LETTER TO MR. ALLEN W. DULLES FROM ROBERT BLUM

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 21, 2006
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• Publication Date: April 3, 1953
• Content Type: LETTER

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Security .information ,
THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE
ON
INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION ACTIVITIES
901 Sixteenth Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
April 3, 1953
Mr. Allen W. Dulles, Director
Central Intelligence .Agency
Washington, D.C.
We are looking forward to having you meet with the Committee Wednesday
,nf ternoon, April 29, a?t 3:00 PAM. This meeting will be held in our
offices at 901 Sixteenth Street, N.W.
Here are a few suggestions as to the points on which I think the Com-
mittee would welcome your views, althouYgh I know that they wotl,ld be
pleased if you would speak on any subject of your choosing:
1. Policy with respect to covert operations: What should be their
scope ;and purpose and their relation to foreign policy as a whole?
In what situations should we rely on covert operations and in whaa
situations should they be avoided?
2. An appra.isa.l of our. present and prospective ability to conduct
successful covert activities.
3. Organization and control of covert operations -- in Washington
and in the field: Should CIA have the responsibility or should it
be some other agency? What should the relationship be to the State
Department and to the I;mbassiea?
4. The extent to which U.S.-identified or white propaganda should
be replaced by non-attributable or grey: Who should be responsible
for grey propaganda,?
5. The nature of psychological warfare: Is it a technique in its
own right or an illusion that risks distorting the proper conception
of foreign policy as a whole? What significance does this issue have
for the reconstitution of the Psychological Strategy Board?
I hope that there will be an opportunity to discuss these points
together before the Committee meeting. Bill Jackson will be in
Washington sometime after the middle of the month and may then
remain here through the Committee sessions. If I do not hear-from
you before he arrives, I will get in touch with you then and ~aer-
haps the three of us could get together.
Sincerely yours,
Rob er m
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