Documents / FOIA release
These are Central Intelligence Agency minutes of a Deputies Meeting held Wednesday, 10 December 1952, attended by General Smith, Dulles, Wisner, Wolf, Hedden, Amory and Earman. General Smith asked Mr. Amory to prepare a brief memorandum of about three paragraphs on flying saucers, so that he could discuss the subject with the President on 12 December. The remaining items cover unrelated business. These include propaganda about the Rosenbergs' sentence, a possible defection at the UN, a JCS evaluation study and CAT aircraft transport.
AFPROVED FOR HR7O-14 RELEASE- DM-66 Historical Collections Division HR 70-14 HR70-14 Deputies Meeting e: 2 Ma 2012 Wednesday, 10 December 1952 PRESENT: General Smith, Messrs. Dulles, Wisner, Wolf, Hedden, Amory, Earman General Smith:------------------------------------------------------------ HR70-14 a. Asked Mr. Amory to prepare a brief memorandum (about three paragraphs) on flying saucers in order that he might discuss this subject with the President on Friday, 12 December. b. Noted Mr. Becker's cancellation of his trip based on the informa- tion contained in Mr. Amory stated this cable had been coordinated with State prior to dispatc and represented, by and large, the views of the State NE Desk Officer. This led to a discussion CIA officers and the Director stated he intended to discuss this matter with Mr. Bruce on 11 December. c. Stated he would discuss the situation with Messrs. Dulles, Wisner, and Fitzgerald after the meeting. d. Noted that he had spoken to Mr. Foster concerning the off-shore island paper that the Joint Chiefs had been sitting on since last April. Mr. Dulles: a. Reported that General Young, Air Force, had advised that (1) the U.S. Joint Chiefs had designated a clandestine operating committee under the Standing Group; (2) in all probability, we could obtain a copy of the paper approving such designation. DD/P undertook to discuss this further with b. Stated tha [ras most anxious to obtain more intelligence - the electronic field and gave DD/P a memorandum from AD/SI on this subject. Mr. Wisner: a_ Advised the Director that Admiral Kirk intended to request that be transferred to the staff of PSB. After some discussion, a-E tor noted his views on this and asked DD/P to convey them personally to b. Referred to the discussion at yesterday's Deputies' Meeting concerning and noted the information we received on thi mat er rom the-Senior Representative was "a little late" since the I Thad already completed this travel and returned safely. (CONTIUJED)
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