LETTER TO MR. HAROLD BOESCHENSTEIN FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

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• Publication Date: December 25, 1954
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I wish to b you for r eta letter.
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further qpport=ity of tieg with you.
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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 HONORABLE SINCLAIR Approved
Ex Officio General Chairman
HAROLD BOESCHENSTEIN
Chairman
WALTER WHITE
Executive Director
BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL
FOR THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ROOM 7527, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUILDING
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
Vice Chairman
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14 December 1954
Honorable Allen W. Dulles, Director
Central Intelligence Agency
2430 E Street, N. W.
Washington 25, D. C.
We are deeply grateful to you for joining up with us
last Wednesday evening and for giving us the very comprehensive
and clear picture of our position in relation to Soviet physical
and man power resources and political purposes. You gave us an
intensely interesting, if not entirely comforting, picture.
It is a grim business, but many of us feel that we are
more fortunate than perhaps we deserve to be in having the exper-
ience, understanding, acumen and loyalty you bring to a field that
is comprehended by so few in our country. We are also indebted to
you for your willingness to serve.
Many thanks too for violating your personal rule against
making Washington appearances and talks, in order to meet with your
friends in the Council. I enjoyed my visit with you during dinner.
With warm best wishes and highe regards, I am
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DecivmberlO, 1954.
The Honorable
Allen W. Dulles
Director, Central Intelligence
Agency
Washington, D. C.
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Thank you for your letter of December
6, 1954, supplementing the formal reply regarding
the appointment of a man on the interdepartmental
committee dealing with strategic information.
Our people are happy to have
representing your group.
Your personal feelings in this matter
are most helpful and we are fully aware of the
complexity of the problem that we are facing.
Particularly is it helpful for you to point out
that much of the information we are concerned
about is emanating from government sources. Mr.
H. Karl Honaman who is heading the new office has
already told me he has become acutely aware of this
phase of the problem and he is endeavoring to make
progress in tackling it.
Thanks also for sending the reprint of
the interview with David Lawrence. This will be
helpful to our folks.
Sincerely yours,
Secretary of Commerce
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THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON 25
The Honorable
Allen W. Dulles
Director, Central Intelligence
Agency
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Dulles:
The National Security Council in NSC Document
5427, dated July 19, 1954, has directed this Department
to establish a unit to develop policy regarding the flow
of information which may possibly be harmful to the
security of the United States. This office has now been
activated in my immediate office as the Office of Strategic
Information to attack three problems set forth by the
Security Council:
To reactivate
clearing house for business and industry which provides ervoluns a
consideration of the voluntary
public release of unclassified
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information where such publication might be prejudicial to
the defense interests of the United States. This contemplates
voluntary participation.
(2) To establish an advisory committee with
representatives of appropriate agencies for the purpose of
furnishing guidance to executive agencies of the government
on the publication of unclassified information originating
in various agencies of the executive branch.
(3) To activate the program proposed by ICIS for
controlling the direct export of unclassified government
technical publications to Soviet bloc countries. This
includes consideration of the value of exchanges in situations
where such exchanges may prove of value to the United States.
One of the problems which must be recognized is
that the Federal Government itself is a large source of
information of strategic value.
In consultation with ICIS as directed, steps are
now being taken to create the advisory committee mentioned in
item 2 above and I would appreciate it if you would designate
an individual on your staff to represent the Central Intelligence
Agency on this committee.
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Mr. Allen W. Dulles
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In setting up the Office of Strategic Information,
I have secured the services of R. Karl Honaman, Director
of Publication, Bell Laboratories, to be Director of this
office. It is suggested that your designated member of
this inter-departmental committee contact Mr. Honaman as
soon as possible.
Sincerely yours,
Secretary of Commerce
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December 1954
The Honorable
Sinclair Weeks
Secretary of Commerce
oa ,erce
Dear Sinclair:
written you a torlwai reply to your letter
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24 November, not ting one of our very senior moon an your
co ee to prevent n ecessary disclosure of strategic for-
wanted to add this personal line as I feel va
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about this matter and sincerely hope that your committee will comp
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branches of the government itself also bear responsibility.
e is ter too much written about my own shop and I am
in any event. I just wanted to assure you of mY keen interest
o ct And desire to help in any way. As of possible interest,
ago which touched an this subject and got a good bit of lic ... t
+i-~ Publicity a att the
Sincerely yours,
Alien W. Dulles
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13 November 1954
re
Business Advisory Council
Department of Circe
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Walter:
Following my telephone conversation with you,
had a talk with Sidney Weinberg, and is reply
evember 10th 1 wish to confirm that
e for me to dine with the iiasiaese
December Oth and speak briefly
on the work of the CLA. I suggest that I 0
for IS or 20 antes, and then if this is nasal procednte,
as Sidney Weisberg indicated, it might be appropriate
to have some question* and general discussion.
Faithfully Yours.
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT -YAS
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Address reply:
Room 2322
Department of Commerce
September 14, 1954
The Honorable Allen W. Dulles
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Mr. Dulles:
I appreciate your kindness in permitting
of your staff to serve as a
up hat the Secretary of Commerce
has asked me to get together to advise him on
possible applications of modern machine methods and
techni ues to various Patent Office operations.
special knowledge and experience in the
field of machine operations will, I am sure, contribute
significantly to the group. I hope to organize
methe mbersminimum demand
study in such ayinas to dividualmake
on the time of the
Any improvements in the processes of the
Patent Office that may emerge as a result of this
study not only enhance the value to our country of
the entire patent system, but may very well contribute,
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also, to greater efficiency in hoaeeoperations ofth
ccerned
both government and industry that
patent matters.
V. Bush, Chairman
Committee on Application of Machines to
Patent Office Operations
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The honorable Sinclair Week*
The Secretary of Circe
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and thank ycu for Your kind letter of iS Rat
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Sincerely yours.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION
WASHINGTON
Honorable Allen W. Dulles
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Washington 250 D. C.
1554
The Civil Aeronautics Administration issues airman certificates to
aliens in accordance with the standards prescribed by the Civil
Aeronautics Board in the Civil Air Regulations. These certificates
are issued to such aliens as qualify with the technical standards
prescribed in the Civil Air Regulations.
Since various law enforcement agencies of the United States Govern-
ment may have an interest in aliens holding such airman certificates,
the Civil Aeronautics Administration is considering the feasibility
of preparing and distributing to these agencies such lists setting
forth the name of the alien, date of birth, country of citizenship
and class of airman certificate issued.
Inasmuch as the preparation of these lists will involve approximately
180 man-hours of labor, your advice is solicited as to whether these
lists would be considered of use to your Department. Your opinion
would be appreciated at your earliest possible convenience.
Sincey yours,
Administrator of Civil Aeronautics
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