ORGANIZATION OF TASK PANEL 'A'

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• Publication Date: August 13, 1951
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PSYCHOLOGICAL STRATC;GY BOARD
13 August 1951
Mk.S+"ORANDUM 1ORR The Chairman and Members
Psychological Strategy Board
SUBJECT: Organization of Task Panel "A"
1. Task Panel "A" has been organized for the accomplishment of Item. II
0 of the List of Problems for the Director and Staff in Order of Work
Priority? 10 Au. st 1951 (Psychological Strategy clans for Lost Armistice
contingencies xorea7).
2. A copy of the Terms of Reference is attached.
3. The ,pup was organized and began work 6 August and has been
meeting daily since. Necessary arrangements for the basic; papers required
by the Task Lanel have been made.
4.
The composition of Task Panel "A" is as follows:
Mr. Charles B. Marshall
Policy Planning Staff
Department of State
Mr. Wallace W. Stuart
Office of Chinese Affairs
Bureau of Far ki.astern Affairs
Department of State
Mr. John A. Hamilton
Program Planning and Evaluation Staff
Public Affairs Area
Department of State
Colonel Woodrow W. Dunlop
Psychological Warfare Division' USAF
Captain Richard Ant m. USN
Colonel Kenneth K. Hansen
Office of Psychological Warfare
Department of the Army
Central Intelligence Agency
1 Inci GORDON GRAY
1. Copy Terms of Reference Director
for Ad Hoc Task tanel "A"
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i-5YCHOWGiCAL STFtATh(TY E'uAFD
TEStMs OF REf?E:EE"'CL FtJT? AD HOC i-AMM, "All
1, The rroblem: To prepare propaganda and psychological strategy plans of
global application in the following order of contingencies:
Ilan A., .Present armistice negotiations in Korea are broken off.,
flan Bs Present armistice negotiations continue over a protracted period,
Flan Cs .Present armistice negotiations attain any degree of success,
2. Objectives:
FLAN A
a~ To ensure that the policies, attitudes and :actions of the
United Nations (as they reflect ti-hose of the United States
with respect to the initiation and condi;s,t of the rero:tiations
are nut forcefully before the world,
b., Concurrently, to vigorously and persuasively undercut the anti-
cipated Comnun?_st propaganda and agitation with respect to
the issue4,
c. To prevent relaxation in the attitudes, actions and c:n:riabilities;
of the free world, insofar as these are affected by the course
of ti-.e negotiations,
a. To further the early and favorable completion of the negotia-
tions by the application of the total psychological operations
means available to the United States..
b:., To ensure that the policies and. actions of the United Nations
(as they reflect those of the United States) with respect to
the initiation and conduct of the negotiations are nmi.t force-
fully before the world,
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c. Concurrently, to vigorously and persuasively undercut
the anticipated Communist propaganda and agitation with
respect to the issue.
d. To prevent relaxation in irht attitudes, actions and capabili-
ties of the free world, insofar as these are affected by the
course of the negotiationsd
PLAN C
a. To ensure that the policies* attitudes and actions of the
United Nations (as they reflect those of the United States)
with respect to the initiation and conduct of the negotia-
tions is put forcefully before=, the world.
b. Concurrently, to vigorously and persuasively undercut the
anticipated Communist propaganda and agitation with respect
to the issue.
c. To'prevent relaxation in the attitudes, actions and capabili-
ties of the free world, insofar as these are affected by the
course of the negotiations.
d. To ensure that the United Nations and the United States are
credited before the world with responsibility for the successes,
and the Soviet Communist. regime is charged with responsibility
for the failures.
These plans should be clearly focussed upon the problem and objectives
stated above. rsychological strategy plans of a wider scope are concur-
rently under survey.
By Order of the Directors
KILBOTJRNE 3OHNSTON
acting. Deputy Director
Distributions
Director
Each Staff Member l
leach L'ember Ad floc ranel A -
Central Files 2
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hdr T O.? S E C RE T
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PSY010T,UfTI kL STRATk.,GY PO11M
13 :Pust 195.1
Mc,N"OI;A^'DUN `UR The Chairman and. Members, Psycholo .cal. Strateg,%r Board
T 'JF CT: List ofi-roblems for the Director a-nd Staff in under of Igork
k ri on ty
As the first important task, I have had my staff pre' are for your con-
sideration a list of the probls=ns in the field of psycholo;;ical strategy
which are troubling your departments.
Time has not permitted a full staff survey, however, we have obtained
from the areas of your departments responsible for ;psychological operations
lists of the problems which tie.),. feel require examination by In addi-
tion., my staff, who have been generously loaned to me -by your departments,
have examined these lists in the light of their own personal knowledge of
the problems which are vexrz ng therm
I have had this list organlzed so as to reflect both -:,heir relative
importance to the cold war effort, and a workable order of handling by the
staff, taking into conside:t ati on the phased growth of the staff and the
capabilities of the departments to furni ah personnel assistance to the
staff 0
This list reflects a caution I gave my staff which is of great concern
to me. In my many talks wi tx, ,.hose in ;, asiiington about th state of our
nsychologtcal effort., I have came upon many nrohierrs whic are imprediate,
are serious and are not being-. dealt with as effectively as they might be,
1 annrectato the necessity of t_,e board being -ersonally cconcer^.e-i about
each of these. But as I see It, these Problems must not be accer ted by the
boar; and staff with-.out care-al consideration of the effect that this may
lave upon the solution of tie 'hoard's longer range -'roblems in a systematic
and orderly f3.:stacsn.:
I find that the problems coming; wk{:~in the purview of ASP fall into
four general categories,
a. Psychological strategy planning not previously in' tiated,;
bo Work already in the planning stage or being impleinented by
departments and agencies, which requires review by t"SI? in
order to fill policy gapso
c? Problems for which effective policies exist but which
require implementation planning,
d.w Crisis problems which will arise from ti.mee to time.
The List includes only categories a, b and cB Consideration Onl'.
. Inter-P-1? od Psycholoticsl. ;;arfaro Plans and :rr miza-
tion.
R. Review o the ns cholo ical. straten atic.- with respect
to
Develonr -;t of basic psychological strategy r an/prorrM for
idivtc fiction in the initial stages of a r: zeral war.
T. Provision or develoraaent and st^nd4rdizatior )n a government-
Wide baf7l , to the extent nerriitted by the st to of the science,
of the to ani .ues of psychological strategy (.) include cover
and dooen ion methods of , nolitico-military a,ture)
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U. purvey of i "atiari^1 research resources in s?port of psycholo- A,Rz ;R Not Assigned x
gieal one':-.tionz; rocoaendations sfor L- wove research renuire-
mants and affort whore aDoropriatea
Symbols: .)ep - Office of the Deputy Direct.
.
't'P - Office of Plans and Policy
L Jt
Office of Analysis, Reports aid Revioo
Coordination
JCS Liaison Office
Substantive
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Office Having Work Priority Consideration Internal Staff
Primary Responsibility for the Staff of PIE Consideration Only
De reloninent of strati ^i.c -,p'= or pl s for cold war - This tri.U
encaE^naS $
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v.,ti,,,te of nresOent, .,, tt tiozr.
(1)
:'or + ^.ticn of 3Nte:~i on a i"u~ nts
(2)
Study of hostile nsY'ehnli r icnl onernt7.ons e nloyed by
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tt e USSR main t the TJ.-. and to deter.rine Soviet
6 1 , rd rtratec'ic-:;
(3)
Arra1y is of -1-43C and other appropriate rapers to identify
TVU
present U.. air-7, riu sows 'nd *' rovad Tat ra ;
Ln
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A r+enor' reYvie i t2' present Dims for p^ychologic l
P&P
0-er?-:Lion-
(5)
Invertto>v of cold war weapons at the disttosal of U.S.
A, cA
identifficatizi, 'f deoarttont and agency re3ponai?hili-
F&P
tic- ron`oct, k^n
`, f4 by t}a J1`iLCS of the and its y.&-R,
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f.lar .canon- ou the FS s e QS
(7) Preparation of a { i alir:inar tom` n~, Fo ?tox the pre.^:ent Ot tti.Z U.
;? ?3v 7t? i0i 1 ^t2' r?eglr
over ation2.
of U.S.. oct ec i 'y ir. te of
'1 the o ~~uol .i~ a n t y~?Y .;<
1
specific ncholoica.'. Matey.
Dcve'o ant of t o 1'aNic strategic plan arnd rrcgr9rL f~; the
conduct of nsychojo.. cai cr?orations in td-te cold vary
10 u ust 1951
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y Resaonsi-ility for the Staff of P5E Consideration Onl
.Iy. pYio`r^t~'Jla,. .n.'aJ ~.? r~~W ~'a a J'V,o :7t+iy.!t. ry.t*'vitd3':,rrJ fl w[.G..:.l~~.dv"~
of res'on^ibili'yes for p3 halorloal ooer.tioaass
areas not now o t.sarly estnb .ishod.
Current "rob ''"a qq__
a e 17-.,:.;. wr~nY, nR~ ~,rlvlr?
A, orrm latiOn of :List Of nro71e-1 isi ',1n .i ode o
priority,
Deb
D. D~rclon~^ivnt of -;ho FF'unotions tind Organization of %3"; "tom i Dip
O . F ev e':r of the ~;rcnozed U t ono ; r"MholoriCal Uarf w:"o Plan
for c'onerfi '.T,,--- su tS-- of to with reo3. nd ^*z ar..
for act.'i
D. Er>gr er ry Ps c ,los is^1 'taster :..pan to '+nticinate a r`fcP
noS `'~e rajor ~ihift in "F :riot f trate(7 rnid actions 1 h1Ch
t*ou1dd ?'e nreri--,ed on a nl^noible do--ire for peaoef 1 Ga-
(~fiJ. 4tin ?) y,.~y~J.neat the he yyj.., } n y~ re~
Jp Establisa laAio,-,,Sh5nm~, of ..P' P.' to e,
other "overnracr=t dennx"trcnts ^nn1 ^~e~iciew, to inel-ode.
(1) ~'.ruu~els ~, coi .c,~ton
(2) ` "ocec'ure "nor intr fjation of narers to PSE
(3j ;,tn:hlis .'nt of n-ocedure?^ and ehninels for. nrorulga-
tion. of Do rd. deo sior.
() Defin1t1on of scone tend a p c biliiy of Mid!mce to
be nroa by to Board
(5) ~--',ablis ft of rro; dure for the devolorient, coordi-
nate on, and iolerentatiora of inter-denartint^:l plans
ii ,uonor+ of 5oard decisions
(6) Defini`!on of the n^tu nn, extent of dennrt' n+,^?
and. ser? ,art 9 ci -?ticn in Board activities
(7) ielation io of P)D to Fovor_ ntal departments and
n enoie :nclu1inr? 111G., JC3, {1:; 2, P0CC, the
:eeehanior a:?e^.ted in arsu^nce to i3C 1O4
(`) ;nonaorinr *e develo at of systematic .n1anni rro- M-P
c dares the field of psyoholo^ieo strafe gy on a lt"T
lover k widebasis TO MPP S-20
Concurrent
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Office clavin ,Bork Priority
Consideration Internal
Priiaary R, ,porg,ib=i4ty for the 3tnff P.1 Consideration Only TyN
i Policy rend tochni{-uos with respect to the relationship of
P to privato s.oncies
Ps--cholo^ic-,I1 "Itraterr Plans for Post :rrictioe contin-
renn~ee ( ov' p)
R. 'ssLotenco in facilitating; loCistic MI.nd personnel suPnort
for cold tzar operations
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3. ,,ovioir of Intelligence surnaort for U.^. psyoholoricsl
tr te('y
K. Pcycholo-iocl Strater- ?Ian for
L, Prycholo~ic^I '3tratery Plan to undermine the strentth of
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?ovieu of sttto ont of lizitation upon conduct of ;pert
onornti^ns contained in 14"C 10/2
11, Revleu of certain nl^.ns for activritles vis-a-vis U,"R, for
(a) Defector-
(b) "Canccl3.ction" (cnecial eontinroncy)
(a) Overload and delay
0. 7zviecr of policy decisions on the use of rinority - iaps in
psycholorie^1 operations against the U'SR
Establi :,ant of policies with respect to land and in-
dustrial ownership in the UiSR.
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