DEPUTIES' MEETING

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 7, 2002
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: November 12, 1952
• Content Type: MIN

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DEPUTIES' MEETING
Wednesday, 12 November .L952
(CONTINUED)
PRESENT: General Smith, Messrs. Dulles, Wisner, Wolf, Amory,
General Smith:
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a. Asked Mr. Wisner to look into the matter referred to in item 4 r::.~ .he
CIB dated 11 November 1952 and stated if the information contained there:ii as
true we should do something about this situation. \n o co^s' *Ae ~ ~D1Kt pro
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General Smith (Cont'd.)
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f. Referred to a pouchgram from the s,-'2d 25X1
after some discussion wherein it was pointed out that our
had received standing instructions to keep their respective ambassadors i ;n med
of all political information collected, the Director stated that (l) our
relations with ambassadors should, by and large, be based on the personal
characteristics of the ambassador himself; (2) he would like to feel that .-
could send him messages containing political or any o,her
type of information without necessarily first making the information avai ..ac Le
Sy to the ambassador and, in particular, inthe case of personal' contacts wno mL.ght
:~'nsl 6 ge `a personal message to him. After.: some further discussion, Mr t- Ales
undertook to determine what the State Department had received from the U.,i.
Ambassador 0 concerning the matter referred to in the above- nentione i
pouchgram.
g. Discussed DDCI's report of his recent trip and, in particular, nctei 25X1
the following points: (1) there was no objection t string
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Mr. Ales noted that plans for this were under way; (4) f'oreig:- 25X1
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tours with certain exceptions, e.g.~ should be for a minimum of two 25X1
years and, preferably, four to six years or longer; (5) we should delay i>,.vcin.g
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officers in collecten information on East/West trade and, possibly; this w L3 a
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Director state he would make marginal comments thereon, the DCI directed.
25)W to extract the recommendations from the report in question ana
forward em to the appropriate Deputy for necessary action and a r(=port. u
completed action.
a. Reported t labor situation in FrAnce was "quieting r7ome' anc
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b. Stated he had gone over the I ireport and would nave
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recommendations for the Director in the very near future.
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a. Noted that was open-minded regarding accepting a
position with CIA an a in ica e particular interest in NCFE; however, i,
would probably be about four weeks before he finally determined what he was
going to do. In this connection, Mr. Wisner stated he had not made any
commitment to however, he believed with some "slight arm. tai ting"
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Mr. Wisner (Cont"d.)
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would accept the position as NCFE. The Director E~ii1:ti
the best way to handle this was through Cabot Lodge. Mr. Dulles su este't 1bat
we might first touch base with the people in regarding the appo:intr;ent
of o NCFE. The DCI noted he did it necessar;r in e%retry
instance to "bow" to the wishes of the Committee.
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b. Asked if we should officially thank Governor Stevenson for his s-,rpq:ort
for the After some discussion wherein it was pointed cAj:tthat,
priefed thhe` D i, e ' o r#
in all pro a i i y, en 0n had not been fully
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c. Noted that a memorandum concerning th
had been prepared as requested by the DCI. (NOTE: T fie Director has reseivf--d
this memorandum.)
Mr. Amory:
a. Recommended that the IAC meeting for Thursday, l; November, be
cancelled in view of the fact there was only one item for consideration. ruff e
Director approved.
b. Reported he had met with the Estimates Board in regard to 'dim Ly
and it had been decided to scrub this estimate; however, the 'SIC comments
pertaining thereto would be circulated to the working level people.
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d. Asked the Director if there was any information as a resul of his
conversation with hat should be brought to the attention
of the intelligen_ __ _irector stated that there wa n thing i
F articular; however, it might be well for someone to call on n his
since he did have certain items of interest sult o
is trip Mr. Amory noted that
Tad agreed to come down and talk to some of our people after
appoin e-nt with the Director.
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Office emnoranAm UT; D STATES GOVER.NMF N F
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FROM : Executive Assistant to the Director
SUBJECT: Deputies' Meeting of 12 November 1952
DATE: 17 Novenil r 9
It is requested that the following be substituted for iteri (b) under
Mr. Amory in the minutes of the Deputies' Meeting on 12 November 1952:
(b) Reported he had met with the Estimates Board in regard
to NIE 40 and intended to sound out the IA.C agencies with a view
toward scrubbing this estimate; however, the EIC comments per-
taining thereto would be circulated to the working level people.
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