COMMUNICATION FROM GENERAL DONOVAN CONCERNING OPEN LETTER TO(SANITIZED)FROM FIVE HUNDRED SOVIET EXILES

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• Publication Date: November 30, 1950
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30 November 1950
SUBJECT: Communication from 1 Donovan Concerning
Open Letter t from Five Hundred
Soviet Exiles
1. I return to you herewith the letter from General Donovan
to General Smith which was sent to me for information or action.
You may be interested to know that on the basis of information
supplied to me by __concerning this letter and its
writers, and including a copy of th t of the letter and a
statement on the part of cknowledging himself to
be the custodian of the true i en i ies of the signers of this
letter, I proposed to Mr. Barrett, Assistant Secretary of State
for Public Affairs, that the Voice of America make use of this
item in its broadcasts. Mr. Barrett agreed that it was a useful
item and I have been informed that the Voice made a considerable
play of this very effectively written letter. I am not certain
whether my recommendation to Mr. Barrett stimulated this action
on the part of the Voice or whether the staff of the Voice took
this action on its own initiative. In any case, the desired
action was taken.
FRANK G. WISNER
Assistant Director for
Policy Coordination
Encls: Memo to DCI
fr. Gen. Donovan
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lnrjnunxtwuM J ux LT* UEN ERAL W. BEDELL SMITH
Dear Bedell:
rd, 1950
There has come to my attention, the following
project in New York which is scheduled to take place in the
next few days. It is intended to present t
a manifesto on behalf of approximately 500 Soviet exiles who
are at present in-this country. The manifesto will be signed
in the story.
The value of the story is the publicity it can
receive through the Voice -- also in the Russian language (DP)
Press in
The manifesto itself is a stirring appeal for
Russian liberation and an attack on himself as the
The group s organized this effort -- has
accept the delegation -- it is hoped nevertheless to get some
publicity out of it -- and maybe -- a picture in the press.
has been alerted and will cooperate
also organized a small committee called the
It is a Committee
of Americans -- designed to raise money privately.
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I am writing you about this in the event that
upon investigation you may find it useful enough to warrant
indirect support. I think Frank Wisner has already been
informed b of the individuals concerned with
this project.
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DONOVA.Jv PAPERS
I. Numerous papers pertaining to:
1. Memorandum of establishment of Service of
Strategice Information.
2. Functions of OSS
3. Liquidation of OSS
4. Establishment of Central Intelligence Service
5. Organizational Chart - OS5
Forwarded to the Executive.
(JCS 11b1/6)
II. Notes organization of an evaluation group and
Filed.
III. Letter recommending
Your noted on the letter that you kneT
well and never had a very high opinion of him.
IV. Letter enclosing a group of names of former OSS members.
Sent to the Executive.
V. A memorandum suggesting the names of a number of prominent
people for possible employment and/or as possible consultants.
Sent to the Executive.
VI. Memorandum pertaining to the establishment of a CIA Planning
Board which would have cognizance of over-all intelligence
projects.
Sent to
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WILLIAM J. DONOVAN
GEORGE S. LEISURE
CARL ELBRIDGE NEWTON
J. EDWARD LUMBARD, JR.
RALSTONE R.IRVINE
THOMAS J. Mc FADDEN
OTTO C. DOER ING,JR.
DAVID TEITELBAUM
FRANCIS A. BRICK, JR.
GRANVILLE WHITTLESEY, JR_
CARBERY O'SHEA
JAMES B. WITH ROW, JR.
MALCOLM FOOSHEE
BRECK P. Me ALLISTER
JAMES V. HAYES
ROY W. Mc DONALD
RICHARD P. HEPPNER
THEODORE S. HOPE, JR.
WALTER R. MANSFIELD
GEORGE A. WOOD
Lieutenant General W. Bedell Smith,
Central Intelligence Agency,
Washington 25,,D. C.
Dear Bedell:
CABLE ADDRESS:
DONLARD, NEW YORK
October 13th, 1950
Your question today, concerning suggests
as I indicated to you the matter of organ Evaluation
Group. It seems to me that the Group itself be men of exper-
ience and imagination and constructive intellects. It might
include a scholar, a strategist, familiar with the uses and
capabilities of the different services - a scientist with
knowledge and experience in current inventions, and two to
three broad guaged men of affairs.
A working committee familiar with the skills of
research and analysis could collate the information for sub-
mission to the Board itself. Final evaluation should be the
responsibility of the Board. To impose that duty on the
analysts is like a cashier being his own auditor.
All this suggests again the importance to you of
setting up an R & A Branch. That should be the intellectual
base of the organization. Such a concept, together with the
putting under one tent the various essential functions of
Secret Intelligence and Operations, place intelligence on a
different plane.
The fact that your organization must be set for
a long pull prompts the suggesting that in reforming your
R & A Branch you might wish to consider the following points:
1. That certain outstanding older and repre-
sentative economists, scientists and linguistic and
other specialists could be placed on a consultative
basis; and
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Lieutenant General W. Bedell Smith - 2.
2. That your day to day working echelon
could well be organized and run by the younger
groups in the 40-year bracket. The interplay of
the older with the fresher minds should help you
a lot in your day to day operations as well as in
your evaluation and other studies.
I have been making inquiries throughout the country
as to desirable prospects for you. As reports come in, I
will send them to you.
"Sincerely yours,
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