Dear Hugh,
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Publication Date:
November 17, 1965
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Approved For ReleasoW2000/09/01: CIA-RDP82-0G2 0002W41025i 5) F I L E
DEPARTMENT OF STATE ~~ -mac cep
WASHINGTON
November 17, 1965
Dear Hugh,
The enclosed envelope is for Ethel and has some money in it for the
EIC gift to Dr. Guthe. Tell her to spend it wisely.
I also want to throw into the hopper a suggestion for the EIC
subcommittee structure. One of the things that Dr. Guthe mentioned in
his little talk to our gathering last week was the notion that the EIC
might get more involved in "current" developments. I concur and offer
for discussion the following as a practical means of accomplishing this.
I think that a subcommittee on current developments might usefully
be set up. The group should be concerned with exchanging views on the
meaning of moving developments and should aim at interpreting economic
phenomena. The group should not, as in the present subcommittees,
attempt to make or to coordinate estimations of economic magnitudes;
neither should it try to develop a common view on current economic
developments, or, even less, barge into the affairs of OCI and similar
outfits in other agencies.
It would appear to me advantageous if the subcommittee were given
a quasi-floating membership. A small nucleus would be necessary to
provide some continuity and to organize regular -- perhaps monthly --
meetings. But additional people should be invited in from all EIC
agencies as appropriate, depending on the specific items up for
discussion. I also expect that it would be valuable to make a particular
effort to bring in non-economists and expose them to the wisdom of the
economist.
Would you drop this wild proposal into the idea hat along with
the other suggestions that you have received?
Sincerely,
.L
Mo ris H. Crawford
Department of State Representative
Economic Intelligence Committee
executive Secretary,
Economic Intelligence Committee,
Central Intelligence Agency.
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