PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR APPEARANCE BEFORE THE EBERSTADT COMMITTEE

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Publication Date: August 20, 1948
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CONFIDENTIAL'
20 August 1948
MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOROF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE:
SUBJECT: Proposed Schedule for Appearance before the Eberstadt Ccxmnittes
9 SEPTEMBER:
0930 - Presentation by Director of CIA
I- x-103 o Presentation of SO by Deputy Director
is 3 o - 1200 Presentation by ORE :
Mr. Babbitt
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1200 - 1230 Presentation by OCD - Dr. Andrews
1230 - 1300 Presentation by 00:
Mr. Carey
Mr. Kirkpatrick
Mr. White
1400 - 1600 )
1900 )
Calling of outside witnesses:
Adm Leahy
Gen. Wedemeyer
Mr. Keenan
IAC members
Mr. Dulles or Mr. Blum
Mr. Lillenthal
Mr. Donovan.
Dr. Bush
Mr. Hoover
0930 - Summary by Director of questions raised by
above witnesses.
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QUESTIONS
(Reference in parenthesis is to page number of report where
question is discussed.)
1. Should Director be a civilian or a military man?
2. Is CIA properly located under the NSC?
3,- Are the "operational" functions of CIA properly located or should they
be transferred to a department?
4. Are the intelligence estimates prepared by CIA responsive to the
requirements of the people responsible for plans and policy
decisions?
S. Is the examination of basic material, cables, reports, etc. by
CIA necessary to the performance of CIA rs evaluation function, and
if so to what extent?
6. Does CIA receive from other agencies all the information which it
needs? Does this include information about the plans, operations
and decisions of military and civilian agencies of the Government?
Do the estimates prepared by ORE in CIA duplicate work done elsewhere
in the Government?
a. In the field of economic research?
b. By the State Department in the field of political reporting?
8. Would assumption by OIR in the State Department of responsibility
for preparing the "political chapter" in CIA estimates necessitate
a larger staff in OIR?
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9. Has CIA adequate authority to require other agencies:
a. To compile reports in accordance with CIA priorities?
b. To collect? through its representatives abroad or otherwise,
raw information required by CIA?
10. Is the task of guiding collectors, including OSO of CIA in that
they are to look for adequately performed?
11. Are CIA's evaluations less imaginative or acute because the
office responsible for intelligence evaluation is required to
exa:nine large amounts of raw material?
12. Are the personnel employed by CIA or responsible for its direction
generally qualified?
13. Is any substantial economy possible through any reorganization of CIA?
l).. Are present facilities for collecting and evaluating scientific
intelligence adequate?
15.- As presently organized, is the intelligence system of the U. S.
adequate.
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1. a. Best man qualified should have the job without regard
to his military or non-military status.
b. Experience leads to appointment of military man to
obviate political pressure,etc.
2. Yes. Provides for implementation of directives as methbers
of NSC are Secretaries of Departments. Also, presence of President
insures dissemination.
3. Yes One Agency should carry out these operations as a
common service to all. Obviously should not be placed under one of
the services. Centralization avoids duplication and enables the central
agency to cross check on all inflow of information.
4. Yes. Hard to answer for fear of bias. However, the NSC,
the JCS, and others have praised our estimates and affirm they have
been of great value.
5. Complete and thorough examination necessary to be sure all
phases are covered and considered--also to perform our assigned
function in the preparation of preparing the National Intelligence
Estimates.
6. Yes, as regards intelligence subjects as well as some matters
in which we have only a remote interest. For security reasons it
is desirable that we not always receive certain operational military
plans.
7. No, in general. Estimates of other departments stress the
departmental requirements while ours ertain to over-all national
security. (Applies to both a and b.)
8. Properly a question to be asked State Department. My own
opinion is. definitely YES.
9. Yes. However, we have been able to work this out on a
cooperative and coordinated basis without calling on the use of our
authority as such. The authority is there if and when needed.
10. Yes. We do the bulk of all collecting on a collection
request basis - submitted either by the departments or by our own
offices.
11. Definitely NO. This is the heart and soul of true intelli-
gence evaluation. It is the only way proper evaluation can be made.
It is a correction of the worst fault of our former intelligence
system - where much invaluable intelligence information was not used.
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12. Yes. (Show Charts.) The information shown on these charts
is only part of the answer. We have obtained the services of many
outstanding individuals in the Executive field whose value is
individualized without regard to academic status and who have
proven their value by experience.
-13. We are constantly keeping alert to such possibilities.
(Cite OCD and A&M.) We feel the basic organization is sound and is
based on long experience.
14. No - we are not happy over our success in this field. Basically
it evolves around the difficulty in getting qualified personnel.
15. 'Yes - provided that more time, as we have frequently reported,
is given to properly establish the system. I feel that it will take
five years to do this and many responsible individuals say it will take
much longer. (Read extracts from C letter.)
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