PROPOSALS FOR CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00610R000100200010-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 14
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 7, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 17, 1945
• Content Type: MF

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The principal arguments in. f vor o ft1~ol tii to eIke con,31CLe ttt
state Depz rtmcnt proporc- ., with such Modifications as
May be obtained by negotiation, are as follows:
that course will Permit the prompt egtrbliah a>it
Intelligence Authority , i h c issue
directives to t3-e istir., a ciee end thus perriit
intelll,r,cne work t.h carrierd on while the organ nistatloIL
120 latiopa1 Intelli',c -ce tiuthe items bring cro::ted
on th hobosii.s of experience.
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U. Since legislation will be required within r
year if an independent age y is to be established, as
contc plated by the Wcr Dcppartment Flan, it is cc'vicable
to have some fore of national authority established, a.s
promptly as poeoiblo in order to ` .n no r uch experience
au possible before submitting l'gfelat1on.
Z. The State Der rtnc=:tt t .: opoaa1 probably allow
a n tionc,l authority to get un c-rw% with less publicity
reel controversy in the pa?ers than would be involved in
the 0"tabli.shmcxt of an independent P-garurr.
1 ccepte ce of the Ztatc Depsrtnent ?rlan would
avoid a co.-v',roverrsv between the Mate Department on the
ono had and the War a:,d l:a Departments on the other hn--q
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which would require reforenc to the Preside zt for
COMM. nt.
if
. /fi=r. Mcuorrct or come other State D rtaent official
is to be given the job of chief execntire officer of the
National lnteigeno /uthority, it n - be preferable
to pcraiit him to function, at leant at the out-act, under
the type of or, rii-zation which he fav;ro, rather than one
irmoeod on him by t^s War and lTav;r Depa tents. This *411
allow the clear fi::i:.g of responsibility in the event of
the + tzcceac or failure of the orgpnizaticn during the
-preliminary phases.
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d+. if it is decide) to ,wept the St&te 1)6p GMe ,t PropoRQ?
n principle, there certain concescioo.:3 which ehorad be
These concessions are ac gollOtct::
The c1ateme t or functions of the U tional
lntoll i.g + e -} rity ayhrtuld be rondel to -provide that
yntheatws v ad e ;~lu?itir:.. on a r .tranll level 6110, direct
pxoC12 a ct o,7 {'.ellige zco by foreign eopicras.go sud co ntteD
e piono are recot heed. as f'E notions of the latiora1
lntelli snce Authority, t:abSeot to the right of the
Authority to direct that &,T of such operations show.=-. bt
t1.e:centra llsed If that aourace appears More ,s* rcpri&te at
any time; Thin ib & nt will previde the National
lntel,ligenae Authority ulth cuUtentiasll, the sans riscig.-.,
as that cont+ date by the War I+eprxtmsnt plan. If the
mission is aleer17 defined, it is believed that the
erg ni ze.tiou will evolve events lly into the type best
fittest to the acco pllabment of the mtseion?
A provic-ion sho lct be inserted in the t+cvort ck
plan to the effect that the 37+ tive eeerctca%,r th all
convi,el-er the a lviasz%hiltty of legislation establishing an
4ndepe ndent central Intelligence A-Coney uniar the diree ,ion
of the Authority, with. an inciependet budget, and shall
ate recos endations, thereon to the 4uthorit7. This will
prev nt the 'tax and Navy De rwnents from being forecloe c3
on the matter of organisation and will it the organi mtion
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RID ft.& (page 9)
Q. Paragraph 12 of the McCorna.ciz_proposaj, 'dealing
with Advisory Groups, should be modified to provide that
there shall be only one Such groin, which cha11 have
generally the Composition and functions of the Uational
Intelligesxco Board as outlined. in the dt'?
ar epsrtmeat plan.
This modification is thought necessary to insure h t
the chiefs of the intelligence agencies of the several
departments will actively support tho Authority.
Ait-a This amendment is added. .t the suggestion of
General Brownell, who considers it vitally
necessary.
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to be rL:;tujio.i 4nd develoi:eci ill rile liJi,1 of Expe, ie:rice.4 ,szua--
in that F~ deeisi_:1 i:, r'ri e to proceed on the of the
c orz act propost;l, it Is F;eiieved to t t. c ezsicns.
siaoul'. be svut;s,t ha vi.' M.att.-;r.:, Lu, t}it.t the War i eparti ttt
cr: r fiord to cccept the :tt:,to fe;;Fi.ri..'J::nt z.ro po it r.t the
o-,,t:zf t in ta. c:i.er re::_ect:.
6. The 13tate t et,art -r.t Fro >>sc.l, even ;?:itj coace.;iiona
from the t ri: yupartteat On a A L,-e irlcip:L-j difference:; re`~--
rt-d Lo in j ?ara Cr LPil 3 V : oVe, wi1J. :,U-I nc1._ be the ecluivilent of
the ar L;epexti.c at pica, p articuicri.,y is v4.,, mctte.r of irlccepen--
deices fro. the cxiati:;b Gcvera2ra;;nittJ. dept--taicnta a:no in the
ra..tter of proctnoncnt znc. co=ntrol of 1;er::c lel, In deteri..i:iuc
wnet er to accept the ;.:cCarlaack pitta, ri .: c-;Uceosioast or to
i.n.Us t u....?n cucept ace of the ? r -D::1,artient the a t-itu::de.
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of ti:c.. Navy ?kacul. te co.lsicered. The dav3 Lep&.rt..:eat/i# --.x.f..
the opinion that the 1%,L r r.nid ,.;Lvy :,apart:,2ents thou. ti insist U.::-r'a
the tar Depart teat plan : rid that trio mat ts r s
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shoves and that if 1 r. ttcCormsck ref ses to male
such concession, the Secretary of 'War and the
secretary of the IT-N7 join in submitting the Lar
Department plan directly to:-"the President for hic
approval. after notifying the State Department that
such action is to be taken. This recon enda.tion
to made in the interest of ref.ching an agreement.
although the Committee believes the liar bepartmen.t
plan is preferable to the plan, proposed by the
State Department. even with the concessions sp{cified.
That the Secretary of War Join with the Secretary
of the Iaey in submitting the War Department plan
directly to the-President for his approval, after
notifyin ; the State Department that such action is
to be taken.
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MEMORANDTJ RECONVENING THE WAR DEPARTMENT
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
The McCormack revisions to his plan did not suit
the Secretaries of War and Navy. The former thereupom
reconvened the earlier committee in the hope, as the
memorandum points out, of "perhaps arriving at a compro-
mise decision."
The next.succeeding paper, which is a draft of the
committeets report, indicates that compromise was not
looked upon with favor. Actually the committee felt, in
spite of the guarded language, that the McCormack plan
was a complete mistake, and they hoped that the Secretaries
of 'War and Navy would discard it completely.
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