LETTER TO MR. ALLEN DULLES FROM (UNSIGNED)

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• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: November 22, 2019
• Case Number: F-2018-02556
• Publication Date: December 24, 1953

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DEPARTMENT OF THE_AIjMY
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF STAFF, G-2, INTELLIGENCE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
4 DEC 19b3
Mr. Allen Dulles
Director, Central Intelligence
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Mr. Dulles:
Since my conference with you on 17 December, I have discussed
? \:? the subject of "Agreed Activities" with members of my staff. The
major Army commanders and I are of the opinion that the real need
is for a clarification of NSCID #5 and not an "Agreed Activities"
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paper.
As you know, the proposed agreement has as its basis NSCID #5
and if consummated would be corollary thereto. It now appears that
many officials in the intelligence community believe events have
overtaken the basic policy reflected in NSCID #5 and that this
directive is out of date, as well as focus, with the realistic de-
mands for military intelligence collection today. I appreciate
your viewpoint that the Army should continue to make whatever con-
tribution it can in the clandestine collection field. I believe the
Army can contribute even more, but the language of NSCID #5 has
often served to hinder rather than assist this effort because of the
varied interpretations thereof, the provisions of NSCID #2, and the
provisions of the National Security Act of 1947.
The need for coordinated operations to avoid inadvertent compro-
mise and unprofitable duplication is perfectly clear to me. A
possible device to effect clandestine coordination would be the
exchange on a reciprocal basis of experienced personnel at appropriate
command levels should NSCID #5 be revised so as to define the
responsibility and the fields in which the Military Services and
CIA would operate in clandestine collection.
FUrthermcre, in effecting coordination at the National level,
I believe that the IPC would be the acceptable mechanism to be used
by the representative members of the intelligence community. This
would require some revision of the IPC charter.
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