LETTER TO MR. DULLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00269R000100130086-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 2002
• Sequence Number: 86
• Content Type: LETTER

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D R A F T
Dear Mr. Dulles,
I am in agreement with the conclusion in your letter of 7
June suggesting that a Board of Consultants be constituted to review
and report to me on the work of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Such a review, in addition to covering the Important objectives
you outline, should conform to the following standards. It should
supply the Central Intelligence Agency with guidance-, it should be
o conducted as to assist you as Director in protecting intelligence
sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure as provided in
the National Security Act of 194?; it should assist you in furnishing
to the appropriate Committees of Congress such information with
respect to the operations of the Agency as they may reasonably
require in the exercise of their legislative, appropriative and
investigative functions.
At my request, General Omar Bradley, Dr. Karl Compton
and Mr. Robert Sprague have consented to serve as the member of
rd of Consultants. You are instructed to make available to
them such information as they may require in connection with their
Other Intelligence agencies of the government will be
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acted to afford the Board like facilities insofar as it may deem
this necessary in considering ClA's function in the coordination
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It is my desire that the Board should co
[me for my consideration before your budget
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