OFFICIAL DIARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01041A000100020106-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 1998
• Sequence Number: 106
• Publication Date: October 9, 1952
• Content Type: NOTES

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Official Diary
Thursday, 9 October 1952
1. Advised the Director of our intention to hold Deputies' dinners
on alternate Thursdays, the first to be held this coming Thursday. DCI
declined our invitation to attend.
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25X1A9a 2. At the morning meeting reported to DCI on my talk with-
Informed the DCI that the "high ranking" defectors referred to in a
recent log item consisted of two Colonels, one Major, and a wife.
3. Indicated to the Director that I would appreciate sitting in
at some time during his talk with General Shortt, whom I had not met. Later
the Director called me and we chatted with General Shortt on mutual problems.
One point made by him was that they tended to confine intelligence speciali-
zation to the lower ranks and found it helpful to have broad-based experience
in the senior intelligence posts. I commented that this was comparable to
our use of General Bull and Admiral Bieri on the Board of National Estimates.
General Shortt also inquired as to our use of external research and our use
of consultants and we outlined the facts on these points. Following this
meeting I indicated to General Shortt the wish to have a more extended talk
with him and suggested that we try to have dinner together some time next
week, if that suited his schedule. General Shortt indicated that, if
necessary, he would stay over for an additional day. I later indicated to
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14. Attended NSC Senior Staff meeting on Iran policy paper. At
this meeting I briefly reviewed the Special Estimate on Iran, emphasizing
the emergency import of the paper.
5. Met with Dr. Hoover on the summary evaluation paper and he
undertook to have the various papers ready for a conference with General
Samford on Friday morning. I arranged to see General Samford at that time.
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6. Chatted with who is proceeding to
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25X1A8a ultimately to be a member of the I outlined to
him my view as to the functions and opportunities of that unit and found
that he was entirely in accord with the Intelligence Offices' concept of
what such a unit could do. One point which I stressed was the value of
having a local unit which could screen requests for intelligence support
from the Operational Offices with a realistic concept of its own capabili-
ties and which would refer to Washington those requests which were beyond
its current capabilities. I also informed of the facts respecting 25X1A9a
the current survey of the intelligence needs of the. Operational Offices and
found that he was heartily in accord with the objectives of this survey.
(CONTINUED)
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Official Diary
9 October 1952
25X1A7 b 7. Chatted with Mr. Care and expressed pleasure at the newly-
instituted analysis He inquired as to whether this
publication should be inc u e in the resident's Book and I expressed the
view that it should, if only to call attention to this new service. I later
25X1A9a spoke to -about this.
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8. Chatted briefly with Mr. Carey as to the problems of
25X1A8a and arranged to meet with representatives Monday
and Friday of next week. During this discussion concurred strongly in
DCI's view that representatives of would have to understand
that their undertakings to sources we e qu 1 ie y the Director's respon-
sibility to determine the security interests of the U.S. 25X1A8a
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