LETTER TO THE HONORABLE DEAN RUSK FROM JOHN A.MCCONE

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• Publication Date: April 2, 1962
• Content Type: LETTER

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THE SECRETARY OF STATE
WASHINGTON
Dear John:
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March 9, 1962
Last August, the President asked a number of officials,
under the chairmanship of the Attorney General, to form an
ad hoc committee to examine United States effectiveness in tine
field of propaganda-political warfare. On September 19, the
members of the committee agreed on a number of recommendations
in this field which were then approved by the President.
The key recommendations were: 1) that I appoint a Special
Assistant for Special Projects "to give full time to the coor-
dination and overall supervision of all United States resources
in the propaganda-political warfare field", and 2) that I
"call upon the other federal agencies with a capability in this
field to contribute a senior official to form an inter-depart-
mental task force to work under the Special Assistant".
In accordance with these recommendations, I have placed
this responsibility in the Office of the Under Secretary for
Political Affairs, Mr. George McGhee. Mr. William J. Jorden
has been appointed to the post of special assistant to carry
out this assignment in the field of propaganda-political warfare.
Since August 1961, Mr. Jorden has been a member of the Depart-
ment's Policy Planning Council. Before that, he was a journal-
ist and foreign correspondent for The New York Times and served
for many years in the Far East, in Moscow and in Washington.
In accordance with the second recommendation, I would ap-
preciate your letting me know the name of an official of your
agency who may work with Mr. Jorden in laying out policy
lines and actions programs that will advance the United States'
cause in the field of psychological-political warfare.
The Honorable
John A. McCone,
Director,
Central Intelligence Agency.
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Any ideas or recommendations you may have in connection
with this effort, now or in the future, will be most welcome.
Sincerely,
Dean Rusk
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