SYNOPSIS OF SIGNIFICANT COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00059A000400110048-3
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• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2000
• Sequence Number: 48
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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CIA. i~ doing ~ taette::r fob of briefing tlae cable tf"iic than SIR
mate ~}eper~ent. (fir. ~ob~rt ~`. ~.s~ pec~.al Ae~3iata~it to
:x~'; fir. ~. Park Armstrong, Speeiat Assiet~at tQ th+~ Secretary
ch asad Intelli~,ence.
This ^A dents are a e~al.uable ac~?iitioa t~s t S3aily sS
cif hint of ~t?~f'.f to tYze Cc~,~~aander-3.zx-~~i.ePi f3ffic~ of Secsretaxy
~ecretar,~ tt~ tae Joint Chief ~ c~Y 8ta,~f. ~
,~. ~'he o~ttL~4tlon ~2epoa~s are 1.nteresting anci $aluable.
of .t+e; SeGretaxy of Array. ~
~t? ~'he social evaluations are itar~erest3~ and ahaaulr~ be produced
~:~ (Secretaxq of Ar~y; Assistant C~4 al3tiaal ~f.I.itary
~3a~i~,y Ssnary ~ou~.d bB improved by t~~ -,~~ of a special
~tatic~a ttr indS.cate the n~,y~s tops inte2~.f.genc~ item? ~ecre~arp
s~ ~3s~uty Chis~ ~~ ~ta!'t', {~eratierts USt~+'".
~'cs~ Daily ,~t~az'~r sk~ould be 13raited to it+ o~ ut~'~ ~~,graif i-
~~h~.ef of Sta:C$~ "~~A; 13ir~retor oP Inte2ligdnce, ~#SAF.
~' Ha.3.ly ~us~aary should coratine~e tra ear. ~' the brief' su~at3.on
rao.ez~ts which it ~ox~nerly eontsi.n$d. {Chfef of tstt ?ktsi.grte, OS'. }
fibers is too ~nuc~i e,lis vn ;~nlitical inte~.ligence in trie ~3af.1.y
uu?,~. {~put~' TJirnctoar of Intel~.igencs, Hq. t3'. )
'there has heerc ec~nsc~rabl~e improvement in the ~af.ly and
es in tY~ past ?~ ~ngnths. director off' Sntelligence~, ~,~S.~F. }
IQ. T`he ~aek.ly S~rw~ary ~ often repetitio;zs of the I3a3.3~'
+ss3.c~~aal.].~ cnntai.ns ini'ormation that is "sta~.e". (office
1~.? '~&ere .ar? not enough artic~.+ss in the ~'esk~,,y 5~ry on Russia and
uatellitea.. ~S~acretarYv ~atiQna~. Sec3xrity ~oune~l.~
12. Z'he Meekly Summary often has some valuable special articles of
which the recent one on the Palestine situation is an example. (Pdaval
Aide to the President.)
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~7F I~Z~I~'f',7~UAL ~'
"~ ~~ ar~d `sir Sriea acre read rsui~r~t h~ tz~ ~resid~~l. ~3~
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, ~ s GppY is received Say hie ba~ral ~.ds, Capt. ~, ~. 1~ennissan ~~a
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~~.~ issues,, marka ez.gni.ficant items Frith a red pencil. and occa-
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ch ~egn3.scan thinks he ~ti.12. be particularly inter?~sted.~ ^____
the smeary tc~ t~ ~reaid~nt
x~nsgn slataoratea
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f~ ~ f sReatesncee on an itesar- Yee h~ mod, Captain ~a;~3eor~ ~atses nra
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'~.~ ~aateria~. ~rbich ~s ~3xead~r ~,~ csaxidsr~ed.
n says that the ~'x`esidsnt f lads t~s Swm~arie;~ e;~~siy
e~zly ; ~ sae consideresd by Denn.ieor~ to be: aRxoerl~ent
iiis
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e~tiot~,s Por ie~gvent of th$ l~a~.I.y S?~zy ~xre two; ~l~ d3.scontinue the
practices of rs.~eren.ces to preavioua issues of t1~ sa and. instead i.~.ctude
a ~' sen~en~ ar t~ from labs rc~erer~ced ite~u. ~irev#.aue :issueas have ~sual~.y
'~ d~8t~txyed~ rst~d tra C1~8,, or for rather remsor~ a~ not readier avai].a.b~.e
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$7,~d ~ tif.rectly ~iet~ ~rL3 ~. reaSeana fs~r disGr@~'.'I"~~di~ fl ~T`EiZ~~t~1].B~~1t`G:$~
Btu T'~?~3C3t''~i+ _ _ -- -_____.._.__._ _.........,,...~ ~~_
cretax~f has not assn the I3ai1y or ~e~:2y 5t~ma.ri~s ~ ar the past i'iv~e
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. ~obesr?t ~. mss, ~pe3cia7..~esistant #~ thes scretr, r~,.~i,s both
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~..?Qr scr~rtary aar,st~33.,, and if tare is an: items ~rhi+~~z t~~a
seems c3arnes cral.3,s it to .k~.s attention. ernes
~crertary ar3.I. reads the s.s traffic ta}~ eid.ch mast of
+eakltiy ar+~ laass?~, and 3aa adxiitis~n, reca~.ves a da~.lar sheet vth#.oh
~. appear irx the Daily and ~.~ is tk~n called to t~ ec,~et~.ry+s~..fa.~-
sttesrztc~n by ~rness. ~Sa other individuals sees the eurariee.
crit3.ci~ of the ~au~~et (1) sRe:ferenees to back
h not eaai~,y availab3s shou~.d be replaced by ~- ei~nificant
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sribed as the practice of ueir~ as C~ ccr~aesnt, the observ~tion$ caf tip
tsri~in$ttsr cif .the sotu~e dispatch. It siu~uld be: clear, accc~rdixt~ to
~, ~thet CIA ie x~sly concurr tirith an a~.ready evalur~te$ dispatcty
~3~ men C71~. caza~s3ciers a r?.r si~nificaxit esnough to priest it aru~ credit it
~o ~ ~o~ax`c~Et~ gore ~i.e~.tios~ should be ~ives:s ten the CIS.. Borst f~.~tly
~'~.tese a pos~.tion of c~.pl,~te~ r~on-cc~nceuxencs,
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eels that CIS ie do~.n~ a better fob than ?~iR of the depart-
ns-nt a~' Mate in its selection aAd aval.uativn ~~ aable$. Owes
~ strox~ that the distribution of tl~e Saz?i~s sr~c~~tlr~ be ~.i~ted
to t tap cparstional and. plaxxnin~ ~.ave2 of~'ici,al.s~ and shrauld resat ~nclud~
the i~tel.2i~ex~ce divisiesns of the var~~.o;~ lAC a,~enciea. ~'~he I~pa~ent
Y~ ~ this st~b~ect are cv~ered ~n detail in a separate oras~:dt dated
~~ bxxy 19.8 to Chief, Surrrey Oivisivn attached as 1'A;8 ~~
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~3. Lehr reads and marks h3,s copy of the ~`~lY ~~.ry each day
tie ~`o17.crei.r~ d~ the marksd portions of the summary ~.re~ c~f`ter- vn t4~e
~'cr t~ private conference held vrith the Yreeident. ~n trips ~rl~re
t3~r daily ccz~i`erenca grocedure # s resat follc~ect# the President # s cr~pies of
the ~,~i~r an~3 Meekly ,~uersarg are held in ~aahinton for his Idava'1. A.ids,,
a~ Ad~sal ~,aahy~ts acagiee are t`].o~rn tv him by pouch far h?.a urea ~xd fc~r
tie ~sident. ,An ~add~.tionai. grocedur~e c~ccaeivna es~pxoyed when tk~e
I~s~.dent ~. Ad.~iral L+~ahy are bath out of .the c+cu~xtry ~s to as3~r3.ee ~r~~ either
the ~d~iral cr the President by Top secret 3'~hite Louse cable 4~ a siiffcant
~. ~.c:z mi~,ht csthez?~.se not be se~-~z prr~~tly. ~n ~:~aie of t~3is prac~-
d~tre ~.s the cab2i of an, item cr~ncerniz~ the shvvtin~ cirreri of ~. planes.
i~3.av f'i~hters; an event ~rhich occurred x~ Z,eahy and the Presid~rr~t
~' in aril.
~-?.z?a]. Leahy-s copies of the wily and ~+eekly Suaacies are slay re~-d
bg C' er ~. t3. Crantha~, Aida to A.dr~ral l~ahy. Ccaartder ~ranth
1~hixa that the uiA co~cQentffi are valuab~,e but shvu].d rest be used tt~ corz~t
an .f~:'e politica,3. grobab3.l~.ties s the; should dej'initelp be used tar de-
~esLe reports which i~aludad 3.n the 5aryf but in ~1.ch ~~ con-
~r:ca is laekixz~ or only partial..
a.hy and Cunandar Grantham are Drell satietied eri.th tie
red ccx~teut o.~ the 8uar3ee as they a~~e currently garapared.
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Captain Charles 1~. BuQhar~a~i 5enic~r amide to ;secretary Poxetal reports
that ttie tsreta~ reads the T~ai1y aurd~y e~rery dir. C~ptaf.t~ Buchanan
;d,ssd. that the Cecret~.r3~ asked. a short ti~te ado that d,s3.~.very of the Shy
t~ h be speeded up so ~ could sea ~,t at ~Pro~it~e7.y the ear tie as the
i~re~i.dant. `his atra~~ent :has bin mad$ and t?r~ ecrc~tary reads each
issue early 3.n the ai'tarnocra vn the day of ~.ts issue. 3~r. F`a~rresta,3. ~lsc~
tk~e ~+~k3tiy SuZZr.~arYs thau~;h not as reli~ic~usly as the Bally S s
such cor,.,siders "ti'~e hlbl.e# accc~rdi to ~dptain Buchanan. fir. Sow
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~'", t~ pe~Gla1. ~sa~.stant to the S~eretary for Pc~3
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also inter~rie~ared. ;~r. ~3h1~ sstici that t~`~e 7"~ai 1v fi~~~}3~~
fir. ~' feels that tkse sa~ary is an excellent ,job, .and said tkiat es-
P+~e~,Y likes the ~;.,~ dents. 3s citad the exa~plc t~f an 3.u~n r~rg~?artin
a dccvrment in ltaly~, ~r~~ich a comment indicated CZ.~ believed to be sp~rn~as,
~.~ se~reral reaecns `car this c~ncl~~ian ~xhich later proved. trr be
c~rz~ct). fir, C}h~.y d1.ec- reads tY~ ;~,ly ~;~,"~ though not ae I.ar1Y
or as prc~mp ply as the wily. h~3,d ns~ su~geations ,as tt~ :style cr c+~aent
a~3 tstsd that he t~~~u~ht it rows an e~c~.ent scab. Beth ter. C~.y and Capta~.n
Beta also believe tha C 53.tuatiQn Bsports to va].aal~.~~ ~'~'
~~. they fe$l, tY,at they ara a sytttheeis cf the bast infox~ued araal.ys
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er covered. iao ?z~ e3.ss in the ecrstaryt$ {~.f.~ice reads
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'3''SOxI&~ C?~'3S~#rY~3.t~.L#ii th?k~. Yle G!CC.3~iu! ~"" -# ~?-~?r v vas v+~.u ;atu a~ y
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.interested fie the items. ~~ saki taa r~~l3azed that this could not be ~I~d
aa:ch rse3pient had hd.s crarxa set of special, i~tex+ests.
GkETtiRY t)F THE ,~'
T~ Dal. and csi~ly Sur:x~ies are read avidly by ?r. Rc3yall, aceord3.ng
to Lt. Ccalc~i>$I Battey ~~s a3.de. Th,~ ~ecretaxlr reaci~a like 3~aily aB scaan as
it is rs~vesi, anc3 if' Sae ~ahaul.d miss an issue, h~a asks there it is. Copies
xht,eh acrrive ~hi3,es the secretary is o~,zt of tom are saved for rxf.s return.
~e cane else in t.'~ cf.~ies r~tds this copy. Col. Haute stags that bath
the secretary especia3~y dike the "pecia.l valzaations.
SRBI'~ ' p~' T~ I~YY
A~'fs~rs). the ~.d~tiral calks to ~r. 8u3.l.iuanis atttraticrn~Yt~~~se items . n
.feels t secz etary 7a3d be interested. 'Phe cagy is ~1s4 read. by Capt~tiA
P'itau~h ~, F~srsonal ~.da tv the seamy cif ~avp. In dddit3.oxz3 the
~i `ely summaries are seen by three .~.seistt sscretsri,~t~ of the ivy,
ge a resW.t caf the neces.tary routing, this meekly su~s~ is wry oftexa a k
ear ~~, '~ ~+ ~ ~-~ + ~.... ~.:._.. , ~ _ . _ _ ~ _ .. _ _
arl;~* 23,kes the CIA special evaluation ate. lesls that there ahtrul.d be mc-re
caf ~? +~tates specit'11,y t3a;~t ia.s ~ault~ like tc sc~e ag analysis c+f tha:
prle~t cif xlaat to do ~3th :~er.ny in vi.~r of soviet intransigence. ~`
~'~'~- '~~ also lie to. sere sxa ~ys3.s of tl~ current Ira~.~a, sit~a~,ticm
{x~sm
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as r~othi,r~ ~ bee~a published on tr~.s subject for- sow t:i~e. c~dl-
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~tc~ther ccs~ent by ~ Act~.ral. `~'t~oic~idge is cc~~aered in ~ Tap egret
~-~lental ~aport ~rhich is transm~.tted concurrently for yaux~ ir~fcrr~atior~.
'~ Secretar,~ o~ the navy rears Isis r~~rkad eczpy flf ttie I?a.il.y ~u~max^y r~
gul~.rly and sees perhaps a thix~ci df the '~~.ly Summary. ~..I1 Ada ears ~,pp~~
+ sa'~~.sf ied ~rlth the production ar~.th t~ excspti.on met~tio~sd a.~oue. ;In
~Iceiz~ the int+erv3.e~ ~.th ~;,ci~.xa~. ~'aoldridge, h+~ mentioned that ~ continuing
effo~ should be rrt~.de to prod-ac?s intelligence es~.,imstes on as ti~,eiy a t~asis
s~ ~.~t practicable. ~Ie feels this is being ciana :in tine ~?aily Summary but is
net a].s tr~z~3 of ter special e~'.~. cations. Gapta~.n Lee feslr that a mars
a~t~.st`t~ctcrry treatt~ent for the wily Su~nary ~oulc't be s. sex+as cif one or t
~$ highlights .rather than the ~ragraph trea.trae2zt TiC1~9' gig@X~ in tl~t
~~RLT~Y a~ ~'~ SIR FGRC
'~ ~scretax~'~ s copy 3.s read daily by ?fir. G. ~. ?i.tney, :assistant Secre-
tary of the ,ir P`aros,~ and by Colonel S~eney~, his ~:ide. nth ~alone2
nay a~ F~~r. Whitney accasionall~r flab an ite;a for ~r. k y~iin~Yton, the
~tr?y. CoI.. Sweeney suggests a ~box~ ~.t the tap of tree first page eaf
$ p~.ily Suxas~'. Tape bow ~r~zld bs filled only on days ~t~en there was o~
ite~~ of top signif'ieance~, it othez~ise would be I~ft bl~.
' 1`~sels th~.t #.n. this gray tb~ day; s tap 3nte17.3~;;~-noe wculd be available
a ~la~zce and ~rc~ul~i mot ,rave to ~ screened frc the rear~,aiz3ln~ itera~ of
p~-ss3bly lesser significaa~cs, t~etYzer fir. :~itnsy nor this Secxetax~?,~ have any
~axi~~.c ot~ua~ts with Y`~tsrence t~ ties Ii~i.1y or l~tt~itly, but Cerl~ ~$ney
motes that the p~~blic~.t' ox~,s a.re appreciated. asgd xe~ad ra,~.ax?ly by r. ~%t.tney,
~ou2d lza. r.c2e soncz cogent to 5xs~anejr if theg Mere ~~rzsatisfactoxy.
~~ SECi~b~,Tx~Y 'TC3 ~ ;~dn"1'.~pl!~L S~.T'TY Ct~3CiL
~'h~ ~ail.y and ?~eekl;,~ S?~aaries were discussed wlth ~;r. Ja:ae.s ~. Ys ~~'?,
eFputy "~Cec~ti~re Secretary of the Coua~cil, who stated tt~.t all the pezraert
s ~tf the Cc~urcil Pin~i the pulalicatiar~ of use. ~~'. Lay c~usried .
31dh ~. auexs, the xr~~aeci recipieigt, and relayed ttae inforat~.r~n. teat ~r.
+ne~'s Peels tit ~l~ 1.s ?ic~ir~ a fins job insafarc as he c tell. x~r. Souers
red that he did nat see the rr~.terial upon r~hicYm CZ~ publ3.caticm5 ~.re
lid sa he is not in a position to ;~hd~,a the adec~uac;~ ai` they selsct~.~+n. ter.
ors s~1.so c?eaated that frees his vleYpoint, % rroald life ~c s~ mere ti-
cls~ iu the ~ee~?y "u~.ary about w~+.. is ;Ding un in l~ussia ~1'id the Satei.l.ites.
~"he S~cr~taxR,~ ,feels ttz~t the articles in the ~~eiy u~,ary adequately cover
1~~ at$zer parts ?~f the ~arltt~, b~xt b}~x~ a.re not enough ertiales on tY~ mast
ar~a3.
Souers persort~~I.3,y roads fire wily and Y~+ei:ly Su~ies Frith gularity.
~~e ~:xd.es axe ~].so read. by fir. Lay, Dr. ~g~;s and~,~r. !~. ~. Dillard e~f the
te~te ~q-~rt~nt; Colonel ~'ah~cn of ~:eze ~r~y,~ captain ,~ustir~ of Mize ~~' ~~-
p~~nt, and Lt? Colonel ~e~ielbar of the sir ~'araes.
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chile Several ~..senh~o~rer ~~ thief of Stuff,. h~.s ~putls ~a,;flr "Fenera.I.
Marton J. oll~.ns, d rear Joel ~. kiollf.e, .A.ssisw?~nt 5ecreta.ry- ?' t~
f~naraZ ~:taff, mere the only persons ~n the office c~P the Chief of Staff
had regular access t4 tII'~se i~aily and ~ee:.I;,~ Sursc:aries. ~cc~.s~.on~.3y,
haeever, thei su~~ariss ~rere read by fit. Col.ear~l J. ~. ssr~, ,secretary
of the ~eneraa. Sts,,?f.
chk ~r1th trie office oP the Ct~.'Lef of Staff since the ~Paintr~ent
of t~~ersl Char ~~radley to succeed general ~;iaenht~rer has ind?.catsd that
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for ~radleyTs rersc~na2 Aids, the staff Qf
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X?Ciri~~~n t~.l~ ~. ~'~r ~ ~~ ~~~ L~Ic"~~i e$tt~~.~?', ~r~'~~.~'C~a~
retained, ~.t lsr~st .for the time beiz~gt in handli~a t~~e ~;4 a=r~ ~~.
T ~dllo~ ~~; prncsdure wat~ ~ effect ~rtien Ceraera3. ~iss~er was ~~~.~~' crf
Staff,
a~or Ho3.~.is reads ohs sexy and pas~res ~t rr~.tho=.zt cogent to ~enerai
~~.ns eho reads it ai~~oat daily. General Collies pass~.s #.t to tape C~'~.e-f`
of staff rr~en ti~sra are iteu~s fn which he thinks tha Gsnera3. gill ~e ~.rr-
tez~aetad. with Gener~.I. ~exrho~rer ~~nci General CoI3.ir~.,s F'read it Frith their
p~scils in hand"'. :c.~.senha~rer often gate such s~-argfi.^al r~ot,e~a, a.s, ~
Foorest.~i assn the?~ car ~~s~,ngtfln kncrmr this?'~ 1.n ~hicti case ~. coor-
~4tivn ~s effected Frith the apprc~pri.~.te offic3:e3.. Tf either ~.ol car
ll.ins feel it ~.ppropriate, the i~irector of ~ Irttslli~snce i~ ca]eJ.ed
'fin to slbaorat~e an i.t at the ~skl~ brief3.ng, Ge:~eral ~isenhr
cut of tvaen a great c1ea1 of the ti~a? and rolled on the Intell~.,,sncs 1~ivi-
ar~?s wkly briefing to keep him. posted. *~a~or ~iollis feels that the
1',~ily Su~xy z~~iould bes Iiraited to ite:~ of utmost s~.gnific?~ncer. ~~a~c~r
Willis Felt ths~t the ~,eeltly S~marys ~aeoause of ~.ts 2,enrt~thi neet3sd :~r#.ef-
b+ei'cre Censr,l .:"~~.senhcx Qa,~ it, The C~~ra]. eras interested 1,n appro~t--
a~te].yy cans--third of thc~ items 3.n tt~ I?s~.Iy Su~ar~-', b:zt felts t~~.at i
good ~agrouad and is one of tht3 bast inte3~..igertc~ publica.~a.oree. io7~lis
that the see;