State-Defense Staff Study

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP61S00750A000100040077-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 31, 1997
• Sequence Number: 77
• Publication Date: September 11, 1950
• Content Type: MF

Approved For Release 2000/08/26 : RDP61 S00750A0001 QQ9 ?7-1
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11 September 1950
MEMORANDUM FORt Mr. Houstor,
SUBJECT: State Defense Staff Study
REFERENCE: Your memo of 1 September 1950 and enclosures
1. We note that your Tab D (final version to date) of the
paper for which General Magruder seeks the DCI{s agreement was
referred to us for information only.
2. Attached., however., are some comments thereon for your use.
They are not all-inclusive and not necessarily the most important
items. I e hasize particularly the last two para. a hs thereof.,
"Conclusions and "Recommendations"*
3. We particularly wish to point out that., if the new National
Estimates Staff and Current Intelligence Staff of the National Intelli-
gence Group are really a part of CIA., then this paper deals wholly
with the internal reorganization of CIA. We might submit a staff study
on reorganizing the'Pentagon or State li
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