FREE FLOW OF POLICY AND OPERATIONAL INFORMATION TO CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R002600050001-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 24, 1950
• Content Type: MF

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bLUOrandliti for the Chief, CUPS. from the AD/OrtEs
dated 7 April 1.950, telbjeati *Content and Dis-
tribution of the CIA Daily fAirmary**
1* For a considerable tine this Agency has felt concern over
the fact that while the Department of State is bending raw effort
to rake its taidaect loyal intelligenoe and eyeratienal neterialsi
which have utility for intelligence pewees, availeige to the
Central Intelligence Agency. the Departments of Aregr, Navy. and
Air Force nonaally do not provide operational matter* The bulk
of the Inuteria withheld consist? of operational cables which are
not normally sent to the intelligence orsanisations of the Depart-
rafts for action but are available to to Various atteapts have
boon made to obtain access to this traffic, which to of =adorable
imortance to the preduction or both CIA current intelligave
publicatiens and national intealigenee estimates, but results have
not been forthcoming*
2* It appears, neVerthaellIS, that another attempt should be
IWO to resolve this matter became of the attitude of the Depart-
ment of State* which is explained In the enclowe1 eithatel it
should be arphaoised that the rain reasen this cable traffic should
be made available in its importance to national intelligume pro-
duaticn*
3. It is suggested that CIA per4uicipation on the &orrice?
Iteuding Panels for the purpose of making a daily aelection of cables,
for which CIA has en Intelligent:le requirement* might provide a
satisfactory solution to thin problem* ce?66,
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CONFIDENTIA1,.
14 41 It t; repeated that you look into this .natter within your
respective department& In order to assist in its resolution. L
conference of the Cif, and rvice Mod,ers of the Starranc, Comittoe
1:111 be eallel to discuss the subject in the near ruture?
cc: AD/OTIE
State Dept.
AD/OCD
Central Records
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riCa.:COri* Cla11-Z, Chief
Coordinaticirti, CVemtiosua
and ?alley Staff
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Adi?ities Lid methods
u:MiDENTIAL
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11841.44 the Daily Sunken', the eole eedificaticia I
Seeeritii Cowell is no regarded as also being a ;rime target*
publissatienp flier, it has been true tre ths '-ossiginnie4?
Laily Summary' has coneistei aleoet entirely et di4esta of State Liepart.
meat telegrams, the pereenSaos of State materials usually runnin4 wall
ever 90 per cent* AlthouGh it is oler thut Lup38.03LAO Live met 8,14?
niftoant problems 411 usually ogle within the purview of the ,:apartment
of ltate, the extraordinarily high percentage at Adste items La tbe
Lsily3usskry is also owin, to the withhold/lag of 414?laval
by the various smetaims of the MAUI:nal Defense entablishment parti.w
oularly operatpmel ealaes era the one Llano, an4 the consistent Lis
triention-ot sitohloateriall by nuts on the other* rag coeLlint=tiba
time two tutors has mood tho oostsat of the IL Listilr Somali to
(moist *let exausively at high level -tate ?Apartment operational
anui intelligence eables4
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3. Distribution the Cliki*:147;;? Analynie ofthe dis-
tribution of the 1iailr
"'usury discloses t 26 of the . ooeles
distributed externally go to some part of the ritional Do4 ense ostab-
eieSmonte This imbalance is caused bys (a) the four-to-one ratio
between the Defense a: ice and the Department of :7tete; (b) the
interest of the Defense aecncies in learnik;, throuji the Da114 :larreuvit
about the plans and okerations of the ,7,:tate Department; ared (e) the
disintereet of State in reading a publication which cenziets 70 aant
of its own materials. Ilhatever its causes, however, this itbalaneo means
that the Daily Zummary has become a one-may chnmol by lihich r!tate De-
partment's most eensitive inform tion and operetional pla1% is made
evailatle to the Defense agencieu, without reciprocatian V thone
agencies. From States point of view, CIA's professiee that the Daily
Summary is desielled primaril;y for the Presieent and the !'SC is over-
shadowed by the fact that the distrieution of the pullicatiea is
predosinafttly to the militerer.
441 The present concern of the oep.Irtment of 3tatc would te con-
aiderably relieved, if not entirely dispelled, if J'e.my, Navy, Lind Air wore
to maks available for the CIA Zell/ Summar', cables and telezraes of a
seneitivity equal to those provided by Citate. Under sUch ciroumetauces
the content of the Daily %emery would more accuratele- reflect
cable traffic which relates sienificaatly to the eecurity of the US
Moreover, under such circumetancea the eopartment of State would undoatedly
ask for more copies of the Daily Summary, thus adjustinc the imbalance of
the present distribution,
MOOMMUDATIONSI
It is recommended that COAPS
1 Acquaint the military agencies eith the intellieence needs of
CIA in connection with the Daily Sylmar-if
2. Inform the military agmeeies of the eogree end kin., of 3tate
D epartmet contributions to the Dail,y Summary'
Advise the military agencies of the possibility that :14 ms,y
be forced to curtail distribution of the Daily Se-nary tO those
agencies in order to protect its position eith the eopartmeat
of State unless they are able to provide CIA with equally
sensitive material.
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