INFORMAL MINUTES OF MEETING OF DIRECTOR AND CONSULTANTS, INTERDEPTMENTAL FOREIGN INFORMATION ORGANIZATION HELD ON 2/5/51, IN THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, AT 4 PM

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• Document Release Date: October 1, 2003
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• Publication Date: February 5, 1951
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INFOR'IAL L.INU OF '.EETLUG OF DIRECTOR AND CONSULTAkNTSO INTER*
Di PA.R3'"t'f!1TAL IA W IGgi INFOIU :lTI.UN OItGANIZATION HELD ON 2/55/51k
IN TH .O 'FICE OF T tD DIRECTORS at da PM
Department of State
DepCartutent of Defense
Joint Chiefs- of Staff
Depw:rtment, of the Army
NatS.orial Security I'resoudces I3d?
conomic Cooperation Adm,,
Central Intelligence Agency
'fir 0, :3arrett $ Direct or.
Mrro Oechsner,. Acting Executive Secretary
Pr. Phillips
Mr. Htulten
Mr. MacKnight
Mr0 Connors (for Item 2)
General. Magruder
Admiral' Stevens
Geneve; al. 'ScClure
Mr. Sheppard
Hr. 13e.-ding
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The .mirruten of the meeting of 1/29/51 approved ,dith deletion
of the laaet sentence on page 1. It w ac a;rved that minutes should
include approximately the detailed diecuev on and action taken as wary
incc,rporatied in these minatec.
Mr o Barrett informed the i,tE m ore that he had been in coneultatiorn
with Hi r. on the d=evelopment of Project "Brain rave". and that
a ,pr?rr r~e~,s report would be sub itted to IFIO at its neat meetia a
As to the extent mad character of continued research into t is
field by Uro Viisaierss agency-, it ;ias agreed that General Magruder would
confer with Research and Development Board on appropriate steps a4d
confer thereafter trith Mr? Wisner., the Board to be informed of the
outcome of these tahlc s0
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Mr. Barrett noted that various proposals for the private use of
balloons as propaganda carriers had been brought to his attention,
ariong others by Mr. Drew Pearson. These proposals inquired as to
whether government support would be forthdoning. It vas agreed that
the government was not in a position to provide official assistance
to these efforts.
Agenda item 2e Mr. Connors reported on State Department information
activities in Korea, noting that ten offices were now operating and
that it was proposed to open five more centers. The 8th Art, he said,
had requested help from State Department personnel in the preparation
of Chinese language leaflets. There were a daily news bulletin., a
weekly newspaper, radio broadcasts twice daily, including relay of VOA,
and seven, mobile teams in the field with thirty?fivo units on' the sway.
It riaa,planned to centralize all activities in Pusan.
General I:cClure stated that a message had been sent to Tokyo
suggesting the classification of leaflets dropped on enemy troops
since their free publication out of context or series could very easily
give the wrong impression as to the purpose of individual leaflets.
General McClure further noted that the P,i Division of Army had
sent the Korea Plan to the field two weeks ago for implementation as
appropriate, and asked whether it had simfl.arly been sent by the,
Department to State elements in Korea. The Acting Executive Secretary
was requested to give the Board an interim report on this at the next
meeting.
Agenda item . Mr. Berding proposed the .tel. Project as outlined
in his paper already distributed to the Board. The project was dis-
cussed and there were no objections by the Board, provided that a
preliminary check'of the living Nobel peace prize winners were made to
determine whether any of them might not agree to participate in the
project. Mr. 13erdibg was requested to develop the project in collabora-
tion with a State Department representative to be designated by the
Chairman.
Jenda itemsdand were carried over until the next meeting.
Agenda item 6. Mr. Phillips briefly outlined the proposed Indochina
Plan which was accepted by'the Board subject to a change in the covering
memorandum to the effect that implementing departments provide "a state-
ment of operational plans based on this paper" rather than "prepare a
detailed plan for the implementation of such parts of it as come within
the responsibilities of the department or agency, so as to assure
coordination of propaganda with substantive political, economic, and
military programs."
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2/7/51
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