LETTER TO J G CHRISTIANSEN FROM ALLEN W DULLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00269R000100130133-9
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 2002
• Sequence Number: 133
• Publication Date: January 27, 1955
• Content Type: LETTER

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27 January 1955
General J. G. Christiansen
Staff Director
Task Force on Intelligence Activities
Commission on Organization of the
Executive Branch of the Government
Washington, D. C.
Dear General Christiansen:
'~ ith further reference to your letter of 20 January 1955,
and our telephone conversations of yesterday evening and today,
I have arranged clearance for Mr. Henry Kearns and for you to
have access to CIA activities, both overt and covert, in connection
with your trip to the Pacific area. It is also understood that all
members of the Task Force and you, yourself, will, be cleared
to consider the reports with respect to both overt and covert
activities of the CIA which may be submitted by those members
of your staff who have been cleared for on-the-spot investigation
of those activities. I quite appreciate that this is necessary in
connection with the preparation of the Task Force report.
This procedure has been cleared with Governor Adams.
thfully yours,
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
27 January 1955
General J. G. Christiansen
Staff Director
Task Force on Intellig nce Activities
Commission on Organi tion of the
Executive Branch of tGovernmet
With further reference
and our telephone conversations
clearance for Mr. Henry Ke .rns
both overt and covert, in c&nec io
area. It is also understood that;' all
your letter of 20 anuary 1955,
yesterday evening. I have arranged
have Ncce s s to CIA activities,
and you, yourself, will be-acleaked to
with trip to the Pacific
embers of the Task Force
respect to both overt and,~coyrt activiti
1
nsider the reports with
s of the CIA which may be
1
submitted by those mem'eys of your staf
on-the-spot inve stigatiop- of those activitie
who have been cleared for
this is necessary in cQdnection with the pre
report.
I quite appreciate that
ration of the Task Force
This procedure has been cleared with Governor Adams.
hful
Faits yours,
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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27 January 1955
General J. G. Christiansen
Staff Director
Task Force on Intelligence Activities
Commission on Organization of the
Executive Branch of the Government
Washington,, D. C.
With further reference to your letter of 20 January
1955, and our telephone conversations of yesterday even-
ing and today, I have arranged clearance for Mr. Henry
Kearns and for you to have access to CIA activities, both
overt and covert, in connection with your trip to the
Pacific area. It is also understood that all members of
the Task Force and you, yourself, will I,e cleared to
consider the reports with respect to both overt and covert
activities of the CIA which may be submitted by those
members of your staff who have been cleared for on-the-
spot investigation of those activities. I quite apprec-
iate that this is necessary in connection with the pre-
paration of the Task Force report.
This procedure has been cleared with Governor
Adams.
Faithfully yours,
Allen W. Dulles
Director
AT,3D:meo
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1 cc - DCI File
1 cc - IG
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Commission on Organization
of the
Executive Branch of the Government
Task Force on Intelligence Activities
General Accounting
Office Building
Washington 25, D. C.
20 January 1955
Mr. Allen W. Dulles,
Director of Central Intelligence,
Central Intelligence Agency,
Washington 25, D. C.
General Mark W. Clark has asked me to convey to you the
following request for clearance of individual Members of this
Task Force and its staff:
Mr. Henry Kearns (Member of the Task Force)
Colonel Charles C. Blakeney, U. S. Army, Retired,
kStaff Member)
These two men are members of a group of three that the
Task Force is sending to observe activities of an intelligence
nature in the Pacific Ocean area. It is requested that they
be cleared to receive information concerning and to have access
to CIA activities, both overt and covert. The departure date
for this group is tentatively scheduled on or about 5 February
1955.
General Clark also stated that he desires the same clearance
for all other Members of the Task Force and for Major General
James G. Christiansen, U. S. Army, Retired. Such clearance is
needed by the Task Force Members because in their consideration
of the problem confronting the, it is essential that they consider
all the facts in arriving at any conclusions or recommendations
they may desire to make to the Hoover Commission. If this is
not done, a fully considered report is impossible.
The clearance is needed for Major General Christiansen,
Staff Director of the Task Force, in order that he may assist in
preparation of all phases of the report of the Task Force.
Sincerely,
J.G. Christiansen
Staff Director
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