Organization of U.S. Intelligence
181. Paper Prepared by the Operations Coordinating Board
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, History Staff, Job 83–00036R, Box 5. Secret. OCB Executive Officer Staats circulated this paper to the Operations Coordinating Board by memorandum on May 18. (Ibid.)
182. Draft National Security Council Directive
Source: National Archives, RG 273, NSC Policy Papers, NSC 5432, Box 32. Top Secret. The draft was circulated to the National Security Council under cover of a June 23 note from NSC Executive Secretary Lay. The draft was approved by the President on June 24. (National Archives, RG 59, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, Annotated List of Individual NSC Papers) NSC 5423 superseded NSC 140. For documentation on the NSC 140 series, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, vol. II, Part 1, pp. 205–208, 328–349, 355–360, 368–370, and ibid., Part 2, 1177–1178. For a CIA view of the evolution of Net Capabilities Estimates, See Document 189.
183. Report by the Operations Coordinating Board
Source: National Archives, RG 273, National Security Council Files, NSC 127/1. Secret. Attached to the report is OCB Acting Executive Officer George Morgan’s July 22 covering memorandum to NSC Executive Secretary Lay, which indicated that the Operations Coordinating Board approved the report on July 21. The report was forwarded to the National Security Council under cover of a July 23 memorandum from NSC Executive Secretary Lay. (Ibid.)
185. Letter From President Eisenhower to General James H. Doolittle
Source: Eisenhower Library, Administration Series. Secret.
186. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Secretary of Defense Wilson
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/P Files: Lot 62 D 1. Secret. A covering memorandum from NSC Executive Secretary Lay, August 4, forwarded the JCS memorandum to the National Security Council, in connection with discussion of the warning facilities of the intelligence community at its August 5 meeting. For the discussion at that meeting, See Document 187.
187. Memorandum of Discussion at the 209th Meeting of the National Security Council
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Drafted by Marion W. Boggs, Coordinator, NSC Planning Board Assistants, on August 6.
188. Memorandum From the Deputy Operations Coordinator in the Office of the Under Secretary of State (Hulick) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)
Source: Department of State, INR/IL Historical Files, NSC 5412, 1954–57, NSC 10 Series. Top Secret. Drafted by Hulick.
189. Paper Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: National Archives, RG 263, HS/HC: HRP 82–2/00022, Box 1, HS/HC 111, Misc. Documents. Secret. The original went to General Clark; copies were sent to Assistant Director for National Estimates (Kent), Deputy Director for Intelligence (Amory), and William Bundy.
190. Papers Prepared by a Working Group of the Operations Coordinating Board Assistants for the Operations Coordinating Board
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, NSC 174. Top Secret. Circulated to the OCB on August 20 by Staats for discussion at the OCB’s August 25 meeting. A September 7 memorandum by Staats indicates that the OCB approved the two papers at its meeting. (Ibid.)
191. Director of Central Intelligence Directive 15/1
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, History Staff, Job 84–B00389R, Box 4, Folder 43. Confidential. This directive is an updated text of Document 169.
192. Report by the Special Study Group
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Community Management Staff, Job 82–M0311R, Box 1, Folder 23. Top Secret. Regarding the origins of this report, also known as the Doolittle Report, see Documents 184 and 185. It was forwarded to the President under cover of a September 30 letter signed by J.H. Doolittle, Chairman, and members of the Special Study Group William B. Franke, Morris Hadley, and William D. Pawley. The covering letter, the table of contents, and the appendices (B–D) are not printed. Appendix A is a copy of Document 185.
193. Memorandum of Conversation
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Administrative Series, Dulles, Allen, Box 13. No classification marking. No drafting information appears on the memorandum.
194. Letter From Edwin H. Land, Chairman of the Technological Capabilities Panel of the Science Advisory Committee, Office of Defense Mobilization, to Director of Central Intelligence Dulles
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Job 33–02415A, Box 1, Folder 7. Top Secret; Eyes Only. The role of the Technological Capabilities Panel in the development of the U–2 is discussed at length in Chapter 1 of The CIA and the U–2 Program, 1954–1974, by Gregory W. Pedlow and Donald E. Welzenbach.
196. Memorandum for Record
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director for Science and Technology, Job 33–02415A, Box 1, Folder 7. Top Secret. The memorandum was handwritten by Cabell.
197. Memorandum by the Intelligence Advisory Committee
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Job 33–02415A, Box 1. Top Secret. Although no addressee is given on the memorandum, it went to the President who alone made the decision on overflights.
198. Memorandum by Director of Central Intelligence Dulles
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Deputy Director for Science and Technology, Job 33–02415A, Box 1. Top Secret. The date is handwritten. Although no addressee is shown, internal references indicate the memorandum was addressed to President Eisenhower, who made the decision on overflights.
199. Memorandum of Conference With President Eisenhower
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Ann Whitman Diary. Top Secret. Drafted by Goodpaster on November 24.
200. Director of Central Intelligence Directive No. 4/3
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, NSC Intelligence Directives. Secret. DCID 4/3 and DCID 4/4 (Document 201) were attached to a single cover page, which indicated that both had been prepared by the Director of Central Intelligence in collaboration with members of the Intelligence Advisory Committee pursuant to National Security Council Intelligence Directive No. 4, and that they were approved on December 14.
201. Director of Central Intelligence Directive No. 4/4
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, Box 2517, NSC Intelligence Directives. Secret. DCID 4/3 and DCID 4/4 were attached to a single cover page; see footnote 1, Document 200.
202. Paper by James Q. Reber of the Planning and Coordination Staff of the Central Intelligence Agency
Source: National Archives, RG 59, INR Files: Lot 58 D 776, Collection and Dissemination. Secret.
203. Paper Prepared by a Working Group of the Operations Coordinating Board
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S–OCB Files: Lot 61 D 385, USSR and Satellites Documents 1953–56. Top Secret. A January 11 covering memorandum from Elmer B. Staats, Executive Officer of the Operations Coordinating Board, to the Operations Coordinating Board, noted that at its January 5 meeting the Board approved the recommendations in the paper. No further record of this meeting has been found.
204. Director of Central Intelligence Directive No. 5/1
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, NSC Intelligence Directives. Secret. On January 11, NSC Executive Secretary Lay circulated this directive by memorandum to the National Security Council and noted that the Director of Central Intelligence would make reference to it and other directives in his quarterly oral report at the January 13 NSC meeting. (Ibid.) In a January 12 memorandum to the Secretary of State, Armstrong also transmitted this directive and described it as follows: “Specifically, DCID 5/1, attached, defines the respective areas of responsibility of CIA and the armed services in the field of clandestine intelligence. As such it represents a long sought agreement between Defense and CIA in this very sensitive, very complex, but very important field. Neither the NSC nor DCI Intelligence Directive provides for coordination with the Department on clandestine intelligence activities which bear upon foreign policy, although coordination of this kind is specifically provided in directives pertaining to covert [psychological] Operations. I do not, however, recommend that any revision be made at this time.” (Ibid., S/S–NSC Files: Lot 66 D 95, National Intelligence Objectives) Brackets and emphasis in the original.
205. Memorandum From the National Security Council Representative on Internal Security (Coyne) to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Cutler) and the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay)
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 86–B00269R, Box 3, Folder 9. Top Secret. Drafted by Coyne. Coyne forwarded a copy to DCI Dulles under cover of a February 18 memorandum, commenting that the President had seen the memorandum and could be preparing to talk with Dulles about it.
206. Memorandum of Agreement Between the Central Intelligence Agency and the Department of Justice
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 95–G00278R, Box 1. Secret. Dulles also sent a February 10 memorandum to Wisner stressing CIA’s responsibility for determining the bona fides of aliens admitted under this agreement and directing him to ensure that all elements of the CIA under his control be informed of the contents of the memorandum. (Ibid.)
207. National Security Council Directive
Source: National Archives, RG 273, NSC 5511. Top Secret. This directive was circulated by Acting Executive Secretary Gleason to the National Security Council. Copies were sent to the Secretary of the Treasury, Attorney General, Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, Federal Civil Defense Administrator, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Director of Central Intelligence, Chairman of the Interdepartmental Intelligence Conference, and Chairman of the Interdepartmental Committee on Internal Security, with a note stating that the directive had been approved by the President on the same date. See also Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. XIX, pp. 56–57; and for the subcommittee’s presentations to the National Security Council in 1955, 1956, and 1957, see ibid., pp. 126–130 and 672–676.
208. Executive Order No. 10598
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 86–T00268R, Box 9. Unclassified. Reprinted from Federal Register 55–1831, Vol. 20, Number 41, March 1, 1955.
209. National Security Council Report
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S–NSC: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5509 Memoranda, Box 85. Top Secret. NSC 5509, prepared by various U.S. Government agencies for the National Security Council, is described in Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. XIX, pp. 58–59 Ellipsis in the original.
210. Memorandum From the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (Hughes) to President Eisenhower
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 66 D 148, Coordination of Psychological and other Warfare Activities. Secret. Sent on March 3 to members of the National Security Council for discussion at the March 10 NSC meeting. (Ibid.) In a February 7 memorandum, Comptroller of the Department of State, Isaac W. Carpenter, Jr., had informed Under Secretary of State Hoover that all Department of State Assistant Secretaries opposed the proposals and recommendations in this memorandum. (Ibid.) For example, Special Assistant for Intelligence and Research Armstrong opposed creation of the “Rockefeller Board” as duplicative in a February 3, memorandum to Carpenter. (National Archives, RG 59, INR Files: Lot 58 D 776, 1945–60, Box 2, Rockefeller Board) In a February 4 memorandum to Deputy Under Secretary of State for Administration Henderson, Max Bishop, Operations Coordinator, Office of the Under Secretary of State, also opposed the proposal as diluting the authority of the Operations Coordinating Board. (Ibid., Records of the Bureau of Administration: Lot 62 D 220, TS Records on Interagency Relations, 1948–61, OCB) Despite Department of State opposition, the President approved the proposal on March 10. See Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. XIX, p. 62.