REPORTING TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL UNDER THE NSC-68 AND NSC-114 SERIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 13, 2014
• Sequence Number: 78
• Publication Date: December 21, 1951
• Content Type: MEMO

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DATE: 21 December 1951
SUBJECT: Reporting to the President and the National Security Council
under the NSC -68 and NSC -114 Series
The following types of reports are suggested to comply with the President's
directive of 9 August, 1951, in which he expressed a desire for regular reports
on the progress of the various programs set forth in the NSC -68 series and
the NSC -114 series. These reports would be additional to CIA's present report-
ing to the President and its support to the NSC.
1. A report on the progress achieved by the national intelligence
establishment in organizing and equipping itself to fulfill its mission.
This report would deal with such matters as: (a) CIA organization; (b) LAC
relationships; (c) adequacy of personnel and physical facilities; and
(d) current problems facing the foreign intelligence program. It might be
prepared and submitted semi -annuAlly by the DCI.
2. Reports on special intelligence activities. It is believed that
the majority of these reports could be made in connection with the progress
reports called for under relevant NSC policy papers. For example, CIA activi-
ties under the NSC -26 series could be embodied in a contribution to the
Department of State progress report on this program. CIA activities with
respect to could be included in a PSB report. In a
few cases, e.g., NSC -86, CIA would report directly to the NSC. It would be
helpful, I believe, to standardize the reporting periods for these projects.
If the progress reports were all due on approximately the same dates, they
could be studied together and the relationship of the programs could be seen
more easily - e.g., psychological warfare and defector programs. Semi -annuel
reporting would seem to be about the proper periodicity.
3. An estimate of the world situation. This could be a periodic report
prepared by the National Estimates Board surveying the world situation and
emphasizing emerging and developing situations of importance to the nation]
security. It should be estimative and not reportorial. It might be issued
quarterly. Its scope and frequency probably would make MC coordination im-
practical, and such a report might be produced, therefore, as the Board's
current view of the global situation.
4. A report on the vulnerability of the US to attack. This report
could be along the lines of the current NSC project, "A Project to Provide
a more adequate Basis for Planning the Security of the U.S." An annual report
would appear to be the most practical in view of the time and work involved
in preparation and the unlikelihood of the basic factors changing rapidly.
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