Organization of U.S. Intelligence
212. National Security Council Directive
Source: Eisenhower Library, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Records. Top Secret. This Directive was circulated under cover of a March 12 note from Executive Secretary Lay to the National Security Council. The note indicates that the President approved the directive, which superseded NSC 5412, that same day. The NSC approved the amendments to NSC 5412 (Document 171) at its March 10 meeting. See Document 210 and footnote 16 thereto.
213. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay) to the National Security Council
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, NSC 127/1. Top Secret. Copies were sent to the Secretary of the Treasury, Director of the Bureau of the Budget, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Director of Central Intelligence. All ellipses in the original.
214. Memorandum of Discussion at the 247th Meeting of the National Security Council
Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, NSC Records. Top Secret. Prepared by Gleason on May 6.
215. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Dulles to the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Erskine)
[Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 95–G00278B, Box 1, Folder 29. Top Secret. 1 page not declassified.]
216. Memorandum From the Chief of Foreign Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency (Steward) to Director of Central Intelligence Dulles
[Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Deputy Director of Operations, Job 79–01228A, Box 30. Secret. 3 pages not declassified.]
217. Memorandum From the Assistant Director of the Office of Research and Reports, Central Intelligence Agency (Guthe) to the Assistant to the Deputy Director for Intelligence (Planning), Central Intelligence Agency
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, History Staff, Job 84–B00389R, Box 4. Secret. Drafted by J.M. Ault in the Office of Research and Reports.
218. Circular Airgram From the Department of State to All Diplomatic and Consular Posts
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1955–60, 101. 2/5–1455. Secret. Drafted by McAfee on May 3, cleared in 10 bureaus, and approved by Furnas.
220. Report by the Task Force on Intelligence Activities of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 86–B00269R, Box 1. Top Secret. Regarding the background to this report, see Document 185. This report, which includes two appendices, is attached to a transmittal letter from the task force members to Herbert Hoover, May 1955, not printed. The letter outlined the task force’s awareness of “the grave responsibility implicit in its assigned mission,” and it expressed the members’ “personal appreciation for the wholehearted and enthusiastic cooperation given us by the departments and agencies involved.” It also noted, however, that “the task force was severely hampered by the security restrictions imposed upon it in its survey of the clandestine operations of the Central Intelligence Agency. While the necessity for carefully safeguarding sensitive material is well recognized, the fact remains that the restrictions complicated the conduct of the survey of this vital segment of our national intelligence community.” The letter also transmitted the unclassified report, which was subsequently published and sent to Congress (Document 221). Only the Preface and Introduction to the classified report are printed here.
221. Report by the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government to the Congress
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 86–B00269R, Box 14. Unclassified. The title page of Part II bears the date May 1955, but it was released with the rest of this publication on June 29, 1955. Regarding the preparation of this report, see Document 220 and footnote 1 thereto. For Eisenhower’s Implementation of Recommendation (a) above, see Public Papers: Eisenhower, 1956, p. 72.
223. Central Intelligence Agency Comments on the Report of the Technological Capabilities Panel
Source: Eisenhower Library, Records of White House Staff Secretary, Comments on the Report to the President by the Technological Capabilities Panel. Top Secret. A typed notation at the bottom of the first page reads: “Revised 7/26/55.” On February 14, the Technological Capabilities Panel (the Killian Panel) of the Science Advisory Committee reported to President Eisenhower on “Meeting the Threat of Surprise Attack.” Background on that report and extracts from it are printed in Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. XIX, pp. 41–56. See also the editorial note, ibid., p. 83. The full report is in National Archives, RG 59, S/S–RD Files: Lot 71 D 171, Top Secret Restricted Data. On June 8, Executive Secretary of the National Security Council Lay circulated to NSC members a paper entitled “Comments on the Report to the President by the Technological Capabilities Panel of the Science Advisory Committee” under NSC Action No. 1355. (Ibid., S/S–NSC (Miscellaneous) Files: Lot 66 D 95, Records of Action of the National Security Council) Comments on the February 14 Panel Report were submitted by the Departments of State and Defense, Office of Defense Mobilization, Atomic Energy Commission, Bureau of the Budget, Interdepartmental Intelligence Conference–Interdepartmental Committee on Internal Security, the Special Committee established to coordinate the implementation of NSC 5513/1, the NSC Planning Board, and the Central Intelligence Agency. (Eisenhower Library, Records of White House Staff Secretary, Comments on the Report to the President by the Technological Capabilities Panel) Also see Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. XIX, pp. 95–108. The judgment of the report at that time “that the United States had no reliable early warning and the Strategic Air Command was vulnerable, perhaps tempting, the Soviets to attempt a surprise attack” was to have a significant impact on the course of the nascent U–2 program.
225. Minutes of a Meeting of the Intelligence Advisory Committee
Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry Job 85–500362R, Box 2, Folder 6. Secret. The meeting was held in the Director’s Conference Room in the Administration Building in the Central Intelligence Agency.
226. Letter From the Chief of the Office and Research and Intelligence, U.S. Information Agency (Loomis) to the Country Public Affairs Officer at the Embassy in South Africa (Graves)
Source: National Archives, RG 306: USIA Files Lot 63 A 190, B. 172, IRI Memoranda (IAN), 1954–56. Confidential; Official–Informal. A cover letter from Clary Thompson, Deputy Assistant Director, Near East, South Asia and Africa, U.S. Information Agency, to Dear ______, June 22, 1955, suggests that the letter was intended to be sent to multiple U.S. posts abroad.
228. Letter From Director of Central Intelligence Dulles to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (Hughes)
Source: National Archives, RG 59, INR Historical Files: Lot 59 D 27, Box 73. Secret. Drafted by Robert Amory, Deputy Director for Intelligence, on June 24.
230. Department of Defense Directive
Source: National Security Agency, Accession 23034, H02–0106–1, Folder 2, Correspondence–Memos concerning ELINT. Secret.
231. Memorandum of Conversation
[Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1950–55, 101.21/7–1955. Top Secret. 2 pages not declassified.]
232. Memorandum of Conversation Between President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles.
Source: Eisenhower Library, Papers of John Foster Dulles. Confidential; Personal and Private; Eyes Only. Drafted by R.L. O’Connor of the Secretary’s staff. The memorandum bears the handwritten notation “Copy to Mr. Hoover.”
233. Memorandum From the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Murphy) to the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Intelligence and Research (Armstrong)
[Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1950–55, 101.21/7–1955. Top Secret. 1 page not declassified.]
234. National Security Council Report
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 5525. Top Secret. The full report was transmitted to the National Security Council under cover of an August 31 memorandum from Acting Executive Secretary of the National Security Council Gleason.
235. Letter From the Chairman of the Planning Coordination Group (Rockefeller) to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (Hughes)
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 66 D 148, PCG, Coordination of Psychological and other Warfare Activities. Confidential.
236. Letter From the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Intelligence and Research (Armstrong) to Director of Central Intelligence Dulles
Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1955–60, 711.5200/11–2555. Secret. Drafted by Fisher Howe on October 5, concurred in by W. Tapley Bennett, Jr. (G), Robert G. Barnes (S/S), and Loy Henderson (O). All ellipses in the original.
237. Memorandum From the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Barbour) to the Under Secretary of State (Hoover)
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 66 D 148, PCG. No classification marking.
238. Director of Central Intelligence Directive No. 4/5
Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, NSC Intelligence Directives. Secret. On December 7, the Department of State sent this directive to all diplomatic posts and Hong Kong and Singapore in Circular Airgram 4388, to aid the Department in improving the organization and coordination of intelligence reporting from the field. (Ibid., Central Files 1955–60, 101.21/12–755)
239. Paper Prepared in the Department of Defense
Source: Defense Intelligence Agency Files. No classification marking. The paper was enclosed in a November 10 letter from Secretary of Defense Wilson to President Eisenhower, and both were under cover of a November 10 letter from Wilson to Rowland R. Hughes. Attached to the paper, but not printed, is Tab A, a draft of Department of Defense comments on all nine recommendations. Both of Wilson’s letters indicate that the responses were to the unclassified Hoover Commission Report on Intelligence Activities. For extracts from this unclassified report, see Document 221.
240. Memorandum of Telephone Conversation Between Secretary of State Dulles and Director of Central Intelligence Dulles
Source: Eisenhower Library, Papers of John Foster Dulles, Telephone Conversations, General. No classification marking. Drafted by Phyllis D. Bernau. Secretary Dulles placed the call.