MURPHY COMMISSION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83B00823R000200060144-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 2001
• Sequence Number: 144
• Publication Date: August 26, 1974
• Content Type: MF

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26 August 197
MEMORANDUM FOR: SAB/DDO
SUBJECT: Murphy Commission
1. Attached is a package of material concerning the Murphy
Commission which is a short title for the "Commission on the Organization
of the Government for the Conduct of Foreign Policy. " As you know,
this Commission was established by a joint act of Congress to look into
all aspects of the foreign policy problem. The attached papers are self-
explanatory, at least to a degree, and obviously present this Directorate
with a long term problem of how we meet the spirit and intent of the
Commission and still avoid unnecessary security problems.
2. I would like you to be the Directorate's referent on all
matters affecting it as relate to this Commission and to draw upon
such resources within the Directorate as you feel necessary to assist
them in their job; this to include any interviews with Directorate personnel,
the provision of material and the establishment of appropriate guidelines
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3. I expect you to consult with me on a regular basis as our inter-
action with the Commission develops and for the purpose of specific policy
guidance. As a general policy matter I regard the work of the Commission
as important and the role of intelligence in support of foreign policy as a
major aspect-of such policy. I believe we should approach this problem
in a positive and constructive way and attempt to give the Commission what-
ever assistance we can while attempting to preserve from public exposure
sensitive operational detail. In this respect, I believe we should regard
Ambassador Murphy's letter of 8 August as the charter for the Commission's
interaction with the Agency and as overriding any of the attached study plans
which Ambassador Murphy notes as "suggestions".
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4. With specific regard to paper #6, we have furnished the
IC Staff with some suggestions as to ex-Ambassadors who might
author such a a rthies such as
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A been contacted as possible commentators on the basic paper.
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Deputy Director for Operations
Attachment
As Stated Above
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Distribution:
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