wvutld Sake the pol itioual eisoisionsS the 411.11U1 7: rid aalm- I"
put the boat possihlr l.nterpretatton on ifia ri i~pyVi ?'
.
merit aceted, and tbep, for the benefit of -ferns
jv prreipllst it ;
fLeld. They der ad that the Board should bavi a W, intersat in the
. r4
a a 7 . ,_ t h. declaims or sets oars of -OW go er vaetit in the far. kiln
the Based eha al d o x f sae AM activt tzy to e.xp],fiJ ning oar a .1 ai n.1
all govern t ageneies?
of oaastaat internatiarel ehsaager it was sot peaaetios le Wise wine
0 *19". The officials o hold this view eaetended that,.1lroiiiar- ,
strategist for ow aotlvitisa to infiuennos the siedo sad '.v411s e[
the deep-4asrrd idew that it is inposaibile to plan as
i thud na1 ce obstacle to the bond's *40 7aff"'40'
permit We. Wks had to wait and see what abt oppmente rears sad
to do; than we eauld Improvise a rasp se.
and rsaah oar objesthss. the edtaation we a~sh ton fbdd to
aeosraie and dapsNb1. g4 It t*Uw sd ' tdat .we could not hops
to &raw up plisse aed progvaas to esrry art ow national Polic.ies
and os1set.ives in. ert2tar parts at trio vaeids vbiati s a1d serve ,a
on
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if.self aaly with 'word Warfare'. !hose who believod this ?felt''tea 1
to att t to pat dam an paper an adagnata start at as paLio1a .
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that am lats]lipaoe tam osrfata Pwu At a* araas~C
aria. s~ar~ia to psritit dtwatw Pa7nio~1 i.si weld
~ aid
aadwi~Kt~r;
1 f1f ~- - MW I &W
t#~ r s~Qg saR riak a '1~i
to
pUted Ow ti'*isOWp~ofMw VWUt~rt11go b: ,.;
XMU27" U4 Is it,
on&
4 at doer riM !lro14
claw, aw saaod .os pt & a at
art
boas dlstorhd is now ea~tiaatlaw at MWAM
we had ~i,.wd a hiitsry ogrtU r wiue alt PM al+~rr r 1 rho
&,vlat bias, ww.oahd W* do auaih~ to ,
ar
v*'id to ow ate. add Itre. s3toattrMi U tsw
A l*wnib to the Hoard +? w 2Ms tio.
~
~. ~..... i.~ .QS. mw uaa - -ewes
Alm" most neasssarl. y be atLtts- pLwpi!:
is a "oald %aar' - a reaate oamfUct wbiah
or a hundred gars wiU, t ant be ift od go Ums" ii
it ~....~..~., able to do very _ to r+8
widespread i.aprsssion that the-'
struraZa ila rrElicit w WA~
Hut; perhaps the greatest afsoanwefti0n gat all
r.c:: i;? as ;t~?<
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In the eaurse of Uoir work the Dlx tror sad his stiff
reached a nw*Lr of Oarl~a1i1a0. tale ?
In for first' piss.. jjjW q 1#1y a Vp iris ai & that
the nosed $s ate ON wad a great ft" we tar ward wrlaosa:
The taint of the Boast, ow w psi in Sopuft 4- or
ssplain aMW ... O Mts b" is kelp Volvo"* lsr this aeasr,
they fit t h a t tea. Bosa+t, the MA prhooray a p liq- k1.as
barty, shoaad strive to slAaia visa pelsades and dsvwlep saMd
progress which vanld establish So idsotltr between ow at and
those of other free satio4s.
be a strategy board and would beeaa* a ?Bw-rd of Imprarlaad Toeties.
?e" in all fields of gusernwnt aotiiit7, it would mom cease to
board Decor sntan4ped in de/-44_dq desiaitas mod tried to later -
out of operational Mouses were sa nC. A. they` sw it, if the
On the other Zwd, the Direst and gaff did act awe !
the view that the Board should .mess itself with ?alau# eisry-
thing.? J felt, parti.aalsr2Y, that their tastrnstiows to stgr ;
In the third plays the Director ae1 hts staff' bbasne ece-
?inoed that it not only is possible but taprrativo to plan craw ,
efforts too influence hen's sleds anwd villa, 'd en a teat f ns pro jects -
tary outlays at the rate at $200, 000, 000 or rvra . a fey,
r(o ' .- it scan afford to make up its poliolaa and program as it goes aloag.
And whoa it is f gains a ruthless ggaseot who has given halt a try
of thasgbt to this kind of oonflist, it mot b wkln down to the grla
bssiasss of trying to think ahead of h#a. In the opini oa of the
Direater sad his staff. the II.B. has the sapaait to ash plans
uhiah will retail the payaho i+sal Ldtistiw for The fees varld ) ' 7
and pin dam ear .ppassats an the decfeasive.
7wnrth3,y the Ddzwtr sad his staff did wt share the
Yisv Uat iatalligeasae iafla1. as rule out effoetiie psyohslo sal
arativitg'. lath ingasaitq sad 1aa atiaa, they b.liwsd, a~a~oh offee-
ttvs wwiek son be . mdartakme r the bag" at eve pr.a.at haadladgs.
Later, as Car iuf aenatiaa iaproees, adJns#isats sw be Mode in
aim strd hotbeds.
In the fifth plea., Ow Dirastlle amid staff is jseM1.4 as,
riv first eff.stiw ssti to wilt *! f uaft and ssaf d art ,
SNOW" ar4 await as asli lai]4ap. may rssalled that the
Tie~Mrs Dssfriae, as lfar.rii t , the lee 11a Oda3lft aM
sssssssdma VasSi moo hM eras a rA" eat ub.a we hrd bars17 aft
...i.w eb. 4~rY", ? -'f 1 t '~...~ t;-.. y>~ c'Y141 t.'i.. a,. 1IP] C: ny w ri.,ry 1f