OFFICIAL DIARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01041A000100040194-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 194
• Publication Date: February 19, 1953
• Content Type: NOTES

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Official Diary
Thursday, 19 February 1953
1. Was briefed by Dr. Kent in preparation for the IAC meeting.
Also suggested that 0/NE proceed with the South American estimates without
formal request from NJH Division in the DD/P complex. I felt assured that
D/CI had approved the making of these estimates in substance. Also spoke
with Dr. Kent on the possibility of obtaining people of Board stature to
be permanent CIA representatives on the NSC Senior Staff. The requirements
of this position were too time consuming to permit either DD I or ADD/I to 25X1A9a
perform this function in the future. Reference was made to and 25X1 Aga
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question with Mr. Dulles, who referred to as a possibility. 25X1A9a
Since the reorganization of the NSC Senior Staff is not to take place imme-
diately, it was felt that a decision on this point could be deferred. In
the meantime, we shall proceed as heretofore.
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2. Conferred with. Mr. Sheldon as to any possible intra-office
reorganization and it was ultimately decided to bring l"r. 25X1A9a
into this office as a single briefing officer,
to rotate into 0/CI, and the Daily Digest to be produced in 0/CI. This
will require special 0/CI ticker service and will also require a consider-
able amount of additional support by 0/CI. Furthermore, Mr. Sheldon is to
arr be the single point of contact from this office on briefings and he has
undertaken to coordinate properly matters with O/Rd, 0/NE, 0/SI, etc. and
such coordination would not only be at the working level but also with the
ADs concerned.
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3. Attended IAC meeting.
4. Lunched with office in the State
epartment.
5. Nor. Dulles consulted me on an inquiry received from the Secretary
of State respecting the economic condition of Brazil. I consulted with Mr.
Sheldon on this and we suggested to Mr. Dulles that our current intelligence
coverage of Brazil was not adequate to answer this requirement. The Secretary
of State should be advised that the primary responsibility here lay within his
own intelligence unit. I was informed by Mr. Dulles that he would so advise
the Secretary. I took this occasion to inform Park Armstrong of the inquiry
and the response we had given, and suggested to him that he might well desire
to brief the Secretary in some detail as to the allocation of responsibilities
within the intelligence community. During t_e same meeting, Mr. Armstrong
indicated that State was under some pressure as to the T/0 of its intelligence
unit and inquired as to CIA's reaction to a suggestion that the State portion
of the NIS program be returned to CIA, which is currently supporting this
program. I said that I would explore this with Mr. Amory but would not allow
State Dept. declassification & release instructions on file
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so sensitive a subject to go any further. This suggestion on the part of
Mr. Armstrong conformed to a recent comment by Mr. Amory to the effect
that O/RR felt that it was now staffed up to the point where it could
profitably and with additional economy administer the NIS program. Later
informed Mr. Amory of this discussion. 25X1A9a
6. Mr. Dulles mentioned that had raised the question
of whether CIA desired to continue as a full voting member of the NSC Senior
Staff, or to become an advisory member, in conformity with CIA's attendance
at MSC meetings. I strongly recommended to Mr. Dulles that CIA affirmatively
press for becoming an advisory member of the Senior Staff, since the taking
of a position by CIA on policy matters could gravely prejudice its position
as an intelligence agency. Even with respect to cold war activities, CIA
acted as an executive agent for the policy making agencies, namely State and
Defense. 1,1r. Dulles concurred and said he would take this position in speak-
ing to
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