OFFICIAL DIARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01041A000100020137-2
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 1998
• Sequence Number: 137
• Publication Date: September 4, 1952
• Content Type: NOTES

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Thursday, 4 September 1952
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1. Matt Baird requested me to chat with 25X1A5a1
people when they were in Washington, and I undertook to do so.
2. Checked with and ascertained that his people had
made arrangements with FI to cover the Vienna trade fair.
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3. of 0/CI requested me to help in obtaining a cable
from General Clark respecting the truce negotiations. I phoned Colonel
Porter, who said he would look into it and later told me that a representa-
tive of CIA could come over and look at the cable or cables in question and
that dissemination to CIA would be made if the need were confirmed upon
25X1 Aga inspection. I informed Colonel Porter that I would pass this on to -25X1 A9a
and was later informed that he was taking appropriate action. Mr.
Beattie informed me that the material in this cable, on the basis of which
dissemination to CIA had been vetoed, was in fact SO information that had
been passed on to the Military field. I have requested them to investigate
the facts on this and, if they are confirmed, we shall have to talk with
Colonel Porter.
ll.. Attended the IAC meeting.
5. Following the IAC meeting, I spoke to General Partridge and
Colonel Porter and requested that they do everything in their power to defer
any proposed Anglo-French-US conference to revise MIC 33 until after January 1,
which is the scheduled completion date of NIE 65. Neither recalled with any
exactitude the facts respecting the prior exercise on t his paper and I
therefore forwarded to each of them a copy of memorandum 25X1A9a
outlining the facts.
25X1A5a1 6. Chatted briefly with
25X1A5a1 who informed me that he had been chatting with and had
dispatched to me a special delivery, air mail, letter. He asked me to call
him. when the latter had been received.
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7. Chatted with on the reply to and I
deferred final decision.
8. Following the regular IA.C meeting, General Smith, in
25X1A5a1 executive session, suggested as an excellent topic for the
vulnerabilities of Sino-Soviet relations. In accordance with the suggestion
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of General Samford, this could be divided into two parts: First, the ques-
tion of whether there was any vulnerability of the existing Chinese regime
to be upset; and, second, assuming the Communist regime cannot be upset, is
there any vulnerability in relations between the Russian and Chinese
Communist governments. I later chatted with Dr. Millikan and suggested this
topic to him. He expressed great interest and we'agreed that this would be A-Dili
25X1A5a1 an excellent topic on which to make available - on a sabbatical
basis, one or more CIA qualified analysts. This would minimize the neces-
25X1A5a1 sity of passing classified information Both
of us agreed, Moreover, that this would be an ideal exercise for 25X1A9a
and I undertook to chat with Matt Baird as to the possibility of his being
made available.
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9? I also spoke with Dr. Millikan on the possibility +In+
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might undertake a study of Soviet military theory along the lines indicated
project, also, and indicated that it would be advisable to have th
Millikan was interested
cooperation of the Military Services. I assured him that if our survey
indicated that there was a need for such research, we would secure IAC
approval for a community project, as we had done respecting the China project.j
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oil situation in Egypt and indicated that was interesting 25X1A9a
himself in this aspect of the problem. He had also passed on to 25X1A9a
+t,G te r,+e,ni e, 4 .:L, ^ L T t. _ -
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11. Chatted briefl wit ' J G
for a position. ul
later in orme me at would not
not
be suitable for his operation, but Amory's people have expressed interest.
12. Attended a meeting with General Smith, Mr. Byroade of State
25X1A9aand his assistant, Mr. Dulles, to discuss
the situation in. Iran. Mr. Byroade indicated the present status of o+.,+e
Depar~menc thinking and various operational projects were discussed.
During the course of this meeting, Mr. Byroade referred to an Air message
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might be obtained from Alton Jones and I requested authority to have
from flown to Rome to interrogate the Jones party. The
DCI authori .)~M9a do this, if I felt it necessary, but preferred to have
25X1 A9a such interr by one of our representatives in Rome. I subsequently
talked with and and was that existing 25X1A9a
25X1A9a arrangement ficiently expeditious. is preparing a
questionnaire to explore Jones's views on whether or not any deal can actually
be made with Mossadeq and whether he believes that the US/UK cooperation is a
stumbling block to a more reasonable agreement. I later saw a cable from
25X1A9a respecting talks with Jones which tended in my mind to confirm my
estimate of this situation, and mentioned this to the DCI.
13. Attended a cocktail party given for Mr. Shackelford in
Secretary Pace's office and took occasion to question Pace whether his
reaction as to Papagaa'e condition coincided with that of Shackelford's,
and he assured me that it did. Pace expressed the view that Papagos had at
most one year more. I later mentioned this to the Director.
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15. Attended meeting in General McKee's Office, chaired by
General Samford, respecting the summary evaluation of US vulnerability
to Soviet attack. Admiral Bieri and Colonel Kyes of O/NE also attended,
as did Captain Lane of General McKee's office. I was somewhat horrified
by the position taken on behalf of the JCS by General McKee, who indicated
that they had strictly enjoined the estimators from putting on "a Russian
hats" and to pay no attention to intentions. General Samford pointed out
very ably that this was wholly inconsistent with the Directive received
from the NSC,which had to be read in the light of the Staff paper upon
which it was based. I was forced to leave this meeting early and, later,
General Samford indicated to me that substantial agreement had been reached
on the paper. He and I agreed that under the terms of the Directive the
DCI was not bound by the views of those with whom he collaborated in the
preparation of this summary evaluation. I also informed General Samford
of the willingness 6f Mr. Lay to call a meeting of the Steering Committee
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of the NSC Senior Staff to consider this paper before it was discussed with
General Smith, and he undertook to follow through on this.
16. Prior to lunching with Mr. Lay, discussed with him my plans
for the preparation of a Presidential book to be used by the successful
Presidential candidate. Mr. Lay is preparing a corresponding compilation
dealing with US policy in various areas. We agreed that it might be extremely
useful to request Defense and other policy and operational departments to
prepare brief summaries or progress reports with respect to the same areas,
so that the new President would have a single set of books in which he would
find a brief statement of the situation in each area, U.S. policy applicable
to the area, and the status of U.S. programs dealing with the area. I under-
took to designate five or six countries or areas in which Lay and I could
make trial runs and then consider what type-of a request would go to the
other departments and agencies.
17. Briefed Shef Edwards on the background and facts known to
me about the Putnam PSB paper.
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