LETTER TO THE HONORABLE HERBERT BROWNELL FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000700170123-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 123
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Honorable Herbert.,
The Att Or
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In response to your ore.l rust to of a few daWs ago
to this Agency's views on the desirability of restrieting
Sept diplotic pers l I or the foll
tights.
As General Sasith stag in his letter to the *
of ttte of der 2j.. 1952, a aopy or which was tnrar
gad an additional stt b d here, iavt
of preset restrictions on the trave . of
c viet oo d gicamat# a peel to the end that #heiy cola --
,lt as possible. we further iavv tak s steps
aits
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,. exoluz1a t ah pex rel frm tectmicsl a jwofe~;sio al meetings
which, though not clar-aifi s frequently provide valuahle item
of technical data not otherwise readily availableo
r:s f`ssr as oovwt collection of foral
con c rned3 we , at recIp ra cal retaliatory action I
gat impair our f fe;;c tive tseles
recto i,.se the primu7 respe sibili,W of the rt t
for overseas overt coileaotic and,, t eret , feel
view ti t gtv= meat weight on the question
r.atrictisaae we i Oee vM result retributive
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restrtions tho Soviet and ite satellites of such a t
as to impede our ooliecati activiitie more than we interfere
with theirs.
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under the President's program. It would appear completely inconsistent
for me to suspend the employee under these circumstances, and I have
carefully reviewed. the case and. have determined that suspension is not
necessary or desirable in the interests of national security. I am not
only willing to have all the information reviewed. by outside, impartial
persons of proper qualifications, but believe it essential under the cir-
cumstances to have such a review and re-evaluation.
The Act of August 26, 1950, gives the head of the agency absolute
right to suspend or not in any case to be reviewed under that Act, but
it then proceeds to set certain requirements for notice and hearings if
suspension is directed. I believe this is a necessary and. proper pro-
tection for a suspended employee and. that the statute was so worded to
require this protection, but it appears to me that the spirit of Execu-
tive Order 10450 implies that the protection should run also to the Agency
so that the head thereof can obtain the objective advice of an impartial
board.. I find nothing in the Act of August 26, 1950, or the Executive
Order which forbids reference to a board. under these circumstances,
and it appears to me to be a highly proper and, in some instances, neces-
sary procedure. This, in fact, seems to be the purport of Section 5 of
the Executive Order, which provides that following receipt of derogatory
information and prior to suspension under authority granted in paragraph
6 of the Order, the head. of each agency "... shall review, or cause to be
reviewed.... the case of such... employee. " (Emphasis added.) OGC
Based. on the foregoing, I feel it is quite proper to appoint a Board
from the Civil Service Roster to consider the case of an employee who
has not been suspended.
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I could. equally well meet the requirement for impartiality of re?...-OGC
view by choosing boards from qualified. people outside of the o r n-t
ment to review and recommend as might be appropriate, but ief,fhe pro-
cedures under the Executive Order I wish,
Sincerely yours,
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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OGC
I could equally well malt the requirement for impartiality of re- OGC
view by choosing boards from julified people outside of the Govern-
v ent to review and recommend as\ right be appropriate, but if the pro-
cedures. under the Executive Ozder Are adtqua.te for our needs. I wish, FOIAB5
of course, to stay within the oresident'.,e program.
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cc: DCI (2) ""Director of Security
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Originating Officer:
Releasing Officer:
Lawrence R. Hotton
General Counsel
Sincerely yours,
Allen W. Dulles
Director
White
Acting Deputy Director
Adminiistration
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