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These are CIA minutes of the Director's Deputies' Meeting held on Friday, 12 December 1952 with General Smith, released through the Historical Collections Division. The deputies discussed several matters. General Smith said a memorandum from AD/SI on flying saucers did not give him the information he wanted. The meeting agreed to delay his report to the President on the subject until 19 December, after an Air Technical Intelligence Committee meeting at Wright-Patterson. The FBI asked to be kept informed, and the Rosenberg matter was also raised.
IAPPROVED FOR EIi- -HR70- - RELEASE DM-68 Historical Collections Division Deputies' Meeting HR 70-14 [Date: 2 May 2012 Friday, 12 December 1952 PRESENT: General Smith, Messrs. Wisner, Wolf, Hedden, Amory, Earman ----- - G a Si --------------------------------------------------------- H R70-14 a. Asked if we had received copies of the cables sent to Ambassador Murphy and Gen raLClark by the State and Defense Departments, respectively, concerning the affair. Mr. Wisner stated we had not; however, he had been advised tha-tl) the message sent to Ambassador Murphy contained the exact language of our memorandum on this subject; (2) General Clark had been advised to take no action without first clearing with Murphy. Mr. Wisner went on to say that (1) we continued to receive evidence thatF kmas leaking informa- b. Stated that the memorandum prepared by AD/SI on flying saucers did not contain the information he desired. Mr. Amory noted that this was probably due to being overcautious in regard to the information at hand; however, both DrsI ]were at Wright-Patterson Field today attending a meeting of the Air Technical Intelligence Committee at which this subject was to be discussed and recommended the Director delay reporting to the President on flying saucers until 19 December. The DCI approved. In this connection, Mr. Amory stated that the FBI liaison officer had indicated to Jim Mr... Hoover's wish that the Bureau be kept informed on this subject and that had been advised they would, of course, receive all of the information made available to the members of the IAC. The Director remarked that Mr. Hoover should attend IAC meetings and thus receive his information first hand. Mr. Wolf: a. Referred to the discussion at the Deputies' Meeting on 9 December regarding an individual (John O'Hara) who might be willing to transfer from Defense to CIA for assignment and stated O'Hara was coming in to see him on 17 December. Mr. isner: (CONTINUED)
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.