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Executive Director
Executive Director
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26 July 1954
o W r nature;
6. abolirhing oervicer, activftiar, and function. not
nmcerruy to the efficbat conduct of Governmeat;
e. a1l;iminrting noasrrentlrrl rervicer, functionr, urd
activities which u a competitive wlth private entsspriee;
AB tho work of the Xoovor T8rk Force will get under way shortly,
I ruggeet th8t you and General C W k coder in order to avoid any unnece88uy duplicdion of work 88 between you. The dirtinction between
the work of your Study Qtwp and of the Hoover Tark Force io thio:
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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ON 10 Auguet 1954
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W A S H IN G T O N
26 July 1954
Sincerely,
A 9 " n u - k
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30 September 1954
"he President
The White House
Dear
Mr. Presiderrtt
We have carefUlly
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mSCIJSSION
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IV.
APPENDICHS
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B.
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l?resldonti8l Mreotive
Prog~p~andplpaedures
Chart Prwent Organbation
of
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Introduotion -= 2
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m a t be reanaidered.
Introduction
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to
UubVOA,
CleVer8
P w R W -
difficult.
--
Onco acro8s
from deteCtiOn
i8
-- emape
The
Introduction
The i n f o m t l o n obtained
froa,
aad
O by
~
We have
ab0
W
e are imprmsed by what b a been
W
e beUetre that every known teohnique
8 ~ ~ d l h ~ ui 3h ,.It&-
manned or woasurned vehicles, upper atmoephere and ocomographlo etudim, physioal and chsrioal research, d o .
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TOPhRET
2.
00vex-b pro3ecto.
5.
mnut
C o n t n l i s e d accawodrtions, hprLd-toilored to
i t a nbecb, rho-
E*
With 6baDWt
EhctorS
ehould be expanded,
Thia can be
1.
I
iir&rpration
on
6 have
mro
training.
Armed Forwe3
d I n the U.5.
year8 bueineaa
Amed Bbraea,
Of thb
with C.I.A.,
entabliehod
of 30 June l
9a f m m whloh the fdllowiag &to were Wen:
d e a make up
58 perosrrt of
total,
ago L 34.2 ywwa and tuo-thirds are in the 25-39 yoax age
bra&&.
47 percent
24 percmt
of the
have B.A.
havo &ne p a t -
h k i n q at prior
wlth the Anned
71 percent had none# but 29 percant have had 1 year or more and ll
peraent 2 or more yeam. O f tho Agenay total, 73 peraent have had
uw knowledge,
Slightly
There l a con-
0-
back to head-
Uncertainties in poliay,
mediocre to stay.
Aa a result, despite
We are of
amount
and quality
of Agency otttpt.
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e have been briefed on the Career Semrice Plan by
rneana of which the Agency hopes to increase personnel
stability.
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personnel problmci.
p m w w a8
The C.I.A.
P08iblO.
In
part, t
u irr due to t h e general shortage of
C.1.A.
involved i n C.I.B.,
we
porelble
YIangr appliaants
repelled by mimmder-
teahniquer snplopd.
where future
Sow,
pPOfo8dOWil
or
rolrued in any degree. We are oertaln that they are neoemsary for mmclmwn reaurity and s u a o e ~of cavort operatioas.
desirable
amtry.
We have been impreseed by fihe exoellenos of the Agenay's
training faailitlor aab the owtpetenae o f it8 instrmotor
I8
made of
T O P ~ E T
these feoUtierr.
Dieauseion
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over-all quality of Agenay covart aotivitles by new training or refteaher training of per8omel already I n the Agency.
covert operatione
A e
a number of
Stop 80-
Of
the
1088 OS@<h
Op@mtiOnS
l
IlOW
p e t
oolopcrtenoe
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m on the rolls who have not had the benefit
BO
q--p
of om$tu& them w e r e n ~ ~ u a r t e r e
1948.)
We
the
clearanoe p r o e m to thsaa.
and r e t & e l a u d a of s e d t y .
reQoIIwBndthat
Of
8ecurl.t;Jr o f d l o~em6R6mlt~si01m
&planeatation
of .them reco-btiom
the Direotor
sp#tBIPof report-
a n 8
-hi50
too
8%-
the importame of
wuntor-
be-
ha-rtm,
BWUrlty
aheoLs
w o a d nowiaPted ibr
8Ole&%V@b e S b
Queetioaoble c a m should
MIUFOBII
6hOUld
bo tpkm
b8tlre
the
of Infoma-
Appropriate
c b 8 W t pO8Sible Ooordina-
Any penetration
or oversem
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b chaxmeled
'
personnel
%e wt
or lnad~ertentlyviolate seourity.
OLSeaified data i a
VithOUt q&flOetM
a8
"n8ed-tO-W."
Thio situation
The s e d t y o f C.I.A,@o
data
i8
aa
whole.
Considaring C.I.A.'s
UIM),
I t s pmid aoourity
W8&ial
that
installa-
are excellent.
vtsited
TOPS
ET
C.
The
8UCCBbd Of
the
O O V e
Opslatione Of C.I.A.
d e p d
coordination and operatiom are nmessarily somewhat different durhg each of these periods.
Peace in arv o r d i n r r i l p
to be irPporrsible of
of the
C.I.A.
(March 15,
l.954).
developed now delineating t h e wartime headquarters responsib i l i t i e a of C.f.AL. t o I n a w e that appropriate policy guldanoe,
and J.C.S.
COV&
OperrtiOnal
aSSOt8
to their
these a-
o f "agreed aQ6IVltle8."
We belleve
reaohed on a
6btlU
I.SoC.
on the
ururerolved questfona
of efforts to implement
-8il
on
MI-
military s&oes
verba, we b s U m that
slld rim
lnorrro full iaplamentation of the defeator program in soaordw e with fks rpirit rud letter of WID 13 (Jan. 19, 1950).
J o p ~ E T
Diecussion
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C.I.A.
essential that
olo88.r
)E
reprwantatlvee
knOUhd#e
O f
phl8, f & O = t i e S ,
A lack
a d OpeMtbm
S-
OM be &ed
frr.
mVezpenfi
a puqoses,
r
intelllgenoo dirootivem.
I).
We also had
Aa a
it8
OpS~tiOne.
organhation in
8W.l
i n an evolutionary stage.
It has
its ccrpaclty
orgdmtional dlfficultle8.
(m).
They are presently
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~ h i r rL the
t e guidance
jeot8.
rru~rporthe
neab on
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Diffcursion
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waged
aud
Mscussion
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Binoe, of necessity,
~uaee callad
r
IY) sppgorthg
data bedng
Whea
W e are
ilm
riatiO&
We
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to Ootober 1, 19%
(Apperdix
A).
T O ~ E T
pwmted the over-all prpblea from the Viawpolnt of
the Agenay.
The Oroup
011
headquarters on 29 July.
a6
The
w~cg
The non-C.I,A.
agencies to
Ust
xLem.
o f the Group.
e.his L.
Stmuas.
T D ~ E T
oooperxtion between the two Cormsitteecl with Ex-PrCwident
Herbert
C,
(Ret.)
wO8brn k p ,
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Because of the rrrtrenely sensitive nature of most of
the paper work made avoflable to the Oroop, speciol pro-
1ce0
MIUZY)~.
aX-ChiV88.
b t w from
the osebtanoe
29 July
30 J*
ails Lea
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hveented
Winobn Soott
Paul B i r d a a l l Ek S t a f f
26 A m t
R#r
27 A u g u s t
31 August
Acbr,
C.F. &p
&C Staff
Operation Irur
Doily
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Presented by
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Om. L.K. T W W t t L S M f
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17 Soptrabor
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