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91. Fact Sheet

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Administration Files: Lot 62 D 220, Top Secret Records on Inter-Agency Relations, 1948–61, Committee Status Book, Box 1. Top Secret. The date is handwritten at the bottom of the page.


92. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Webb) to the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay)

Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, 1935–62, Box 115, no label. Secret; Security Information.


93. Memorandum From the Assistant Director for Special Operations (Wyman) and the Assistant Director for Policy Coordination of the Central Intelligence Agency (Johnston) to Director of Central Intelligence Smith

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 80–B01731R, Box 8, Folder 333. Top Secret; Security Information.


94. Memorandum for the Files

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, History Staff, Job 83–00036R, Box 7. Top Secret.


95. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Director for Special Operations of the Central Intelligence Agency (Kirkpatrick) to Director of Central Intelligence Smith

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, History Staff, Job 83–01034R, Box 4. Top Secret.


96. Notes of a Meeting

Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/P Files: Lot 64 D 563, Political and Psychological Warfare. Top Secret. Drafted by Phillip H. Watts, Executive Secretary of the Policy Planning Staff.


97. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Smith to the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay)

Source: National Security Agency, Center for Cryptologic History, Series XVI, C–3 (CIA Reports). Top Secret. “Approved Dec 13 ‘51 /s/ Harry S Truman” is handwritten in the bottom left corner of the memorandum.


98. Letter From Director of Central Intelligence Smith to Secretary of Defense Lovett

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Deputy Director for Operations, Job 79–01228A, Box 11. Top Secret.


100. Memorandum of Conversation

Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, no folder title, Box 48. Top Secret; Security Information. Drafted by John Devine of the Bureau of Public Affairs on January 21.


101. Memorandum From the Deputy Director for Plans of the Central Intelligence Agency (Wisner) to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force (Vandenberg)

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 95–G00278R, Box 1, Folder 15. Top Secret. Security Information. Drafted in the Far East Division of OPC on January 11. Sent to Vandenberg through the Joint Subsidiary Plans Division of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.


102. Memorandum for the Record

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, History Staff, Job 83–00036R, Box 11. Secret; Security Information. Drafted by [name not declassified], Air Maritime Division, Office of Policy Coordination, Central Intelligence Agency.


103. Memorandum From the Acting Assistant Director for Special Operations of the Central Intelligence Agency (Helms) to the Deputy Director for Plans of the Central Intelligence Agency (Wisner)

[Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Directorate of Operations, Job 75–05091R, Box 1, Folder 37. Secret; Security Information. 3 pages not declassified.]


104. Memorandum From the Director of the Psychological Strategy Board (Allen) to Board Members

Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 333. Top Secret; Security Information. Forwarded to Under Secretary of State Webb under cover of a letter from Allen of the same date. The letter was returned to Allen with a note dated February 25. A handwritten notation on the letter indicates that it was approved by Webb. (Ibid.)


105. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Bruce) to the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay)

Source: Truman Library, Papers of Harry S. Truman, President’s Secretary’s File, Subject File. Top Secret; Special Handling.


106. Memorandum From the Deputy Director for Plans of the Central Intelligence Agency (Wisner) to Director of Central Intelligence Smith and the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (Dulles)

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Deputy Director for Operations, Job 79–01228A, Box 11. Top Secret; Security Information; Eyes Only.


107. Memorandum From Director of Central Intelligence Smith to the National Security Council

Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 50 Series. Top Secret. The memorandum was circulated by NSC Executive Secretary Lay on April 28 as a National Security Council Progress Report on the implementation of NSC 50, “The Central Intelligence Agency and National Organization for Intelligence,” July 1, 1949. (Ibid.)


108. Briefing Paper Prepared by the Chairman of the 10/5 Panel (Barnes)

Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/P Files: Lot 64 D 563, Political and Psychological Warfare. Top Secret; Eyes Only. The distribution of the paper is indicated in the Annex. Not printed here is a brief table of contents. The May 8 minutes of the 12th meeting of the Psychological Strategy Board indicate that this paper was discussed at that time. (Ibid., S/S–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 333, PSB Minutes) All ellipses in the original.


109. Memorandum From the Under Secretary of State (Bruce) to the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay)

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Miscellaneous Lot Files: Lot 62 D 385, NSC 59, Box 56. Top Secret; Security Information. Forwarded to NSC members under cover of a memorandum from Lay, May 7. (Ibid.)


110. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Intelligence and Research (Armstrong) to Secretary of State Acheson

Source: National Archives, RG 59, S/S–NSC Files: Lot 63 D 351, NSC 50 Series. Top Secret. Concurred in by G, S/P, and C. Transmitted through the Under Secretary and the Executive Secretariat.


111. Memorandum From Robert P. Joyce of the Policy Planning Staff to the Under Secretary of State (Bruce)

Source: Department of State, INR Historical Files: NSC 10 Series, 1952. Top Secret; Security Information. Drafted by Joyce. Copy 1 of 6. A handwritten note on memorandum reads “Copies 3, 4 and 5, sent to, seen by & returned by, Nitze, Sargeant and Armstrong—destroyed on 9.11.53.” All elipses in the original.


112. Letter From the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Intelligence and Research (Armstrong) to Director of Central Intelligence Smith

Source: National Archives, RG 59, INR Files: Lot 58 D 776, Atomic Energy. Secret; Security Information. Drafted by Theodore M. Nordbeck on May 29.


113. Memorandum by the Director of Naval Intelligence (Johnson)

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Executive Registry, Job 95–G00278R, Box 1, Folder 17. Secret; Security Information. The memorandum was sent to “Distribution List F28 (less DIC–17ND),” which has not been identified.


115. Minutes of a Meeting of the Intelligence Advisory Committee

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Community Management Staff, Job 82–00400R, Box 1. Secret; Security Information. The meeting was held in the DCI’s conference room.


116. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Lay) to the National Security Council

Source: Truman Library, Papers of Harry S. Truman, President’s Secretary’s Files. Secret; Security Information. Copies were sent to the Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Commerce, Acting Director of Defense Mobilization, and the Director of the Bureau of the Budget.


117. Director of Central Intelligence Directive No. 4/2 (Revised)

Source: Central Intelligence Agency, Directorate of Operations, Job 78–04513R, Box 1. Secret; Security Information.


118. Letter From the Ambassador to the Soviet Union (Kennan) to the Deputy Under Secretary of State (Matthews)

Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Files 1950–54, 120.32161/6–1852. Top Secret.


119. Memorandum From President Truman to the Chairman of the Psychological Strategy Board (Smith)

Source: Truman Library, Papers of Harry S. Truman, Confidential File. Top Secret, Security Information. A June 13 memorandum from Bureau of the Budget Director F. J. Lawton to President Truman indicates that the proposed memorandum to Smith had been discussed with Souers, Lay, and Smith, and that all were in agreement with it. (Ibid.)