DIRECTOR'S MEETING

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 03102792
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: March 8, 2023
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2019
• Case Number: F-2019-02055
• Publication Date: February 20, 1952

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Director's Meeting
Wednesday, 20 February 1952
PRESENT: General Smith, Messrs. Wisner, Wolf, Redden, Earman
The Director:
a. Discussed
stated that (1) he
(2) he had briefly
show him Ridgway's
Gen. Collins, as a
Ridgway since Gen.
cable form.
Mr. Wisner:
his reply to Gen. Ridgway's letter of 2 February 1952 and
desired Mr. Wisner to go over the draft prior to dispatcn;
discussed this matter with Secretary Pace and intended to
letter and our reply thereto; (3) he also would advise
matter of information, the action he was recommending to
Collins had received contents of Gen. Ridgway's letter in
b. Noted that Security had reported to him that there had been leaks
in the nature of agent identification to and that nothing in the
investigation was revealed to point the. finger at CIA; however, there is a
possibility that these leaks might have come from the Department of State.
c. Gave the Director an article on Radio Free Europe and the Voice
of America.
S
d. Stated that Gen. McClure had raised the old problem of securing
complete information on resistance movements and, upon being informed that
this information would not be made available, McClure had then requested
Gen. Bolling to bring this matter to the Director's attention. After same
discussion, the Director stated that (1) we should deposit with the Joint
Chiefs (Gen. Balmer) a copy of our plans; (2) it would be made plain that
these plans would not be disseminated but were being furnished for possible
use in the event "we were bombed out"; (3) Gen. Bolling would be informed
that (a) our channel for dealing with Defense on matters of this nature
was through JSPD; (b) our plans dealing with the subject in question had
been deposited with this division; (c) if he, Bolling, Could convince the
Joint Chiefs and us that there was need for the information requested by
McClure, it would be made available.6:;,,,kAWc�eA� \c�,
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Mr. Wisner (Cont'd.)
e. Noted that a full set of questions had been sent to
who will be our representative at the
Mr. Hedden:
a. Noted that
afternoon.
was coming back from New Orleans this
b. Briefly discussed his Hat home,' on 18 February.
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