BACKSTOPPING STATE REPRESENTATIVE ON PSB

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01446R000100140019-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: May 25, 1951
• Content Type: MEMO

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To: P - Mr. Sergeant
Through: A - Mr. Grutcheep
Froms PCB/S - W. P. Davison
Subject: Backstopping State Representative on PSB
Backstopping arrangements for Mr. Webb in his role
of State Department representative on PSB are particularly
difficult in view of the fact that both the information
and geographic areas of the Department will be concerned
with PSB activities. It seems unavoidable, therefore,
that he will need two deputies to represent him when he
is unable to attend PSB meetings. The two I would suggest
are Mr. Barrett and Mr, Matthews.
Since however, neither Mr. Barrett nor Wr. Matthews
will be able to devote a great deal of time to detailed
scrutiny of the papers involved, they in turn will need
backstopping. For this purpose I would suggest a Special
assistant to Mr. Phillips to be appointed in P. For the
sake of complicating matters to the greatest possible
extent, we may designate this Special Assistant as "X."
The job of "X" will be to work with P/POL, PBS1 the
Geographic Bureaus, Mr. Lehrbas in G and the PSB atff
in assembling material for Mr, Barrett and Mr. Matthews and
briefing them prior to the meetings they atter. In the
**so of meetings which Mr, Webb attends personally ":X" would
in addition obtain the views, when appropria
and Mr. Matthews.
of
My reason for placing "X" In the P area, rather trian
in 0 or U is that the larger portion of the material and
hia-most_Tfrequerit contacts will be with P/POL. Bastions
on which he needs advice from the Geographic Burgaus will
tend to be very important ones, but they will arise less
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I have two or three suggestions regarding the possible
identity of -"X" in case the powers that be decide this
solution to be a sour one.
cc: Mr. Phillips
PCB/s= PDavison:vth
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