MAAS TESTIMONY AT HOUSE HEARINGS ON H.R. 2319

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• Publication Date: June 11, 1947
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TO WLP DATE: 11 June 1917.
The following is an excerpt from today's hearings of the House
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, at which
the witness was former Representative Melvin J. Maas, President of
the Marine Corps Reserve Officers' Association:
BOWS: (Rep. J. Caleb Boggs, R.., Del.) -- Do
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failure of the Japs.
JENKINS: It was suggested to me also that the Director should
be accountable directly to the Secretary of National Defense or the
President, rather than through the National Security Council. what
do you think of that?
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Sego to me that the Central Intelligence ?, Pa.) " It has been sug..
divorced from the .Agency should be entirely
"'Secretary military establishment and accountable only b the
Lary of National Security or the President, also that it should.
be headed by a civilian Director. What are your views on these points"
XUS: I an inclined to believe that it should be headed by a
civilian. However, the military must have quite close control of
intelligence. They cannot operate without i
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JEi INS: (Rep. Mitchell Deaki
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' Frankly, I am not competent to answer that. I have my
on views, but I would not attempt to advise the Committee.
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SUBJECT: Naas Testimoriy'at House Hearings on H.R. 2319.
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