CABLE TO ALL OO/C FIELD OFFICES FROM DIRECTOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00269R000100130089-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 2002
• Sequence Number: 89
• Publication Date: June 29, 1955
• Content Type: CABLE

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CONFIDENTIAL
DATE: 29 June 1955
TO: ALL 00/C FIELD OFFICES
FROM: DIRECTOR
Precedence ROUTINE
1. UNCLASSIFIED VERSION CLARK TASK FORCE REPORT SENT
BY HOOVER COMMISSION TO CONGRESS. AMONG COMMENTS: NOT
ENOUGH INTELLIGENCE ON USSR; SOME INTERNAL CHANGES COULD
IMPROVE CIA; NO EVIDENCE OF PENETRATION OF CIA AS ALLEGED
BY SENATOR McCARTHY; CIA NEEDS A BUILDING; TIMIDITY IN
DIPLOMACY HAS IMPEDED INTEL WORK; THERE SHOULD BE A
"WATCH DOG" COMMITTEE REVIEWING INTEL ACTIVITIES.
2. FYI AND GUIDANCE, WE HAVE BEEN STUDYING CLASSIFIED
VERSION OF REPORT WHICH COVERS ALL OF ITEMS IN PUBLIC VERSION
AND SEVERAL ADDITIONAL. REPORT GENERALLY FAVORABLE BUT
POINTS TO KNOWN GAPS IN INTEL AND RECOMMENDS EMPHASIS IN
AREAS ALREADY UNDER ACCELERATION. THERE IS NOTHING IN
REPORT TO CAUSE CONCERN TO ANY OF OUR PERSONNEL OR TO
AFFECT OUR OPS. IF ANYTHING, IT ENCOURAGES US TO DO MORE,
PARTICULARLY IN OBTAINING INTEL ON USSR.
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3. PROPOSAL RE "WATCH DOG" COMMITTEE IS THAT PRESIDENT
APPOINT COMMITTEE OF EXPERIENCED PRIVATE CITIZENS TO MAKE
PERIODIC REVIEW OF AGENCY WORK AND THAT CONGRESS CONSIDER
SEPARATE JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INTEL
SIMILAR TO ATOMIC ENERGY COMMITTEE. THIS LATTER SUGGESTION
WILL PROBABLY NOT BE CONSIDERED AT PRESENT SESSION OF
CONGRESS AND ITS ADOPTION IS A DISTANT AND SOMEWHAT DOUBTFUL
POSSIBILITY IN VIEW OF OPPOSITION FROM INFLUENTIAL MEMBERS OF
ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE.
END OF MESSAGE
Aden W. DuUeB
DCI
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