ATTACHED DRAFT STATUS REPORT TO NSC

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2001
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• Publication Date: August 13, 1956
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MEMORANDUM FCR : Mr. Dulles
SUBJECT: Attached Draft Status Report to NSC
1. This is the first report prepared on an annual basis,
in accordance with the change of rules a year ago. It follows
closely the format employed last year, but is slightly longer.
2. Key Sections. The key sections are the Summary (pp.i-vii),
the sections on Military and Political Intelligence (PP-9-13) and
(within the section on Scientific Intelligence) the subsections on
atomic energy and guided missiles (pp. 17-20). The final chapter
on'Collection is notable chiefly for the omission on security
grounds (at General Cabell's direction) of all discussion of
aerial reconnaissance; the discussions of ELINT and long-range
radar (pp. 31-33) and on clandestine collection (pp. 38-42)
are of extra interest -- the latter is virtually identical with
the text you previously reviewed, and the revisions were worked
out with
3. Possible Issues. There are no splits in this draft, and
none specifically foreseen. Within the key sections, you nay wish
to look most closely at the discussions of political and military
intelligence (pp. iii-iv); the political intelligence summary has
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no specific counterpart in the discussion and was written within
OI'IE. The military intelligence surmiiary has the same lead language
as last year, but dwells more on clandestine and technical programs..
The same emphasis is repeated in the concluding paragraph of the
whole summary (pp. vii-viia), under Collection. The chief discussion
paragraph on this point is para. 3 d. of Chapter B, on page 10.
As in the past, there has been some service tendency to lay implicit
blame on the clandestine services;, whatever shading in this direction
may remain seems to be very slight, and to be more than washed out
by the full discussion of clandestine collection elsewhere, showing
clearly how much we are doing.
Secretary
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