MEMO TO JEANNE DAVIS FROM B.C. EVANS

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Iv1E~.iO 1'OR: Mrs. Jeanne Davis
NSC Staff Secretary
13. C, t:; va r; s
T'
RC ,,1
Executive bccz?eta.ry
Transmitted herewith is a retention copy
of the "Doolittle Report" requested by Ms.
Ruth Booth of your staff. 19: is my under -
standing that this report is to be reviewed
in response to a iaOTA request.
B. C. Evans
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SPi CIAL S i ~` G~:OUP
Washint;to:i, D.C.
30 afpteriber 1954
The President
The Z ihite House
Dear Mr. President:
In compliance with your verbal directive, confirmed by
your letter of 26 Julyr 195L (Appendix A), the undersigned
have grade a comprehensive study of the covert activities of
the ventral Into ligence Agency. We have carefully
exc_xdned its operations in this area. We have also given
due corr. ideration in our study- to the AgencyTs over,
activit:Les and to its relationship with, the intelligence
community as a
Our findings are embodied in the attached reports For
your convenience, conclusions and recommendations are
s'.w:"iarizcd on pages 10 to 18. i~i.i.th these we are in unanimous
agrec-r runt.
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ive can not speak too hi gh-l y of" the assistance and
cooperation that has been %-ivcn to us by the Central
Intelligence Agency at all levels, and by the other.
as gencies of Gove..rnment and induiv iiluals cC7I.2iuactC,ti,-
ive are particular-1y :indebted. to our L ccu Live
Director., i:r0 S. Paul John,-ton, and to I r0 J~. Patrick
Coyne of the r:ati.ona i. Security Council., both of whom
have worked with us throughout and whose assistance
has been inval.ur-ble,
. RespectfuLty yours
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I. - xxfr. PODUCTIOIJ
COMITNTS
II. COIyCLUSION~'S MID RF,COi? 1E Jl\TTON?S 10
A, With Respect to Pc:monnal 17L
B. With R"espect to Security 12-
C. With Finspec tr to Coo: c""nation
and Operations 15
D. With Eesnect to Organization
and Admire stration 17
E. With Respect to cost Ilactor-3
Il DISCUSSION 19
A. The Personnel Factor, a 21
B. The Secn!rit; Factors 28
C. Coordination and Operations 38
D. Organization and Administration L, 4
E. Cost Factors 18
ZIT. AP6.:.! ~V'!`~/
A.. Presidential Directive
B. Programs and Procedures
C. Chart - Present Organization
of DD/P
D. Chart - Possible Organization
of DD/P
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ON TII1
COVE T ACTIVITIES
OP VIE
11,T1DDt1CT ors
The aoquisitiou and proper evaluation of adequu to
and re. b_ e 3xxte~. ige ce on the capnbil =4a es and
ll to tiars of Soviet lb-t--sir. is today's neat i pe t>~rted.
as prof;}-ntly as po ?siblc.
The C.I.A. has a recruiinent progran operating in
coUckn >s and universities throughout the United States.
pro-ram has not been entirely success". 0- in producing
either the quantity or the q al :i.ty of applicants needed.
for Agency requirements.
,;n part, this is due to 'the general shortage of
tecbn c,^'lly trained people v:7_^
a.- :ri_s hews current 0cmands,
by industry in practically all fields. On the other hand
we have heard criticism scholastic sources that the
C.I.A. approach, both to the school and to the individual,,
not what it should be, and furthermore, that r-a:~y
potentially good people are lost because of the very
great ;Length of tine that now elapses between initial
contact and entry into the job.
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learano'o of now pursonnc . at present avcrs.uo;a , c ays.
The I' oJE3 .:f . takes only 30 days s l res i..~u a for, clearing its own
par so-ariol. t lthouch we apps?e,ciato fully the special problem.:%
invol.'lr-cd in M. &"P we believe it is both practical and
essential to reduce the' pre4 ent 90 day 'por rod as much as
possi.;e le
Marry applic;J.nts find the C C:isar ' clearance j a'oc-C' u)`os
unpalatable and annr_R-'in. . S c+7ue are rope"! l.ed by nisund.or-
stara%?ing of the pr pose of polygraphic c minatio~; ancd. the
techniques ennployed. Sono (p articu.la r. ly in scientific fields
where futt_u?o professional reputation may depend upon P1f0.i.c ~=
tion of paperer etc.) are un' i .l,in to accopt the inpl'.i,cations
of a l fet iI iei of auo: ini ty, or of life under a pseudonym.
Cie do not suggest that these requirements. be ibanaoLSZ. or
relaxed In any degree We are certain that they are noces-
nary for na im Tal security and success of covert Operations,
But cone better moans of approach should be developed to
ass-Lire the prospective employee that ho is necessary, and
to persuade him that in this Agency he can, find a desirable
career and at the same time Perform a %-'S t,l service ? to his
country.
We have boon i.?-pressod by the e col l erce of the Agency's
training facilities and the Colap9tenca Of its instructor
personnel. Our coi ont is that insufficient use is made of
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centers which we
i spected are beiUag operated far under capacity levels.
Tltia_s, of course, is a reflection of the slags i ii g off in.
recruiting programs, but - t; suggests al o that adequate
use of the f: C1ll.ties : Fs not. now tiei made i~o : J:RJ1ove the
avc;x?wai.l qu llty of Iigeney cov'cr act11-L _i_es by new train-
iiag or refresher trai ing of per;:oirol al x c ady in the A cne
We are aware that the present tendency of the Agency to
take on more work than it can handle satisfactorily has
tin. tea use of the training facilit--le,-, but it cannot
limited op
be repeated too frcquenc,ly that in C.I.A.' covert operations
qua ..:i.ty is mere lr portant than quantity A small number of
competent people :u2 a sensitive agency, can be more useful than
a large nu er of Lncorr,petents. In the long run it trill pay
to stop some of the lcss essential operations now to permit
10-15 percent of Agency coveru personnel to go into tray-inin .
,As the backlog of inadc.
O methods
able app?:?_ :rats or preocnt e),q,loyecs'b>>y interrogation,, field
investigation and polygraph tcelr d.qu s. We have also c: cai ed.
Df/PFS ri ethod of proccss?ng ,-~I.-.cn cpF:xat on 3- personnel prior
to their use by the covert services overseaso
We b~al:ieve that C.I A. ~ s sec .city cl earanee criteria for
prospective Agency personnel are z~,oundm llithott ccceeptiong
they should be fuLly adhered to ;.~ practice,. The granting
of pxovisionaJ or other intoriia clearances should be rrain1 sized.
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There is considerable room for ixnprovem--nt in ex7 stint,
r,c u ity processing procedures for alien operational personnel.
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A urZLtom rec ziii en ent should be established
regular
for the submi.ss~.on by all overseas z;iissions of
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reports on the ttatt:s of personnel,, phti~~ticpections should
be Xiiad`e by the Office O 'k Security of aU.1 ovex seas mission-,:x
and of DD/P's h ec ;t? sr to s and othcr facci-l i ties in the
United States. Ti ;hte- security' procodilre3 at heZkdqu2-1-^ ers
anal part .ctmll.ar.Ly in the field will better :.nstv.xe the security
of the Agency's facil:Lties,9 operation ss sources and methods,
these ~rais-
ing of ~recommendations should aid ._W
ing the level of security throughout the entire Agency,
particularly throughout the covert sea yrtce s.
If such. a system of r.-,porting and inspecting is adopted;,
the Director can, for the first time, look, to one office
for the security of the entire Agency. He will then have
a more precise and timely picture of secu ity-related
developments throughout the Agency.
We cannot emphasize too strongly the import .ice of
the aont.i_nuation and intensification of C.I.A.'s counter--
:thtelligence efforts to prevent, or detect and eliminate
penetrations of C.I.A. the endorse fully the present counter-
intellAgence practices of the Agency which include
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autoziatic ecurit.y c?zecks and :Ciao Yuc-N-iews- of
being t;on: idered Lor :xry~ see in the. .`Le,-1d or ?c s i-f raza.rrx at
he'; CIO
rpecial type-- o L c F'.+.rar].c(-4 ete We CIO not
of 4 ., personae:.. :U, n' )l nec ?S: E3 %~.
i z; onnc:~,
but. n., beli.ev t?}- t cc~ r , c policies with. r es}.,ee t to
Foreign Lntel ~. eire c projects the Cozspptroller oz the Agency
is wsab:! e to nnni t i.xa meaning t7 records s11ow1in i he c: en(33 -
tures aaaade for j)adl .vidual projects in this category, The
Zioreign InteLU ence Staff keeps certain record, of such.
exponc', ores but on the 'basis of a ccie-31dar rather than. a
fin-cal year,, We believe that the CoiaiptroUer should be
furnished v ith :L]i. brr-at.ion i-'ii'.ch will en .ble lilts: to record,
control and account for the costs of the inditdi.dua.i projects
of this element of the Agency Adequate protection for
security purposes can and should be provided iiithi-7. the
Office of the Coaptroiler.
Certain other projects in the politi.call and poycho.logi-
cal and pax'aty it .rw" areas., of a sensit ve natux~t are
occasionally developed and processed without full in_f'oxration
with respect thereto bein given to the Deputy Director for
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Administration and the Co.nptrol_ler. S3ncc., of necessity,
the funds must be made available by the CoanptroLLar, it is
inevitable that he will have knowledge that operations of
this nature are being conducted and it is unlikely that more
specific inform eti.cn relating to the projects can lone; be
kept. secret fron bin. In one par ticu:lrax, instance where
subs tanti.cs l suns were expended, the Co,ptrol-3.er was called
upon to make the expenditures with no supporting data being
fux?ri:%nhsed to hint at the time c>r at any future date,, When
we requested brc-kdot:rrns of coats of the operation found
that they were available only in the area division involved
.and that they were incomplete and ursstisfact 2. We are
.of the opinion that this deviation from the normal procedure
Of placing upon the Co::ptrol_l cr thy: resl o:~,t'orl ity of acco in-U-
ing for expenditures is unsound, and is not justified by the
claim that the security of the operation in improved by the
deviation.
We are of the opinion that the a.c17-ir.i strativc plans for
indiv:i du l covert projects are not in all instances as
complete in detail as is desirable and that if'thoy wore
amplified the Comptroller and the Auditor--in-Chief would be
in a much better position to carry out their respective
duties and respon s ib:i3? it ies
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- X V. !APP ?,DICE: ;
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1,PPET'D:U: A
THE I'dff:iTE HOUSE
26 J a:l.y 195).t
U. Gen. James H. Pao? I t.tJ_e, U AFF?.
Vashington, D. C.
Rom Pane of Cear:sul_t alts on Covert Activities
of the C~ 1+1ra.~ :iuatal7.:Lgc ce Agency
I have requested ~} ou, and you. have agreed, to act as
Chairman o .f a panel of c>71-Slltants to conduct t. study of the
covert activities of the Centx a ? Intelligence Agency. With
your concurrence I have invited M ::3: rs,. I.I.J.ll:1.,;1 Be Fran o,
I`~:y)+rris I'.'.#acaca~, and. 1"2LI.kiam Pawle ' to act ~t t'C,h you. as m mbe,T_s.
of the pana'-)_ . ILA'. S. Ha 7olu : enl has kind ;T agreed to serve
as Executive Director of the pa ne_l.
It is my c3.esire that the Panel of Consultants should under.-
-take, a comprehensive. study of the covert acti,%, ti_?s of the
Central Sntell.1., en_ce Agency in Part,;_cl:lr.r tix)so carried out
under the terms of tdSCII) 16,5 of Aut;vst 28, 1951, and NSC 5412
of March la,, 1954. You wafa.l. consider the persorncl fa_c;.ors,
the security., the adeati.._.cy, the eff:Lcac4. and the relative costs
of these operations and, as far as r:x,;ssib7 o, equate the cost of
the overal1 efforts to the results achieved. You will make
any recorr:eihc:ations calculated to irm:prove the conduct of these
operatioxns. To the extent that agencies of the Government,
other than tho Cenbra l Intel i.gence 11z ency, are enrag.ed? in
covert opera t_ions which may parallel C1unliC a e, or sur;plc. lent
the operation s of C_CA, you may investigate such other operations
conducted by any other C? epartment or agency of the Gover-,ri-nt
in order to insure, irsoi'ar as practicable, that the field of
foreign c]_ utc?esti ne operations is ci'. irately covered and that
there is no unnecessa7 duplication of effort or expcnse.
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1n wic:,%r of the pant Lcuiaa:I.y e;ertsa.t:lvc natturc c,'i i he c? cc~ti eru
uperat;ioTl_ , their relation to the conch ct of our fO eig;ln 1O:I.t..ctir,.
and the fact that these sensitive: oiler .t nor.; arc carried on 1?1.17'I 1?.C'.iitt
t o }gat ial .L Security Coyne l 1C,.4-i_01-1 approved by Incs, is desire tat
your repo:-'t be r ---de to me pcrJon li and. c1.a:ss:t:fied TOP SFC}.PiiTf. :[
wi1'? dci,c r;-l:~ne: ; I-)utbo_r? or not the report or any pact thereof ; hound
your ..'E r rt
have 1'1"rtber t c- ::' z 't .ono :t shol,~.d :>,Y~J*ec _t.t c a.lt if
could he t.~ a J.t?b:1 e to me prior to October l; 1,9~;1yr
i ' Co ral' ~ ion J on C J: ; '?r rc.l Clarl.is Task
Force will dc'cl lzirl:;ely with the, organization and
methods of operation of .the CIA and other r?elateci
agencies within the 1.:ialtt.s rescri.bcd in the law
as outlined An paragraph (J abc,ve~ Repcwrts of
the Hoover Co.ar.fission are macic to the Con.Ureso
The pur' ase of thou e stu i c:;, ~> l th that of the Hoover Task
Porco and that, of your GI-com.)F ?. i "(; C) :o" that the UI}itEed States
'. ol?.i,
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C? ~`fb" #:t-~.?`:"u '~~ .t GI7C;:. Xesi)1:S'_b ?Lti r `t,_i,E and k,~;d3 Cl.zs CoYTC::C?t
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or)('7`uaL:.L?'P.r r_ t^Q. ^:LC1:31 th--se C~eaE'.1' j,'L J.oY"L=, clr G C=S;a C ~t:1.c11. to oil-,
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Ilati011/a.! ,s ecu-I'':ty in l hes e' days Then 7.i1u5 liYnlilYt is
aggi essive~.-~_y pressing itJ~J world - ide s1 1~b1~er-o .vt'e p ogr rani,.
/ a/ D igha J De IAsonhower
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