Office of the Historian

64. Memorandum for the Record1

Washington, November 11, 1953.

SUBJECT

  • PBSUCCESS
1.
With reference to my recent memorandum2 regarding the PBSUCCESS budget I have now been informed by CPP that the DCI has secured the $3,000,0003 in question from the Bureau of the Budget. (I have been given to understand that Mr. Dulles, General Smith, and Mr. Dodge had a conference and that minutes of this meeting were written to serve as authorization for the above.)
2.
I was further given to understand that DCI had instructed DDA (Mr. White) to handle the necessary details in respect to securing the funds without undue delay.
3.
Confirming our yesterday’s conversation I would recommend:
a.
That a PBSUCCESS working group have a meeting before the end of this week in order to ascertain the current status of the project as well as plans for the immediate future, and
b.
That a general briefing on PBSUCCESS be prepared for DCI, DDCI, DDP and COP. This briefing should be scheduled for the week of 16 November 1953.
Hans V. Tofte

Chief, PP/OPS
  1. Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Job 79–01025A, Box 76, Folder 2. Top Secret.↩
  2. Dated October 31. (Ibid., Box 72, Folder 5)↩
  3. See footnote 2, Document 40, and Document 54.↩