PSB STAFF PAPER ENTITLED 'REPORT ON SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN COLD WAR OPERATIONS,' AS PREPARED BY MR. HENRY LOOMIS, DATED 11 APRIL 1952

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 26, 2006
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• Publication Date: August 6, 1952
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1i40RANDUK FOR GR EF? L S) I9'H
SUBJECT: PSB Staff Paper entitled s;Report on Social
Science Research in Cold rations,
25X1 as prepared ryf dated
11 l. }rii 1951
REFI ,ENCE: Mmaorandurs from Q for DCI, subject
"Social Science Tesearch, is undated.
1. The background of this matter, as known to ~1e, is as
.follows:
a. In the course of preparing subject Report,
,
of the PSB staff held certain informal di}.scuss-_ons
with who was then AD/Rt. After some of
these conversations had been held, a formal request was
made on CIA (by mmemora dated Februa- - 114, X52 from
to furnish research br^eakdou
figures for the purposes of his study.
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b. The question of furnishing the requested i Afor-
mn+jlin referred to Mr. Saunders, who advised Tfr.
that CIA had not previously authorized d:isse ni_na-
zon of such fi-ures outside CU. 1r. Saunders further
advised that to rake CIA fiscal information available for 25X1
the purposes of the survey as requested vrould be co_ztrarv
to special security arrangements in offect with t h
Bureau of the Bud et which according to *-as
cooperating with in his study, 25X1
c. Upon being so advised, with the ocn-
currence of Mr. Wolf, emote to under dat , of
5 March 1952, erxplaining the circurnst.ances and referring
to the special security arrangements in effect with tIie_
Bureau of the E fidget, stating in part:
i'I believe it host desirable in the light c_' the
above that tiny fiscal data concerning CIA be e eluded
from the subject survey. I know you will ap_~re ;i_ _e
the nportance of our taking all security measures
necessary tcj prevent disclosure of arrr fiscal iti?-
fonaation that might indicate the magnitude of the
Agency or any of its programs."
y1 ..I/C.
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hf i er recei.y-inFT the CIA f't - ? sh 25X1
these figures
a_ re-
quested authority to have I Idiscuss the resevrcii
to have any figures. This was noted of record by
in his Diary of 6 n?aa-ch 1952.
the D rector i s log an of 6 Narch a;,d at, the Deput es t _.~
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meeting on tint date the Director commented favor.ef:ly or.
our refusal to give CIA budget figures to the
General Smith indicated that all PSB required was to kn
what research as being done and where. PSB had Ito: new
problem generally with 13uri.nn this convey 25X1
sation, made i main tol
(1) That the DCI himself had disapproved the
furnishing of the figures, and
(2) That CIA could not, in the light of the
foregoing, agree to the inclusion of such -'figures 25X1
the proposed PS3 Zeport.
f. Ilot~icrista.ndi.ng this clear expression of the
Director's views, the PSB Report as prepared bar
under date of 11 !pr_L'L 1952 contained references , ,_-A
and figures respecti i%g amounts allocated to r esearci, by
CIA which, although rounded off, are generally aco~zr?.e,
as was determined by reference to M-,?. Saunders.
g. The .SUB draft memorandum containing svc f igure$
was Fiffiidcarrieci bar to Air. Dulles (who u7~. not
fully informed as to the fore o'njL, background) with a
reauest for clearance. aid not infortr. L that he had m3.c.e this request of Mr. Dukes, r. 25X1
es, in turn, referred the Report to for
comment.
13. On April 23, 1952, I Icalled to
ttention, by phone, the fact that the
Report in the form in which it was presented t
Dulles was contrary to the understanding previously
reached, which, on the pert of CIA, was a position taken
pursuant to specific instructions by the DCI.
undertook to review the Report and consider de e tLon or
all references to CIA. Under date of 23 April 1952,
Inoted in his Official ?Diary;
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25X1 HEBrieft;d Mr. iyulles respecting t: PSB ps.pw r
on research on cold war operations, which coma ned
references to CIA directly contra to the undeL-
25X1 standing that I had reached with 25X1
o t
;r.
instructions fron the Director. e
this up with at lunch, and
later called me, which time I suggested ,flat =-~-
references to CIA be deleted. If any questions .arose
in the PSB3 the General would be Sitting as C~jjWi a 25X1
and could answer thqL as he saw fit. rdertoo!z
to have a talk witil and to inform me of what
e. lie stated that this
references they plan to a LA
paper had riot beer.: distributed to anyone outEit.e PSG,
including the Budget Bureau. I made it plain that
25X1 felt that the paper in its present form waL contrary
to the understarict-ng that we had reached. " 25X1
i. Thereat-ter, on may 2, 1952,
0
stating that re xa=rd.nation of the Repo,
has made us C eel that the references in qa ~"--W
are an essential part of the report and that ue are
consequently face3 with either scrapping the $?or;>
cr sui),iitting it with the references."
After receiving this letter from hYh.4'
.e ba
~? addressee a meir.orandum to Mr. Wolf, giving
round or this situation and requesting that he be e.ssu 1:
g ound -OcL (a) That the release of these f' res in %A e = a
repo t
in which they were set out in the
would be eontrarrr to previousl, -established ,X)- icy
of CI& ; and
(b) That suc7 policy had theretofore been d
in dealixs with the Budget Bureau.
1 On 7 May 1952, li r. Wolf advised in reply
T that release of the budgetary amounts ccn-c .isles
in the draft _ ,eport is contrary to prtviaus
,.uta )fished policy of the Agency and that we, have e
;general u.nderstmdIng with representatives o$' the
Bureau 01, the Budget that CIA budgetary 3 hf`oMatioa is
not available for dissemination to other a?;etlcies
and/or establishunents. "
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tinzg upon verbal author it
on 16 1,'air 1952, wrote to
in part:
)idles,
stat- ra
".e have given your suggestion very ca..refid
consideration, but to authorize your request
would involve a departure from a long-established
;policy 4iich we think is of importance to the
security, and other interests, of this Agenc-.
Aw-o regret very much that you feel it neces-
sary to citscard the report if our figures are
cr eluded, but dc wish to point out that you v ere
advised before the draft report was prepared, of
' he e.c stence of this policy and of the Director's
desire that the figures not be included.
W1 appreciate it if you would have the
25X1 references to CIA, and the breakdo:Jn of figures
relating to it, excised from the report."
ra. On 27 $.T.cr i QKq I lunched vrithh
0
of PSB and in is ree-
or tn.e convereat on at this luncheon concluded with r.;he
statement:
",N%sh I made it Main that we would not be unha n-s
to see the questions raised by~pressnted
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forma
r info
d 25X1
r._. On Wednesda, 1952, discussed. the
I I of PSB and made the fo l1c : v
note of this conversa.,ion in his Official Diary:
"Chatted with Director of the PSB
respectinor the Repo explained to him
the situation with respect to the figures cited in
the Report and also the general reasons -4.y I feel
that the ratters considered in this Report could
best be handled by a program of coordination
undertaken by the Department of State, rather than
PSB. I indicated, however, that if the figures
relating to CIA vrere deleted, I would have no
o0jection to the circulation of the Report, since
it was at least thought-provoking and that is wYiat
was required in this field. After some discussion,
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ndicz.ted that he would transuit the
;'ith the figures relating to CIA d Gen.
`ii;iith under a covering letter from W-"Ict 25X1
be transrd.tted to Gen. Smith rouge try. T`i .a
permitted us to cancel the later meeting scb;duieci
faith tie General and I so informed the Gerxer L at .-::te
deputies' meeting."
~., Thereafter, on 23 July 1952,
I 6f PSB conferred with Yr. Sa s 4th respect -0 tiit: 25X1
deletion of the CIA figures from the aeporc,. ije:3itl} 25X1
sic ted betfreen
insisted upon includ.L ; Clr1
Thereupon Pair. ;Saunders called into the r=eet---g, 25X1
which time again made clear the position of ;,L:
that the figures could not be used in the Report, eitiia.:
separately or as part of a total governmental rosaar;h i u:t-s. 25X1
25X1 p. Seves'al days later, Dr. I at 1 25X1
inniji.Fed as to the status of the revision of the sp: i
hat the only remaining q est z; _..
as to the release of the Report was the deletion ci the CIA
25X1 d stated t:.at he understood that
e doing this and would tiiereafter clear rite.
indicated no dissatisfaction with this arran 'men;.
25X1
q, undated memoranduzu request u g Gen.
Smith's reconsideration was noted by the DCI on 31 Ju Ll y 195k*
It is apparent from the foregoing that:
a. I first point is not a ttdifferE-ice
of opinion" between the CIA and PSB staffs, but tli
refusal of PSB to accept the DCI I s deterni_nat. on t at
CIA budget figures could not be released in a IQ, L3
report. I I and his staff have been fully
advised that was acting under DGl t s ins.ru
tions and that, if it were important for PSF itsol-'
to consider these figures the DCI would be sit-&in
as Chairman of the Board and could have then made
availa bl e.
in error in stating test ar one
information on jurisdictional gro
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