LETTER TO THE HONORABLE CHARLES S. MURPHY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00610R000100090033-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 17, 2002
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: January 27, 1947
• Content Type: LETTER

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27 January 1947.
The Honorable Charles S. Mures
Ad;ainiatratiYC Aa0isteXttto -,tip Frasideuat..
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my dear r. ! urPbY
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;ra : It! the abnance of ? ea rral . Vandenberg# I wish, to c :f
olloaing".v ents on-- the propvaed-r:raf t of Section-302 of the gs.tio 1.
eferaea:4at=? 1947 insof&v ai it-asffect. >t' :rrxc a` l Iat +ca
1. Paragraph 302 (a) should provide for a Deputy Director of
Central Zntel? igsnas to be appointed from civilian or .ili .r-y i U`s
by the President by ants with the advice and consent Of the ~Tenvit' .
The Deputy Director should receive cornpensgtion-at the rate of
14,,000.OO per ann;sm. It is felt desirable t ,iuolude in t-16
legislation in order to provide continni.tY. of `.action in the abasuce c
the t irector or should there be a vacancy in that office. The Deputy
Director should be a mark of such caliber and stature as o.d.equately
to 3rve as an ormrating deputy to the Director.
2. It is felt that the phrase " subject to existing 1r-w" si aowt
(b) o= the proposed drat Fay it
raph 302
be eliminated from paraghi
to tf:e meaning; of the section. Tls'. s is e
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x
sppeara to a. = no
., cularly true as many of the functions and autdoriti-a of -i.hia Ai.enay
are excepted from existita. law. In this conrisction we i.ave the cons-
currence of the Personal representative of the president on t e
Nt
section 302 (b) read as follows a
"Under, the direction of the National Security L`,rusacall ,
the Cen`.rxl Intelligence Agency shall perform forei t
intelligence functions raLatin T uo the national Teeltr - y"
It is again urged that a paragraph subatantia2.lY *s I Ys-W?- r3
Should be included in the proposed bills
The Director of Central intelligence shall. serve as G no
Advisor to the Council on all natters pert?ainin to
eetn th uncil at its diser"tionbut ? allyarse
m eetinus of of
no part in the decisions thereof."
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