HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

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C01I11IE OY EXPENDITUREa
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EIGHTIETH CONGRESS
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Secretary PATTERSON. NO, Sir.
of Central Intelligence were inciuaeu in ate- war t;uuu%,";
be a member of thus war counci . y
Help this more forcibly to the attention Hof the *G ~nAer r Staff--
bring
difficulty during the stages of a ar.
Do you think that the director of the Central Intelligence should
`t? nn nu think that that woul`tl
Bence agency was iut:tuueat ttt ~u.J ~....
late war that it was a lack of intelligence on our potential enemies,
regarding their military strength, that caused a great deal of our
The UHAIRMAN. tlil rlgIl i, ~ru. Lva u.
Mr. DORN. Mr. Secretary, I amglad to'see that this ce ntral Intel Q .
good question there. There is some aouot in Illy uuttu, au.a
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of tk;a nnt.innnl security bill
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they may talk to one and us
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you have separate systems of intelligence, not integrated except as
t lunch or something like that:
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Secretary _UATTERSON. o, will. cure the'
1_ _ r-_ .......i i n+au;oonrrP netivity. I believe.
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paragraph D-3, provided or provides, "To establish unified commands'
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the unified field commands in the tower left-hen cornet.
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this chart by the joint Chiefs of Staff box, and the line running td-
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Secretary F'ATTERSON. -i ne mu inu v -e 11,4u emu, -- .
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You have an air force chief there. What provisions under this setupt_
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United States today.
You have a chief of naval operations in that particular locality,
mander of -the ground forces of the Army.
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my opinion is the most important DuSe UULbtuv .,. ~_?~. ~~--? --
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that is the general caraccrs ,, t hnca like Alaska. Which` itt
stand pretty weu uuc v?c. ,..+ y.~--?~ - -
s of it in the higher bracket---as to
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that they familiarize themselves with bat es
and most of them were required to be able to fly planes, to run & tank,
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histo have their officers of general rank, and they have required
L1. And flying of planes-
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some one of the three services, is respoiis
area.
Mr. D ORN. Mr. Secretary, I do not want to take up too much
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Secretary PATTERSON. They do that today, by the way, by a sy
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Joint Chiefs of Staff finally agreed
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of national security.
Mr_ DORN. That will be the responsibility of the Joint Chiefs of
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Mr. WILSON. I believe that is all, Mr. Chairman.
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Mr. ltot; ;s. Thank von, \Ir. Chairman
Mr. Secretary, I wenrkl like to call your attention to Title I1,,
('ot-rdination for National Security. on pages 18 and 19, at the eud
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The Couur?il--
meaning the National Security Council-
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th.? ti?cretary of the Artily, the- secretare of the Navy, the Secretary of he .fir.
`u..niat [r.rce, the Chairman or the National :4.?coritt?
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Villa l_ "11?t-ret:uv Ft-ltttesr_+I._ Well. it was nsiNHAM. Do you feel there is any danger of the Central
Intelligence Division becoming a, Gestapo, or anything of that iort7
Dr. Buss. I think- there is no danger. of that. The bill proaide3
clearly, that it is. concerned with intelligence outside of this country&'
that it is not concerned with intelligence on internals affairs, -i nd
think this is a safeguard, against its becoming an empire-
! already have, of course, the FBI in this country, concerned with
internal matters, and the collection of intelligence in connection with."
law enforcement internally.. We have had that for a good many years....
I think there are very few citizens who believe this arrangement will
get beyond control so that it will be an improper affair.
Mfr. L s. uAir. That is all.
Mfr. L.& aTm Mt. Mfr.. Busbey..
Mr.. BUSAEY. No questions at this time, 4fr. Chairman
Mr. LETS,.x. Mr. Dorn.
Mr. DoRN. I would like to ask the doctor something about this
blueprint business: Doctor, is it not a fact that it takes a, pretty good
while for radical, new developments in missiles and in meansto con
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