INFORMAL MINUTES OF MEETING OF INTERDEPARTMENTAL FOREIGN INFORMATION ORGANIZATION AND CONSULTANTS , AGUST 28, 1950

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• Publication Date: August 28, 1950
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INFORMAL MINUTES CT MEETING OF DIRECTOR, INTERDEPAREIMAL FOREIGN
INFORMATION ORGANIZATION, AND CONSULTANTS ON MONDAX0 AUGUST 28, /950,
IN OFFICE OF-DPECTOR
PRESENT; Department of State - Mr. Barrett, Director
Mr. Oechsners'Aoting Executive Secretary
Mr. Phillips
Joint Chiefs of Staff - Admiral Stevens
Central Intelligence Agency - 25X1A
The minutes of the previous meeting were returned for certain
revisions by the Executive Secretary.
Prior to moving to the agenda, the Director informed Admiral Stevenw
that Mt. Brad Cennore-WOUld be the State Department representative to
go to Tokyo with Lt.. Col young, 'the army representative 0 to discuss
PW matters in Tokyo and Korea.
With reference to Brookings Institution inquiry about the functioning
of the National Psychological Strategy Board, introduced at the meeting
of August 210 and the possible downgrading of NW Oil to CONFIDENTIAL,
Admiral Stevens stated that hp had oeditedo NSC 594 so that it might
be suitable for answering questions up to and including CONFIDENTIAL
classification, it was agreed that the Executive Secretary would use
this version in answering Brookings' questions, and that application.
would not be made for the downgrading of NSC 594 at this time.
Item I of the agenda, IF'S' report No. 5 to the Director on the
broad ftnotions of an interdepartmental board, was thoroughly discussed.
The report was approved as a basis for further work by IFIS, with the
underatanding that any organisational provisions made would conform with
NSC 74 as finally approved. In the pours? of the discussion on Item i0
Admiral Stevens stressed the importance of centralising files and' data
on matters of personnel, facilities, intelligence and research projects,
and stated that if IFIS were to undertake 'this for an interdepartmental
boards it probably would not be necessary to set up such files in individual
departments. It was agreed that this matter should be pursued with .
individual departments to ascertain whether centralised files were feasible
and desirable.
? ita II on the agenda., the Carroll paper .on Foreign Information'
Policy Objectives in a Transition Feriae was extensively discussed.
Admiral Stevens noted that he had' already made comprehensive continent in
Writing. ? It was agreed to place this Item on the agenda of the next.
meeting again, Mr. Phillips in the meanwhilp to secure copy of Admiral
Stevens' written comment.
Item III on the agenda, IFISI.report No. 8. on Balloons was placed
on the agenda for the next meeting, inasmuch as requested comment from
.EURjenthe possible use of balloons in satellite areas and covertly ?
had not yet been received.
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The Director referred ad hoc to the matter of staff functions
in support of IFIO, stated that it was a complicated matter to deal
with but that State's main thinking at this time tended toward a
combination of staffs (particularly POL and IFIS) with two small
nuclei" for (a) day-to-day political guidance and (b) continuing
planning under MSC 74 and related fields, the regaining staff to
be a pool of manpower available for general planning purposes. In
response to the Director's question, it was agreed among those present
that this appeared a practical and an effective approach to the problem,
Admiral Stevens pointing out that it was necessary to give IFIS some
planning work.
The Director expressed his feeling that the Board was not able
to do much "strategy? planning under its present workload, the meetings
being devoted more to questions of organisation and immediate problems,
and suggested that an evening meeting be held for more oneral long-
range problems. This was agreed to..
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