LETTER TO THE HONORABLE MCGEORGE BUNDY FROM JOHN A. MCCONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000700030006-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 1, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 5, 1963
• Content Type: LETTER

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b September 1963
The Honorable McUeorde Buad.}F"
Special Assistant to the Ereei ent
for National Security Affairs
the White House
The attached letter has been reviewed
with Secretaries Rusk. McNamara, and Ctlpatric,
who are in agreement.
I am planning to issue this statement,
but I should like to have your views on it first.
Sincerely.
Is/ John
Sohn A. McCone
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September 5, 1963 (a. m.
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4 September 1963
C',AN f'L':=1 e ecretary of -ta e
-,-a 3s-cretary of '.)efenae
e Attorney General
C?,zi-n,an. A-on:ic Energy Cornmission
1 'l.l`lG E i..er-_oran:zttr; dated 16 January Ir?tiZ,
fro' t?,e: 'resident to DCI
At t'_e tir~A of r y aj}ointment ae Director of Central
ntellt.!,ence and later by letter of 1 January 19bZ, the -resident
cl,rec.tes;t that t r.:atntain, with the -eac;3 of t^e "?e?artrnents and
A-,e,ictes conce r?c1?~:, a continuine, review of the iro rams and ac-
tiitios of all t-le,)artn e i s and .~~.enciesn a cage(; in foreign intelli-
9ence actL cities.
The anrpo:le o this directive wt_s to ensure proper
:-c+or-Iinatioa of all e1~r :entg of the Intelii;ei:ce Co:nr_:unity and
fie +rovid'e effective galcla~ice to then -i in the interest of ensuring
nfftciency and co.:~let-nes of coverage with a minimu-n of waste
and {lu-Aication. 1'o date i .ave 'iscl argeld these ies~onsibilities
POT: onally. working d=rcct1y w A), you or year representatives on
the United States Intel'i e:.)ce Board.
I now feet that to carry on this work more effectively
a etx-:-t!1 staff renortia- directly to r e is necessary. Therefore I
fi-n a-ipoiatin ',r, Jo'-au N. l;ro,,s no. r.:y 1>tputy for National Inteili-
c sore Pro+:.: a- 9 ..a1.,a -ton knd have directed him to organize the
n y^ssrtry staff. . e .w,i1: b. rea~,on.stb.e fo the review and evaluation
,?f 'rnjrar: _s of t: a :nte1li:;e:te:e Community as a whsle. He mill
ment me in --,y cana.:ity as Diro-tor of Central intelligence
,,s '.Onttrasted with r.-y rea:,ow3ibility as Oitector of the Central
ata llie c:! '\r e nCy.
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ittltiaily it i- r y intention that `-;r. Pram-, and his staff
caacern w,th t:.e developr. ent of a cornriunity-
t,1*e111'cnc. act' ?.-it't inventory to estabi.ah t.te totality of the
`zta?es fore.,,:t tnte'r?;ence effort in ter; -s of -:ctivitiea fort. o.i, tl,,ni Q t'C Ctl:ea_ a^rl t'-,e reaourcea coni2. ltted to their
t1`! --,rt. '.txcn art nv-'.ntc`v a/i?i ier,:e as a 1tasi for con.:n:nity-
v-ide -;r-,rran a,,i a: on .gin w_il facilitate j._idgr.?.ente concerning
ativr- cos' a.n?i ~?-7'1 en,3ss o? :)artictar
v':ss e! .- era :rams, thereby
C:r-" tt 2i?tl 1 to i t'-!d Gt' -i= ion a co:icernlnl a.:r in'1a-st*1.ent of r O ney
And rt st?^_*); Y.,.er It., r,.: r ta:.:. ill . z e of ort.
'dition, 'r. ?. ro.3:- "ill review and eval'iate for me
t1.e &.L-dons of t..e? Con is ittee 3 an'l r e,-ber5 of he Intelligence
Grsr Irnu.nW; ta'ke' to eat t? e. .- riority National Intelligence
bjer,v?vt9s as es-~bt