DIRECTOR'S MEETING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R002300070071-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 2003
• Sequence Number: 71
• Publication Date: November 23, 1951
• Content Type: MIN

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Directors Meeting
Friday, 23 November 1951
The Director noted the item in the log regarding Don Gonzales of
the United Press and his feature story on CIA. In this connection he
asked Mr. Dulles to see Tony Leviero, a Washington reporter-at-large
for the NEW YORK TIMES, when he comes in for guidance on an article
h
e is preparing on U.S. and Soviet propaganda.
The Director raised the question of our ficulty in the deploy-
ment of :ffand asked whether or
not State Mr. Wisner noted he did not
believe this was ye t a fact and stated he was attempting to get in touch
with Bob Joyce. Mr. Wisner also noted that this matter had been dis-
cussed on 21 November at the OPC Consultantts Meeting, and General
Magruder was of the opinion that we should go forward with this ject
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The Director indicated that in addition to hr.. Wisner's
to ring to Mr. Joyce, he would also all 11r. ebb. It was also noted
that the present Minister o was more or less against 25X1
this project, and was now here in Washington. 25X1
Mr. Dulles raised the question of our participation in the lI 25X1
briefing for the staff of PSB. The DCI stated we should not do this,
but there was no objection to Mr. Gray personally seeing a copy of our
semi-annual report on Soviet atomic capabilities.
Mr. Dulles noted that in connection with the Kirsten agreement we
might well make use psychologically of the fact that the Soviets had
not lived up to the terms of the Roosevelt-Litvinov Agreement.
Mr. Dulles raised the question of our reporting purely political
matters in the CIB and stated we should coordinate such items with
State. DCI said that one of the-prime purposes of the CIB was to
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report to the President any and all items we considered important enough
to be brought to his attention, and in fact the President had directed
CIA to so do. Mr. Wisner stated he had discussed the problem of political
reporting during his recent trip
that he assumed that this was in fact being done and stated that in those
cases where we disseminate purely political items we might include a
statement, if time did not permit prior coordination with State, to this
effect. Mr. Dulles will follow through on this matter.
Mr. Wisner reported that the Bureau of the Budget (Messrs. Schaub
and Barber) had asked for a preliminary briefing on the OPC budget and
that the briefing was scheduled to take place in the OPC War Room begin-
ning at 10:30 A.M. He further reported that the Senior Consultants
from State, Defense and JCS had tentatively suggested that the depart-
ments of State and Defense should be called upon to include in their
own budgets and to undertake the budget defense of the major part, if
not all, of the funds required for OPC operations; and that they had
further recommended that the Director give consideration to the advisability
of raising this proposal at an early meeting of the PSB.
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The Director then said that he had concluded that we should pre-
pare a comprehensive summary of OPC programs and individual major projects
for submission to the Psychological Strategy Board at an early date. This
summary should be undertaken by DD/P with the assistance and guidance of
Mr. and Colonel Johnston, and should include a brief analysis of each
program and major project to include the following points;
a. Name and code name of program or project;
b. Statement of objective at which directed;
c. Brief description of program or project;
d. Status, progress or accomplishment to date of each
program or project;
e. The estimated coast for the balance of the present fiscal
year and for the cordng fiscal year.
f. An estimate of additional personnel, logistic and other
support required.
The Director suggested that there be only four sets - of these booklets
prepared, one being retained permanently by CIA and the other three to be
submitted to and returned by the other members of the PSB, As soon as the
list and summary of programs and major projects has been prepared, the
Director will examine it with a view to determining whether he wishes to
eliminate certain-of the projects or proposals. Thereafter he would propose
to submit the list and summary to the members of the PSB with a view to
obtaining their determination of the desirability and feasibility of all
programs and major projects. He would want to have Mr. Gray, and perhaps one
or two very senior members of Mr. Grays staff, present at the meeting to
consider the list and summary.
The Director summarized his thinking and conclusions in this connection
as follows:
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.The Director authorized Mr. Wisner to inform the representatives of
the Bureau of the Budget of his intentions and proposed procedure as
outlined above.
Mr. Wisner stated he had been asked to give a brief report on his
recent trip to JSPD and the Array and Navy Psychological Warfare divisions.
The DCI approved this but directed that in the future these people should
come here rather than request our personnel on the Deputy Director level
to come to the Pentagon.
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