MINUTES OF MEETING HELD IN ROOM 214 DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUILDING

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• Publication Date: September 25, 1946
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S E C R E T COPY NO. 5
N.I.. _. 7th Meeting
(LIMITED DISTRIBUTION)
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY
Minutes of Meeting hale'. in Room 214
Department of State Builc'ing
on We''.nosc?ny, 25 September 19k6, at 11:15 a..m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Acting Secretary of-State William L. Clayton, in the
Chair
Secretary of War Robert l. 1 atterson
Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal
Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy,
Personal Representative of the Presic.ent
Liout. Gcr. oral ,Hoyt S. Vanc.enberg.
Director of Central Intelligence
ALSO PRESENT
Un'er Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan
Mr. William A. EC: y, Special Assistant to the
Secretory of State for Research anc' Intelligence
Assistant Secretary of War HowarO C. Petersen
Mr. John D. Hickerson, Department of State
Ce._Latain Robert L. Dennison, TJSN
SECRETARIAT
Mr. James S. Lay, Jr., Secretary, N.I.A.
SECRET
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1. REPORT BY THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
GENERAL VANDENBERG, using ,. ; c.rics cf ch'ts;, presente,1
a ropoi't' on the activities of the Central Intelli once Group.
GE~TERAL VANDENBERG first note(' the objectives of the
C ? . r G. a.s ci~-ressoc' in the Pre, si;-.tint's lettor of 22 January
lob` ' 1 . N. I. A . Directives Nos. 1 anc. 5. He then oresentc('.
o :;'`f n _tion of "intelligence relate"' - to the national scour-
t s :i.nterpr?otec' by the C.I.G. He onumero.tec'. the following
sto..;s os essential to the proc'.uction of such intelligence:
Anticiputing neec'.s.
>. Determining most effective means.
c , Ensuring collection.
!I.. Receiving all available intelligence information,
o. Checking each item against all others. Correlating political, military, economic an(.' other
im :licutions .
L. Reporting in useful form to appropriate officials.
GENERAL VANDENBERG showeC. the initial organization of the
C. I. Gt w,7hich was (.esigno..'. primarily for planning, except for a
small stuff iire -wring the E.uily factual Summery of incoming
cellos E.ispotches,. He note(,. that the ouostion of control
intel-~l-.i_gonco services was left for subsequent Eecision.
G7~,NElRAL' VANDENBERG submittec'. a list of ?1 projects which
hc. _, been roferrec"- to C.I.G. for stuCy by one or more intolli-
guncc r~.r oncics , In the light of the stu(fy of these projects
an the experience gc inc_'. up to that time, C.I.G. was reor?gan-
izc' on 22 July along lines explained' by General Vun,-onberg. H,
not(,,,-'. thre.t the need' for such a reorganization was note,'. in
A .n .i.__rcol toners' final report to the National Intelligence
Authority. Gener-a~l Vanc'cnborg analyzes' the personnel ollocc.-
tiens for this organization at the present time any.. c s estinoto:::.
or I'l December 19?b6 .
GENERAL VANDENBERG then lists;::'. over 20 accompli-shments
of the C.I.G. to ('ate, stressing the fact that while many of
thcso were, incor.J.-Plete cnnc,. continuing projects, an agreement as
to the )rooor line of action in each case hc,-. alre,,~C''.y been
roe.cl~.e~'..
SECPETARY FORRESTAL stc te( that he was c..ubious about the
c?estruc-ticn of the F.B.I. o oration in Lotion Arnerico. He con-
-;-hoseperipheral areas, such as Mexico, Cuba, etc., to
be c;?;trcn.el imports nt to our national security, acv' thought
that the I-'.B.I. ha.' cone'-uctec_ very effective intelligence
,:c':;-vi ty there. He shoe'. General Vanc?.enberg whether he was
with the present arrangement. VANDENBERG ugrooc'" that the F.B.I. ha ` . conCuctec
a Ver r of ;'tic tlvo intolligence operation. He explo inec , however;
that the F.B.I. hay'" ogres,' to turn over to C.I.G. the contacts
it 1.r.r. :'c.volo coC.. in Latin America.. This turnover, of course,
tiros. t :.'. c time to occom-olish, but if it is ccrrieC. out as agroo'.
at x's.sent, there ShoulCl not be axe serious interruption in the
operation..
In answer to Lf~ Question by Mr. Hiclkerson, ADMIRAL LEAHY
ste to '-
that- at the insistence of Mr. Hoover, the C.I.G. was
prec1_U'.o" from hiring former F.B.I. men in Latin Americr .
GENERAL VANDENBERG that he was recruiting personnel
for this activity by personal contue- . He also states'. that
C. I. G. was now preparoc to utilize, to the extent security per-
rnlts al Anorican business concerns with connections abroac'.
as valuable sources o" foreign intelligence.
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GENERAL VANDENBERG then list(-,(' 19 problems in the coor,'.-
in::;tion of intelligence activities that are in process in
C.I.G. fox which solutions hove not yet boon c.eviseC..
ADMIRAL LEAHY cozvnontoc' that the pr, blems enumcr?atec'. wore
very; :La.r-reaching, anc. it was not hard to un:-orstc:~nc'_ why
solutions h,-.c. not yet been fount..
GENERAL VANDENBERG cxpla:izaec'. certain general plans for
C.I.G. :_ntelligenco operations oversees one.. for the F.B.I. S.
act -, V~.i;Y.
GENJ RAL VANDENBERG then presentee'. some of the C.ifficul-
ties by C.I.G. of which ho felt the N.I.A. shoulc'.. be a.-,
?pr i_se.' . First of he stressed. the fact that C.I.G. soul:':.
not, x?o 't~.ce notional intelligence without all the intelligence
available to the Government. In this reg^.r'. he
felt strongly that only trainec?. C.I.G. personnel coul('. c'otermim,
wh::t):ier a given piece of in formation contaainec': important intel-
lig,cunce ':riplicctions. He noteG. that to the best of his knowl --
e(i o the State on,'. Navy, Departments were furnishing complete
cover c of their in ormation. Some of the main sources o f
to which C.I.G. C.ic" not have access were the
Irc;s _: s ri,essa.ges, General Marshall's messages, an'. ,Far Do-
0t_enc 011D c;;cs ,nl.y mcs?_kcs. He felt that the Lost solu?-
t-`L:_:,n , as to have trr.:ixze,'. C.I.G. officer who was