388. Letter From Attorney General Clark to the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Souers)0

My Dear Admiral: Reference is made to your letter of July 7, 1949,1 inviting me to have the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation assume his membership on the Intelligence Advisory Committee as of that date. I am pleased to advise that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is ready to assume his membership on this Committee immediately on the basis set forth in your letter.

It should be noted that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is becoming a member of the Intelligence Advisory Committee for the purpose of coordinating domestic intelligence and related matters with foreign intelligence matters, and it is understood that nothing contained in NSCID No. 1, dated July 7, 1949, is intended to affect or change NSC 17/4, “Internal Security,” approved by the President on March 23, 1949. It is also understood that the relationship of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to the Central Intelligence Agency shall be as provided in Section 102 of the National Security Act of 1947.

Sincerely yours,

Tom Clark
  1. Source: National Archives and Records Administration, RG 273, Records of the National Security Council, NSC Minutes, 43rd Meeting.
  2. Document 387.