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259. Memorandum From the Director of the Policy Planning Staff (Kennan) to the Under Secretary of State (Lovett)0

Washington, February 17, 1948.

In connection with the decision of the National Security Council regarding psychological warfare operation, I believe it would be advisable if you were to tell Mr. Wisner, in the absence of Mr. Saltzman, that the work of the SANACC Subcommittee on Special Studies and Evaluation1 should be promptly brought to a conclusion and the subcommittee dissolved. Because of security considerations, Mr. Wisner should not be informed of the reasons lying behind your instructions, but he can be told that this is in response to higher level decision.

George F. Kennan
  1. Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 59, Records of the Department of State, Decimal File 1945–49, 101.6/2–1748. Top Secret.↩
  2. The designation for the SANACC subcommittee that dealt with psychological warfare.↩