MEMORANDUM COVERING MEETING OF THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE HELD AT 1500, 19 OCTOBER 1945, IN ROOM 114, STATE DEPARTMENT

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00022R000400070021-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 30, 2004
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: October 19, 1945
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEVIOR&NDtiNI COMING MEETING OF THE IN'TrRDFpARTMENTAL C0MIIITTEE
HELD AT 1500, 19 0C` , ER 1945, =IN:ROOM 114, STATE DEP RTM NT.:
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Mr. :Mussel, Col.. McCormaek,`.Mr. Lovett, Brig.Gen.Brownell,
_Major Correa and the undersigned,
After a Keneral, dis cu sion`.it'wa"s obvious that representatives
tary_of _State :were. unable to make =ary-progress_'in their negotiations until.? IL
developing an:interddepartmental intelligence program and
up tting the program in opprati
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Representatives? o f "Aar. and SecNav interpret the letter,
~.as, a directive to Sec State to: take the lead in creating
an interdepartmental group $o `formulate 'plans for the
approval of the-President.':
Col. McCormack favors a.plan providing that the head or
Executive Secretary of the';coordinating authority be named
by ,Secretary .;of Stag and that: he :be an employee of. the State Department..
..Col. McCormaok'splan provides further. that in lieu of a
Central agency,- responsible,_., intelli-
gence estimates, the Estimates. Staff of.-the Special Assis-'
taut, for Research and_.Intelligence be assigned the respon
sibility in collaboration with,-other, interested agencies.
Representatives -of.Sdiar and-Navy feel strongly that. the
head; or Director.-of. the C.IsA.`.`should be named by the. Pres-
ident upon the=-nomination' Q' f' and responsible to the .Becre-
taries of State, `War end Navy and representatives of J.C.S.
and 'that- rational _.In.telligerioeestimates should.be produced.
by the C.I.A.-
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our respective Secretaries to instruct their, representatives as to which
control it is believed the committee can reconcile differences in connec-. Q "t
tion with the formulation of a program for-submission to the President. M -c to
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S. W. SOUERS,
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