OFFICIAL DIARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01041A000100020161-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 1998
• Sequence Number: 161
• Publication Date: August 4, 1952
• Content Type: NOTES

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Official Diary
Monday, 4 August 1952
1. Chatted with Col. Whipple, Chief of Technical Branch G-2, re-
specting CIA contacts with Technical Service. It appeared to me that it
would be profitable for representatives of O/RR and O/SI to have a chat
about t his whole problem with Col. Whipple and I have put it on the Agenda
for the next IADs' meeting. Later mentioned this to bothI Ind Amory. 25X1A9a
2. With Gen. Walsh chatted with Gen. Smith respecting the status
of the summary evaluation paper regarding Russian capability to injure the
U.S. Gen. Walsh indicated that all parties were dissatisfied with the JCS
contribution and that he felt that, given an additional month, it would be
possible for the senior working group to produce a much more satisfactory
study. The General concurred and requested me to draft an appropriate
random of notification to the NSC. I later requested
a draft of such a memorandum.
25X1A5a1 3. During the conversation with Gen. Walsh, the name of
to prepare
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I I came up and the Director indicated that he
Vuu-M e an excellent man to orm a net in that area. I shall have to pass
this on to Frank Wisner. Done.
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Li.. Arranged for (son-in-law of i to talk with
Larry Houston and also collected items from the Q file respecting 25X1A9a
earlier discussions on and forwarded them to Houston.
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5. At the Deputies' meeting, Mr. Hedden mentioned that Justice
Douglass was on his way to Iran and that it was believed that he was going
to seek the position of adviser to Mossadeq.
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6. 1 _J inquired respecting I request to
O/CI for some papers on Scandinavia and I authorized delivery of such
papers to him, in view of impending assignment to that area.
8. Lunched with .Adm. Wenger, at which time we had an extensive
discussion of the P/T problem. One of his ideas is that much more could
be done in restricting the dissemination and, further, that a reasonable
amount of sanitization would be helpful. I was in sympathy with this idea,
so long as it was understood that the analysts would have available to them
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of an integrated
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sublected to
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Official Diary
4 August 1952
any information needed to produce intelligence. Later mentioned this
discussion to Mr. Amory and I plan to raise it with the IADs in the near
future.
saucers and would present a roundup briefing in the near future. I approveJL'
10. Mentioned to had mentioned that
Air Force was actively proceeding with the development of guided missiles
for photo reconnaissance and suggested that 0/SI look into this, before
requesting Gen. Smith to write Gen. Bradley on this subject.
11. Chatted with II of 0/NE respecting the post mortem
problem and indicated that it was immaterial to me whether the ultimate
memorandum was written by 0/NE or by Mr. Reber. All that I desired was
that the staff work be complete before the paper was presented to the DCI.
12. Attended meeting of the Stevens group on Psychological
Warfare policy.
13. Gen. Smith transmitted to me a memorandum received from
Adm. Dennison enclosing a copy of Senator Sparkman's letter to the
President respecting the FTC report on oil and requested comment to be
signed by me for the General, to be delivered to Adm. Dennison by noon
on Tuesday. We gathered the pertinent papers and requested that such
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14. The Director referred to me a letter from Director Allen
of PSB respecting the Report and I requested to
collect items from my ary on this, and to collect items from
the records of the Deputies, meeting,
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