THE PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION ACTIVITIES

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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2013
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 27, 1953
• Content Type: MEMO

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON
January 27, 1953
MEMORANDUM FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT: The President's Committee on International
Information Activities
The enclosed copy of a letter from the President
dated January 24, 1953, establishing the President's Committee
on International Information Activities, is transmitted here-
with for information and appropriate action pursuant thereto.
It is understood that the employment and com-
pensation of members of the Committee representing specific
departments or agencies will be the responsibility of the
respective departments'or agencies. It is also understood
that the enclosed letter authorizes all departments and agencies
to detail personnel and furnish materials and supplies necessary
and proper to the work of the Committee, subject to applicable
laws and regulations.
The Central Intelligence Agency has advised
that it has available funds which, if so directed by the
National Security Council, could be used to defray the expenses
of the Committee not otherwise provided for.
Accordingly, it is recommended that the National
Security Council direct the Central Intelligence Agency to pay
for necessary and proper expenses of the Committee and for the
employment of personnel for performance of the Committee's
functions, not otherwise provided for, under the authority of
the National Security Act of 1947 as amended, not to exceed a
total of $40,000.
JAMES S. LAY, Jr
Executive Secret'
C cc: The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Director of Central Intelligence
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington
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Y January 24, 1953
Dear Mr. Lay:
I have today established a Committee, to be known as the
President's Committee on International Information Activities.
I have authorized and directed it to make a survey and evalua-
tion of the international information policies and activities
of the Executive Branch of the Government and of policies and
activities related thereto with particular reference to the
international relations and the national security of this
country. -It shall make recommendations to me for such legis-
lative, administrative, or other action, respecting the said
policies and activities as in its opinion may be desirable.
It has long been my conviction that'a unified and dynamic
effort in this field is essential to the security of the
United States and of the other peoples in the community of
free nations.
C The Committee's final report and recommendations are to be in
my hands not later than June 30, 1953, and the Committee will
cease to operate thirty days after submitting its final report.
All executive departments and agencies of the Federal Govern-
ment are authorized and directed, as a matter of common con-
cern, to cooperate with the Committee in its work and to
furnish the Committee with such assistance not inconsistent
with law as it may require in the performance of its functions.
The establishment of this Committee and the scope of its in-
quiry were discussed at the Cabinet meeting Friday morning
and received full and complete support.
I am today appointing the following as members of the
Committee:
William H. Jackson Chairman
Robert Cutler, Administrative Assistant to the
President
C. D. Jackson, representing the Secretary of State
Sigurd Larmon, representing the Director for Mutual
Security
Gordon Gray
Barklie McKee Henry
John C. Hughes
C Abbott Washburn has been designated as Executive Secretary of
the Committee.
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C The appointments of C. D. Jackson and Sigurd Larmon were
respectively made after consultation with, and at the
designation of, Mr. John Foster Dulles and Mr. Harold E.
Stassen. A designee to represent the Secretary of Defense
will be named to the Committee before the end of the month.
The Committee will have its offices at 901 Sixteenth Street,
Northwest, Washington, D. C.
Sincerely,
/s/ Dwight D. Eisenhower
Honorable James S. Lay, Jr.
Executive Secretary
' National Security Council
Washington 25, D. C.
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