OFFICIAL DIARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01041A000100040109-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 22, 1998
• Sequence Number: 109
• Publication Date: March 26, 1953
• Content Type: NOTES

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Thursday, 26 March 1953
asked whether I agreed with the proposal that
ou d be made Chairman of the Career Service Board and I
indicated my agreement.
2. At the morning meeting, referred to certain indications and stated
that we should regard the possibility that the Soviets would pull out of
Germany and Austria. It was by no means a problem at present but deserved
some thoughtful consideration, in my opinion, and the making of tentative
plans by PSB.
3. Also at the morning meeting, called attention to the rather
confusing indications as to the present status of Sino-Soviet relations.
)4. Noted that even the Italians had agreed that the Albanian situa-
tion was not explosive at this moment.
5. Attended !AC.
6. Otto Guthe consulted me on the following matters:
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a. 4ith respect to NIE-88, his people wish to make a direct
issue of jurisdiction as between CIA and State. I tend to believe
that this should be perused at the level rather than
at the working level as our initia app roach already been made.
b. Guthe had some personnel problems and I pointed out to him
the importance of Z Division, informing him at the same time of our
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the following pole
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a. ;ode presented a set of principles to govern something in the
nature of a partnership for exploitation of PT. CIA to assign sub-
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of intelliFence on the Soviet bloc. Both indicated
an agreement in principle so long as CIA could establish its primary
responsibility. also expressed willingness to have one or more
extra sets of tapes run off for CIA.
b. Wwiml raised a question as to the use of unique files
or material and I indicated that CIA would be prepared to concede
priority to NSA, although this was limited to material on which work
was actually in progress and did not include the setting aside of
items for possible inclusion in a report or the use of items which
were in dead files. had no difficulty with the principle
for free access and we left with him a number of recent cases with
(cont'd)
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26 March 1953
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respect to withholding. I would express the substance of our
agreement as acceptance by NSA of the principle of free access,
subject to the working-out of details, and of intelligence community
agreement on primary tasks.
paper responding to the- suggestion that a conference be
held in order to consider ways and means of approach to the French
and other NATO nations. They will advise us of any changes in
this draft.
d. indicated that certain space was available
at 20th an ' Streets and inquired whether CIA could lease said
space and make a portion thereof available to NSA. I undertook to
investigate this and spoke to who is having it looked
into by
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