SOVIET INTENTIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R001200050063-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 1999
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: August 2, 1948
• Content Type: MF

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1ORLNDUM JOR FJUCUT1VE SECRETARY
NATIONAL SECURITY cOdoCIL
SUBJKCTt Soviet Intentions
2 AUG 1948
1. The following facts are submitted for the record, and for such
action as the Executive Secretary may deem appropriates
Ag1i,1 1, 1-948:
The Joint Intelligence Committee, U.S. Embaesy, Moscow,
completed an intensive study of Soviet 'enitentiops 'with the
aesistance of epecialists in the varioue sections of the
Embassy, including consultation with tao Military, Naval and
Air Attaches, who concurred in its find%rags.*
b. April 2. 1948:
The Ambassador sent a seenery of tno report ey telegram
to the Department of State. This telegram appears to have
been withheld from the intelligence orgenization in State
Department, and therefore did not reach the Central Intelligence
Agency through normal channels. A copy was received, however,
through CIA's direct liaison with the Socretaryle office.
On the salte date, copies of the report itself were trans-
mitted by the Military, Naval and Lir Attaches in loseow to
their respective depertments.
On the same date, the Ambassador trenaraitted five (5)
copies of the report by pouch to the Depertment of State, -
*three copies for the use of the Departaient? and one each
for transmission by the Department, if it so desires, to
the Department of Defenee and to tee Dixector of Central
Intelligence.*
c. April 13. 1948s
Copy No. 1 of tha report vas received by the Office of
the Undersecretary of State.
d. April. May. June. July, ,1948:
An 44 hqc interdepertmental coesmittee called by the
DireCtor of Inteljgigswee 8eneral Staff U.S. Army, and
chaiemanned by th4rCiesiCrtleI04194,ence Agency, carried out
a continuing study of Soviet Intentions. It is believed
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that no member of this interdepartmental committee had
access to the report from our Embassy in Moscow on the
same subject.
jr 30, 1948*
On this date, three and one-half mOytthe after it had
been received by the Department of Statht Copy No. 1 of
the report was transmi ted to the Ceara Intelligence
Agency.
2. It is reepectfuUy submitted that the Wtional Eecurity uncil
should take official cognisahoe of State Depertmontle failure to transmit
this vitally important estimate of Soviet Inteni.ons to tfto Central
Intelligence Agency at the time when it Wag reoeved.
R. H. HILLANICOETUR
Rear Ldmiraly OSN
Director of Centra Intelligence
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