DISSEMINATION OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATES (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61-00549R000200120008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2012
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 24, 1957
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE DWI
SUBJECT: Dissemination of National
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24 June 1957
ence Estimates
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1. The attached memorandum from Howard Furnas concurs
in S.-DidICCts proposal. However, as you will note, their assent
appears to be a qualified one, which creates a problem in drafting
a formal reply to s-Dtacc.
2. I don't know whether State now concurs only on the as-
sumption that the reply to S-DMICC will include a statement of
their "understanding." If so, there appear to be two alternatives:
(a) advise S-DMICC that the IAC concurs, but that Statels con-
currence is based on "the following understanding. . . ."; or
(b) draft a reply giving State's qualified acceptance as the IAC view
(after polling IAC members again). The trouble with (a) is that it
would be an equivocal reply; an additional difficulty with (b) is that
the Director or another member might not agree as to the necessity
of such a qualified reply and we might have to thresh out the matter
at an IAC meeting--which you wished originally to avoid.
3. However, if State desires only to inform IAC members of
their "understanding" for purposes of the record, and does not
consider it essential to include that "understanding" in the formal
reply of the IAC, we may avoid the procedural problems indicated
above. We could advise S-DMICC that the IAC concurred in its
proposal and rely on State to make its pitch to S-DCC informally
through the State member.
4. Since you have personally discussed this matter with
Howard Furnas. I wasn't certain whether you had some understanding
with him on how it was to be handled. Consequently, I did not want
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to attempt to unravel it by contacting him dir c ly until had
checked with you.
5. My recommendation is that you obtain Furnas' agreement
that we: (a) forward a reply to S-DMICC stating simply that the
LAC concurs in the substance of their proposal of 23 April, without
endorsing any specific procedure for marking or stamping documents
(see Attachment A); (b) circulate State's memo to the LAC members
with a covering memorandum saying that State agrees to join the
other agencies in concurring without any qualification, but wished
their "understanding," derived from independent consultations with
S-DMICC members, passed on to the IAC members for information
(Attachment 8).
6. I have discussed this matter informally with Jack Oliver
and he has a question about the factual accuracy of para. of
Stat memorandum which you may also wish to raise with
Howard Furnas.
JOHN }MIRES
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