DEAR MR. WEBB:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00059A000200040010-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: July 26, 1950
• Content Type: LETTER

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JUL 26 1950
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T 3 Ur de'r' Secretary of `i alto
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The State- )eferxse G- :" stu1y of I jay l9SO, on "P oduo--
?tAon of National. Inntelli 7 ri en, t m t; with your letter
of 7 July for iy* comment,, points up ? cozflicttng theories
catch have 'eva-iiied sii e the ixeption of CIP on the ?esponsi.
kh:Llity 'within our Goverment 1-cr :nteUi? ence relati rg to the
;n,.v.ioi,al security, 1. ea.. a resp resit a s ,Ite D xt,or sm.,
a t or .ttce of cc-equal d1rector;3 of the several intc1liger
The proposals set forth in the S? tff Study voiAd be, so
a departure from he e ,ept of the Cent a'I Intefligence
11 $ m-y as envisaged by the ,Jongrr.;V Vat there exists at present
ids legal a-r'thority to adopt t24.f3x,
As an indication of this GoYr es-,Ions1 intent. I c tot, from
tho statement of the Oha- rman of the vepi ; . oco s , of 11
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i;;:,,1,, House Lxpe .itures Committee Thee :tL!,at,L:xz Inteli.. -.nee A ;;ti
vj , d e s of the G a : o r m a e o (at t h e U w of the Dom
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lb Au it 1948:
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and this i ge q,r s S np J a: r j LBi ale : tine ei of fog oign
i. tell geIEe _ :a~ x. f ; i - j .t j his Agency i the req..u s to
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the Centrcii :r, Y ;L:i p 4?Ei 7 mid shift it a, a noliective r
s nsibil ty to a c piitt ? Tidii is specified -311 your stud' ,
follows:
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of ~ x c l if es t L e ,ats>t .: Security Act c o a l p l a t e ? , s a su `
doc;tt 3 rE of ,:s.~.Lectta ve res :. l Lbility, but, in =C 5C, the National
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Seca ^ity Cou ,. spec ii: ;a! :f disavowed this doctrine in the
l oari. .a ,',gw _
ruY liove that the D1recte r and
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=C should he 4jou 'by the concept of colts
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y cow?di r~ ~ >ex ne. tional intelligenNe to the
co )on c _,r4:i Bator among the ag,3ncies
i;arei>sl thought aric ru_ily? has been given to the a ..sting
U& 1D 1 in its ,e t jor bo the statutory responsibilities of t is
Agency. The E- esent dir at.Yt:pies i nd their irnplenontati on have not
been satisfaartc?y. There has been prepared for submission td the
Natio,. Seci ra.ty Couwi.l a bs.LYic NSCID which Is attached hereviith
for yfoi r? i.r orr ation