Secretary of' State is submnitted to the Intelligance Advisory>. Board for
consideration in connectiony.wth.thereferences.' -. 2. In th~e light of'-the et~
closure,,it 'ia ...
UNCLASSIFLED
DECLASSIFIEDIAND APPROVED FOR
nmo
RELEASETH ECENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
C I.C. 1/3BY
2
COPY NO.
~4 Jxi~ ig~6AGENCY
CENTRAL INTELL'IGENCE GROUP PROVISION Referenbes:
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jN~dEi!SN
a. C.I.G. 1/1 .I.w. 1/2.
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. Minutes I.A.B, 4th Meeting, Item 2
Memorand inby thlS~ytpfAECentra±
en.e.
1l.The enclosed memorandum .trom the 'Special Assistant to the Secretary of' State is submnitted to the Intelligance Advisory> Board for consideration in connectiony.wth.thereferences.' 2. In th~e light of'-the
et~closure,,it 'ia recommended
that Eie
Intelligence Advisory Eoard concur in the submittal of the enclosure to 0.I-.G. 1/1
or consideration by the National Intel-li-
gence Authority
CIGri~e: 1 3.
-:.G - 1
W;'OUERRS w, SCDIi Director
UNCLASSIFIED
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May 27, 1946 MEMORANDUM FOR:
REAR ADMIRAL SIDNEY
M,
SOUERS,
- DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL .INTELLIGENCE . The Prittigabiaity of State Department Operation ,o .F BIS (Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service)
SUBJECT:
As a result of the discussion during the meeting of the
1946, and a subsequent,
Intelligence Advisory Board on May 9,
conference with representativ~s of the Central Planning Staft of CIG and G-2, the pepartment his made
careful studyof the
practicability of its taking over the operation :of FBIS fronr the War Department.
The Departmegt concludes:
a. That it is not practicable for it to assume responsibility
for the operation of FBIS'
b. That, it
'oncurs with the Director of Central Intelligence
.
in the view that the War Department should properly continue to have responsibility for the operation of FBIS, at least during fiscal 1947. "
c. That a comprehensive program for the relocation of the facilities used by FBI3 should-be u
to improve the,
.derken
coverage of broadast inteligence.;
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.
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d. That direction of the monitoring effort should be assume.d by tie Director of-COentrai Irtelligence,. and that the Department
in
is
epaed -
that eoniect3-on e. That the
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th- the Di:e
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rvice provided by PBTS is
of great value,
and that the Department will be ready to support budget requests for FBJS-.
(Signed)
WILLIAM L 'WILLT;AM
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CIG 1/3
,
,
LANGER
L. LANGER
(Speoial Assistant to the Secretary of. tate)
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UNCLASSIFIED
Enclosure
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