YOUR MEETING WITH GENERAL SMITH THIS AFTERNOON

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• Publication Date: March 14, 1952
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March 14, 1952
1 .7. Z-7 LG
MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR, PSB
SUBJECT: Your meeting with General Smith this afternoon
I am attachin a memorandum for your signature dealing with
hieh I suggest that you hand to
General Smitafternoon* In addition, I-Tecommend that you
cover the following points with him:
1, The Security Violation, In view of articipa- 25X1
tion in other PSB panels? I think that you should discuss
with General Smith the question of whether the present viola-
tion is sufficiently serious to require a position that 25X1
should be excluded from the other panels* CIA has had -siderable experience in dealing and I am sure 25X1
that General Smith has an informed judgment as to whether,
from CIA's standpoints at least., it would be necessary for
someone to request Mr. Harriman to exclude from this 25X1
area., It seems to me that if anybody takes s step, it
should be the General who does it.
2. NSA Assistance in Drafting Proposed Legislation for
Escapee Programs. The main facts here are as follows:
(a) The strong view given Mr. Dulles by the House Foreign
Affairs Committee that escapee matters be handled
through amendments to the Mutual Security Act and
the request by them for guidance as to the substane
(b) The Bureau of the Budget's proposed bill containing
a mixture of immigration and escapee matters. You
have suggested to the Bureau of the Budget that the
escapee matters be handled not through that bills.
but through amendments to the Mutual Security Act of
1952. Copy of your comment is attachment A.
(c) The agreement by all hands at Wednesdayts staff meeting
`~-- that this guidance should be supplied by developing
informally a draft which would be handed informally
to the Committee. I
With this in mind, I suggest that you remind the General
of these facts, and suggest that MSA assistance in preparing
NSC review(s) completed.
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the language is required and discuss the manner of obtaining
it, Since the legislative people in CIA, Defense and State
will be working on the draft? the logical person in Mr,
Harrimants office would be their counterpart, Eichholz,,
However, in view of onopoly an ordinary request
for help would likely result in reference of the request to
him, The alternative seems to be the following:
(a),Iformal staff call to Eichholz asking his partici-
pation* In doing this, we should be prepared to
accept F----]if the call is referred to him,
(b) A call by either the General or yourself to Mr.
Harriman, giving the background need for amendments
to the Mutual Security Act covering escapees and
the Kersten amendment, the manner of handling it,
and, finally, a request for Eichholzts assistance,
This would likely raise theF---Iquestion.
The tactics here would seem to depend upon the handling 4f
the security question, If the General takes this up with Mr, Harriman,
he might just as well cover the second problem as well, On the
other hand, if he does not, or if there is to be delay in his decision,
then my suggestion would be that either Pforzheimer or =try to 25X1
work informally with Eichholz,
3, MSA Representation in PSB Work. Collateral to the above
is the general question of NSA and Harrimants office participa.
tion in PSB work. I am not referring to the "membership"
question but to the issue of whether Mr, Harrimants office is
the right place for us to look exclusively fir the integration
in our work of the resources under the control of MSA.
As you know as taken the position that he is 25X1
the exclusive Point of contact for both MBA and ODMS. There
is a strong growing feeling in MSA that since the programming
and operations for a good deal of our foreign economic activity
is accomplished in MSA rather than in ODN9 Staff representa-
tion on such plans a or example, should come from the 25X1
former rather than the latter; and that the F--nonopoly 25X1
should be broken,
It seems to me that you might pass this sentiment along to
the General as a matter of general information. It might be
that a parallel solution to our problem would be to encourage
John Kenney at the right time to arrange with Mr. Harriman that
Mr. Kenney's office should provide the bulk of our NSA repre-
sentation on PSB panels*
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March 12, 1952
Mr. Roger Jones
Assistant Director for
Legislative Affairs
Bureau of the Budget
Washington, D. C.
I have examined the draft act entitled "The Special Migra-
tion Assistance Act of 1952" and have the following comments in
response to your request of March 7, 1952.
As you are aware, the Psychological Strategy Board is direct-
ly concerned only with Title II of the act which provides for the
care and utilization of escapees. The comments which follow are,
therefore, made from the standpoint of this interest.
As a general comment,, I seriously question the advisability
of using this act as a means of obtaining the legislative authori-
zation required for the future care and utilization of escapees.
I, therefore, recommend, first, that Title II be dropped from
this act and, second, that necessary amendments be provided in
the proposed Mutual Security Act of 1952 for this purpose.
These suggestions are made for several reasons. In the first
place, since the PICP* Program for the transportation and resettle-
ment of migrants is already provided for in the Mutual Security Act
legislation, it would be most logical to include in the same bill
legislation covering the directly related escapee program. In the
second place, the escapee program is a foreign affairs matter which
would presumably be considered by the House Foreign Affairs Com-
mittee. The immigration program in Title I of the proposed act
is, on the other hand, a matter which would come before the Judiciary
Committees, Although we have every reason to believe that the
House Foreign Affairs Committee would be most favorably inclined
to the escapee legislation, we understand that there is good rea-
son to anticipate opposition to the Title I provisions, particular-
ly in the Senate Judiciary Committee. If this is so, the Committees
would be acting at cross purposes and the legislation might not be
enacted.
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Finally, the House Foreign Affairs Co mittee has already been
thrroughly briefed on the program outlined in Part I, Title 119
ayd in expressing strong support for this program, has urged that
t be provided for in the Mutual Security Act.
If this action is taken, I suggest, for obvious reasons, that
the language concerned with the resettlement of escapees in the
United States be included in Title I of the act.
We are now considering with representatives of the interested
agencies the substance of the legislative authorization which should
be sought to cover the future escapee programs, and. I hope that
within the next week agreement will have been reached on this ques-
tion. In the meantime, I suggest that, in any legislation in
which it might appear, the substance of Part II, Title II should
be drafted in more general language than in the proposed bill.
This change would be for the purpose of providing the necessary
authority and at the same time avoiding a commitment to programs in
such specific terms. As you are aware, these programs are now
under review in connection with Phase B of this Board's planning
efforts, and it will be some time before any realistic estimate can
be made as to the most desirable form which they should take. How-
ever, I believe that within the next week or ten days, the agencies
concerned will have agreed on suggestions as to the authorizing
language which should be proposed.
Sincerely yours,
3.2 2
C (J
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ADDRESStOFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO
THE DIRECTOR OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGY BOARD
WASHINGTON 2!. D. C.
PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATEGY BOARD
WASHINGTON
i OPUNI M FOR: General Walter Bedell Smith
Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Organization of Panels "H" and "I11
After informal discussion between Mr. Taylor of my Staff and
NOTED IN
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the Panel members concerned, I have decided to designate 25X1
The Principal CIA Member
of Panel "I" as Chairman of Pane and Mr. Richard H. Sanger
(The Principal Department of State Member of Panel "H") as Chairman
of Panel "H11. Captain Richard N. Antrim, USN and Colonel Paul C.
Davis, AUS,, are the respective Executive Secretaries. Mr. Taylor
has discussed these assignments with Mr. Sanger, 25X1
who have quite willingly accepted the chairman
While I consider this arrangement most suitable for the
expeditious development of the South East Asia and Middle East
Plans, I should like to emphasize that I do not believe this action
should be looked upon as establishing a precedent for the assign-
ment of the chairmanship of all PSB Panels. I have found in the
past that since I can make members of my staff free to devote
practically their full time to planning panels, and since they are
in a position to be intimately familiar with the role, procedures
and objectives of PSB, as well as with the background leading to
the establishment of planning requirements, it is in many cases
best to designate a PSB Staff member as chairman.
I am happy that in the present instance 25X1
Mr. Sanger will be able to devote an appropriate share of their
time to the accomplishment of the respective planning tasks.
cc: Mr. Allen Dulles
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FEB 2 9 1952
U=ZrIU e -. igenoe JllgeM
WO I met, N.V.
Washington 25, D. C.
Task lparel "C" of the Psychological. Strategy Board # of whi&
you were a *enber,. has now completed its work,, and I have accord-
ingly dissolved the panels effective February 25, 1952.
With your capable assistance, this panel prepared two psycho...
logical_ operations plans of fundamental importance to the iiaticnal
interest. These plans were prepared under conditions requiring
political forethought and a high degree of Special sk ll , as well
as flexibility in the resolution of the s ty points of view brought
to the panel members by different depar ants of the Gover ent.
These plans have now been approved by the Psychological
Strategy Board.
I appreciate yv r devotion to the task and co
c's:. the successful result of your ef`torts
si ae 2y
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cc: Director of Central Intelligence
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