OFFICIAL DIARY (ACTING DD/I)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01041A000100020054-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2000
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: December 3, 1952
• Content Type: NOTES

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Security inform.=.tion
Official Diary
(Acting DD/I)
Wednesday, 3 December 1952
1. At the morning meeting, presided over by D/DCI, brought up alarming cable
from Military in New Delhi regarding possible coup in Nepal within the next two
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2. Received from D/DCI State policy paper for regarding the North
Atlantic Treaty meetings. Read same and passed it to Sherman Kent with in-
structions to return to me after appropriate members of the Board had seen it.
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3. Conferred with -
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on the following matters:
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b. Question of appropriate Ap-
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been administratively gutted by one in Fl. Authorized 25X1A9a
25X1 A9j.irect liaison by in an attempt to straighten this out.
c. Question of getting access to Camp Dietrich was again reviewed
and brief discussion held with General Porter over the phone. He
undertook to be helpful in the matter.
d. Flying saucers: Received capsule briefing on recent indications
which have caused us to take a far more serious view of unexplained
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iewed the course the Director should take and the
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the question of drafting terms of reference for the new summary evaluation. In-
formed them that a preliminary paper must be available by Thursday, December 11,
so that DCI could study it before his meeting with the Joint Chiefs on 15 December.
The chief points I stressed were the necessity of working backwards from critical
objectives in the United States, determining these, the number of twenty or fifty
Kiloton bombs necessary to damage each "critically" (whenever that may be), then
considering the ability to deliver bombs on target in terms of percentage and fi-
nally bringing into play the limitations of the Russian stockpile probably using
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Wednesday, 3 December 1952
5. (cont'd.)
three or four alternative hypotheses as to the size thereof. As a final cut an
estimate of the amount needed to neutralize our overseas retaliatory power should
be considered. Left the meeting before it was fairly underway, but believe there
was general agreement on the scope of the study.
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Wednesday, 3 December 1952
6. (cont'd.)
7. Attended P}IC Meeting.
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