LETTER TO ROGER HILSMAN FROM JOHN A. MCCONE

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 2012
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• Publication Date: April 9, 1962
• Content Type: LETTER

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ecoua ic, social eM pstitical Outlook of most all comtri*s, frin*dly
and asniriendly, and reraost partiaaiaWly the Soviet U*ie ., the r- his sa
rests and $lac countatias.
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as as o. wever this asefsremrtent of reso- r a?bflft;r
not foreclose research by ether Akeocsies of ver=4m - t =tnr
p is aecti ea Of the law states: t:'rovided further. eat t _ 44ks rrt-
Aents and other agencies of the ? v t = .ll ? ~- tf j -4 tv nlloct,
Y-tarkit*o rralate, and elisss to dopartxn rre:a.t ineeti??je +ce,
Department of Late, the Department of 1.1 efeesA an -.r ?x
departments lave the right under the statute to --onc=m ?t r?_ eArrr:*_
However? guidasee to ruler detpartutoats by hate is lot provided is
the law. In this respect Mr. I tt *te ma a in a re--t. basic
idaace in this area stems from the Ualt*4 t tes !nt#t
d and since you are a Greer err of the *eaa,Ird, and t r e1-y inf aeml-
tt&t one, I think It must be said that yea have ee Irv ffi a *~
:omtnanci g voice in these rrsatferr.
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It woo the purpos ad the President's totter on January 16th
to me, a copy of which west to the S.eretary of to aeetlinie his
views with respect to the AI's respeaasibility for coordination and
effective guide a of the thtsttigsace is o.mn uiaity. A-* you witl recall,
the President's letter apscificaly pr ded that the responsibility
of the several agencies, and dspartmooiets to their reerpsetive fields
would not be affected or altered by the January Its directive. In
following the directive, 1 intend to be sure that the I resident's laatsn-
one are carried out.
Various directives to the United -tat** intelligence beard.
the National c city CeV-cit I telligmice Directives, and the
actor of Central Intelligence Directives, all have a beasiag on
There are many components within as wall as
later-agency committees working in area. which might properly be
considered as research activities. These taidle- the Board of
National Ndetiasasmates; Office of Carrent Intelligence; Office of Research
and *ports; Office of -cientific Intelligence, all within tiaawe Central
Intelligence :A.gency. In additives, many antes partratsntat bodies under
U. .1. B. are engaged in research activities and the.. are net limited
to the Joint . toga is .ergy Iatslligance Committee {Ji $lC); Guided
sstia i *Ud A atroaauttct taxtelUgsnce Committee (Obi .IC); laces mic
Intelligence Committee the cieeastific Intelligence Co rariittee
(-SIC).
In any case. I feet that the area is wall col. ed bat, it
Wag, we may be patting too n ueh into research. Is this regard
intend to examine immediately the activities of the intelligence
Community to determine if there are areas of duplication and if so.
to snake suggestions for specific actions which will otin"nats each
duplication.
I think you can safely inform the Chairman of the Yorcig*
Relations committee that the se>*)sct in in boa d.
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TZEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT Coordination of U. S. Government Research in the
Field of Foreign Policy
1. Although we cannot be certain, it appears from his language
that Mfr. Dutton's paragraph (paragraph 4, attached) refers only to
external research. Each department and agency contracts for such
research as required to carry out its mission. This Agency, before
letting external research contracts, carefully coordinates to insure
that duplicate research is not being undertaken.
2. Senator Fulbright's use of the term "foreign policy research"
is somewhat imprecise. The distinction must be made between research
designed to produce a foreign policy or to execute one already formu-
lated and that undertaken to assist policy makers in doing these things.
Intelligence research falls into the latter category. It does not
deal with policy issues per se but provides US policy makers, including
the President, with an important input for carrying out policy formula-
tion and implementation. The statutory responsibility for coordinatsing
intelligence Droduction is, of coursa,yQyrs . Senator 'iulbright may
not be fully aware of the many instrumentalities available to you for
carrying out this responsibility including USIB, the NSCID and DCID
series, your Assistant for Coordination, and various interagency bodies
such as JAEIC, GMAIC, the EIC and the SIC, in all of which the Depart-
ment of State participates.'
3. Senator Fulbright also refers to "...intelligence activities
and other foreign operations... affecting foreign policy". He presumably
has in mind the activities of the DDP. Senator Fu bright may not be
aware of the close coordination of DDP activities with the State De-oart-
ment and the White House and in particular the role of the Special t
Group.
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1+. Research in direct support of policy formulation is largely
undertaken in the geographic bureaus and in the Policy Planning
Council of the Department of State. The Department has ample author-
ity over such research, and is preeminent in its initiation and
application. Other agencies, including CIA, are brought in at the
initiative of State and frequently participate in the preparation
and coordination of such research. For example, we were recently
requested to provide support for a Policy Planning Council study on
"Strategy Toward the Asian Rimland", a subject on which CIA would not
itself initiate research.
5. The following figures are pertinent to the question of
research C mmunist China. In October, 1961 the DD/I offices had a I on total of professional personnel engaged in intelligence production.
Of this o a worked on the Sino-So 'et Bloc, includin on
the USSR= on the European Satellites on China and on North
Korea and North Vietnam.
We maintain a high priority for
research on ommunis ina. in staffing for it, however, we must
take into account the relative paucity of information on Communist
China. We are also faced with especially difficult problems in hiring
and training analysts for work on Communist China.
TUNTINGTOV . S}ELDON
Acting Deputy Director (Intelligence)
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4 April 1962
Upon his return from Geneva, the Secretary of
State discussed with me a recent letter he has received from
Senator Fulbright, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee. A copy of the Senator's letter is enclosed.
Paragraphs 1 and 3 of the letter are concerned with
governmental research on Communist China, a recurring
subject of correspondence between the Department and the
Foreign Relations Committee.
The second paragraph of the Senator's letter, however,
raises certain broad and complicated questions of a jurisdic-
tional nature. The Secretary feels that Senator Fulbright
should receive an Administration, rather than just a State
Department reply, and has asked me to arrange for him to
meet with you, Mr. McGeorge Bundy, Mr. Alexis Johnson,
Mr. Fred Dutton, and me, to discuss the matter. He would
prefer to delay his reply to Senator Fulbright until after this
meeting is held.
I wonder if it would be convenient for you to meet in the
Secretary's Office at 4:00 P.M., Tuesday, April 10, 1962, for
discussion. Could you notify my secretary (Code 182, Extension
2132)?
Sincerely,
The Honorable
John A. McCone
Director of Central Intelligence Agency
Langley, Virginia
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sufficient data on expenditures, persons at work, subject
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Committee on Foreign Relations
COPY
March 16, 1962
The Honorable Dean Rusk
Secretary of State
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Mr. Secretary:
Mr. Dutton's letter of February 23, 1962 on
research activities on Communist China is encouraging.
I am glad to see the Department is moving toward in-
creased research in this field and I hope in time
there will be some parity in effort with research on
the Soviet Union.
The single-paragraph on page 4 of Mr. Dutton's
letter relating to coordination by the Department of
Stated foreign policy research by other agencies of
the Government ?ives me some concern. The first sen-
tence mentions 'no statutory authority to guide ...
research programs of other agencies." Does the Secre-
tary of State need such authority? Would the Department
favor, for instance, a change in the. National Security
Act whereby the CIA, now placed "under the National
Security Council" with no other agency being assigned
supervisory responsibility, would be placed under the
direction of the Secretary. of State and the President
in a way similar to the new arrangements for the Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency? I would be most in-
terested in your personal comment on this idea as well
as your general views on the question of the adequacy
of the present arrangements within the Government for
coordination by the Department of State of research
and intelligence activities and other foreign operations
(leaving aside AID and USIA for the time being) affect-
ing foreign policy.
I await with interest your report of research by
other agencies on Communist China and its external
relations. I trust that this report will contain
sufficient data on expenditures, persons at work, subject
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coverage and the like so that I can make comparisons
with Mr. Dutton's February 23 report on State's own
work. In the case of each agency it would also be
important to have information on the extent to which
the Department of State initiated and is guiding such
research,
Sincerely yours,
J. W. Fulbright
Chairman
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Excerpt from page 4 of Mr. Dutton's letter dated 23 February 1962
"Although the Department of State has, as you know, no
statutory authority to guide, far less to control, research
programs of other agencies, the Bureau of Intelligence
and Research has this past year moved vigorously to
establish itself in a position to guide and prompt the work
of other agencies. The Bureau has built up records and
evaluations of research projects, both inside and outside
the Government. Through this means we have been able
to prevent potential duplication in other agencies, to
suggest studies to other agencies, and to shape to broader
ends project proposals originating elsewhere in the Govern-
ment. With regard to Communist China, for example,
members of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research
participate actively in the work of designing research
programs financed by the Air Force, the Army, and the
Navy. The Bureau has very recently assisted the Air
Force in launching a project on Communist China. It
has established close working cooperation with the expand-
ing research concerns of the Office of International Security
Affairs of the Department of Defense."
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