LETTER TO HONORABLE HAROLD E. STASSEN FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 14, 1956
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Honorable Harold E. Steesen
Special Assistant to the President
The white House
Peer 1r. tassent
response to your request of 23 January, 1 attach the c
developed on the draft Comprehensive Inspection Plan.
The plan includes many technica-, features requiring elaborate study
and these fall largely outside our competence. US have, therefore, con-
fined our cooments to general issues and considerations affecting the
role of intelligence in relation to the ,plan.
if the TWR ehould accept our inspection arrangement as envisaged
in your draft, the intelligence community would be presented with a
ma?mificent opportunity and at the same time fiirreaching responsibilities.
It is, therefore, important that there be the clot et coordination between
the intelligence agencies and those responsible for developing the detailed
plane for the Data Analysis Center. Moreover, it will be highly desirable
to supplement the overt agreed inspection Alth appropriete collection
activities by the intelligence agencies for purposes of 'verifying and sup-
plemmatin:7 the data collected. We stand ready at the appropriate time to
work out the necessary detailed arrangenente to accomplish the foregoing.
ince rely yours
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Allen /14
Director
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON 25. D. C.
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
The Hoh9rable Harold E. Stassen
Special 1sistant to the President
The 'White'house
Dear Mr. Sta en:
In response,,to cettc request of 23 January, I attach the comments
we have developea%on the draft Comprehensive Inspection Plan.
The plan inclu s many technical features requiring elaborate study
and these fall large outside our competence. We have, therefore, con-
fined our comments to eneral issues and considerations affecting the
role of intelligence in elation to the plan.
If the USSR should ac pt our inspection rangement as envisaged
in your draft, the intellige ce community wouftd be presented with a 4et..4441
magoMairat opportunity and a the same time responsibilities.
It is, therefore, important tha there be the closest coordination between
the intelligence agencies and th e responsible for developing the detailed
plans for the Data Analysis Cente Moreover, it will be highly desirable
to supplement the overt agreed insp tion with appropriate collection
activities by the intelligence agenci s for purposes of verifying and sup-
plementing the data collected. We st ? ready at the appropriate time to
work out the necessary detailed arrange nts to accomplish the foregoing.
4./
S ? erely yours,
Allen W. les
Director
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