Government Document

Memoranda, Notes, Reports, and Analyses from Various Agencies and Individuals regarding the Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities Report

1955

Overview

Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends that the Intelligence community concentrate on Intelligence collection concerning foreign Soviet Bloc [Technological development; Military policy]; U.S. Central Intelligence Agency denies allegations by Joseph McCarthy that $200 thousand were lost in Germany (Federal Republic) in 1948-1949; McGeorge Bundy declares that John K. Fairbank did not participate in Harvard University Defense contracts to prepare a study of Soviet citizens lifestyles for the U.S. Air Force. Air University; [U.S. Congress members; Business owners; Government officials] objections to the Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommendations; U.S. Central Intelligence Agency reports that there were no Information security breaches regarding the case of Howard Louis Jamison who died while on a research assignment at the U.S. Library of Congress; Allen W. Dulles requests that Joseph McCarthy provide Evidence of Communists Infiltration in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency as he alleged to the U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; John L. McClellan informs Allen W. Dulles that the files he requested regarding Communists Infiltration of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency are in the possession of Joseph McCarthy rather than in the files of the U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Herbert C. Hoover directs that J. Edgar Hoover continue the Governmental investigations of the Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends that U.S. Department of Defense change Organization and functions of [U.S. Air Force Security Service; U.S. Army Security Agency; U.S. National Security Agency. Central Security Service. Naval Security Group] to improve prestige and Management policy; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends creating a board to review [Communications intelligence; Electronic intelligence] activities which call for more [Intelligence officers; Electronic equipment; Intelligence facilities] than can be supplied from existing Budgets; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends creating a special commission composed of [Military personnel; Civilian personnel] Technical personnel to produce recommendations on the most effective utilization of U.S. [Communications; Electronic equipment; Technology] resources in case of [Warfare; State of emergency]; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends intensifying the [Training; Language training] programs for Intelligence officers involved in Covert operations; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends that U.S. National Security Council publish an interpretation of National Security Council Directive 5412/1 of 12 March 1955 which directs the U.S. Director of Central Intelligence to inform [Government officials; U.S. Congress; Military officers] of Intelligence operations which could affect them; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities memos and notes from U.S. [Government agencies; Government officials] asked to comment on the recommendations; [U.S. Central Intelligence Agency; U.S. Department of Defense] agree with the Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommendation that the U.S. Director of Central Intelligence. Intelligence Advisory Committee Libraries adopt a single index system; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends that the U.S. Director of Central Intelligence. Intelligence Advisory Committee develop new [Sources and methods; Electronic equipment] for [Intelligence collection; Intelligence analysis] and insure that Intelligence exchanges occur within the Intelligence community; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends that U.S. Communications Intelligence Board establish Communications intelligence Collection requirements which take the capabilities of other Intelligence sources into account; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends that U.S. National Security Agency receive a mandate and unlimited Funding to develop high level Communications intelligence Intelligence facilities; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends that U.S. National Security Agency tighten Information security procedures for Cryptography; U.S. Communications Intelligence Board opposes the Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommendation that U.S. National Security Agency establish a single board to control [Communications intelligence; Electronic intelligence; Communications security] activities; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends that National Security Council Intelligence Directive 10 of 18 January 1949 be revised to assign responsibility for Intelligence collection of Scientific and technical intelligence to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends that the Intelligence collection potential of the Defense Attach System be exploited; U.S. Department of Defense disagrees with the Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommendations that the U.S. Army. Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence be elevated to the level of deputy chief of staff; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends that the U.S. Army increase use of Colleges and universities and outside Training to redress the shortage of Military personnel with fluency in foreign Languages; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends that the U.S. Navy improve its [Counterintelligence; Counterintelligence collection] programs; U.S. Department of Defense disagrees with the Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommendation that a board should be created to supervise Declassification of information; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends that use of Aerial reconnaissance for Intelligence collection be increased; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends that U.S. Atomic Energy Commission responsibility for Intelligence collection and the composition of the U.S. Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee be defined in a National Security Council Intelligence Directive; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends that the U.S. Navy add Counterintelligence Intelligence officers to provide adequate Security for [Military personnel; Military facilities]; Documentation from U.S. Government agencies responding to the Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities report is compiled; U.S. General Accounting Office press release announces the Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommendations to create a U.S. Congress committee and a committee of private American citizens for Intelligence oversight of U.S. Foreign intelligence activities; U.S. Central Intelligence Agency disagrees with Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommendation that Covert operations be organized separately from Cold War Intelligence operations; U.S. Central Intelligence Agency concurs with the Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities that an office of Basic intelligence should be created; U.S. Central Intelligence Agency disagrees with Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommendations regarding its Organizational structures and the responsibilities of the U.S. Director of Central Intelligence; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends the creation of the U.S. Director of Central Intelligence. Intelligence Advisory Committee. Committee on Scientific Intelligence; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends that U.S. Central Intelligence Agency implement new Security systems to reevaluate Intelligence officers every five years; Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities recommends increases in U.S. Central Intelligence Agency [Wages; Personnel benefits]; Allen W. Dulles reports that no U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Classified information is processed at the U.S. Government Printing Office main facility; Harvard University study of Soviet Union policy conducted for the U.S. Air Force. Air University concludes that Georgi M. Malenkov resignation will not result in significant change

• Subject: Adams, Sherman / Aerial reconnaissance / American citizens / Anderson, Dillon / Ayer, Frederick, Jr / Bannerman, Robert B / Barker, Edmund O / Barlow, Myron F / Barnes, Robert G / Basic intelligence / Bauer, Raymond Augustine / Betz, Albert L / Brownell, Herbert, Jr / Budgets / Bulganin, Nikolai A / Bundy, McGeorge / Business owners / Christiansen, James G / Civilian personnel / Clark, Mark W / Classified information / Cold War / Cole, Sterling / Collection requirements / Colleges and universities / Communications / Communications intelligence / Communications security / Communists / Counterintelligence / Counterintelligence collection / Covert operations / Coyne, J. Patrick / Cryptography / Declassification of information / Defense Attachi System / Defense contracts / Documentation / Dubbelde, John J / Dulles, Allen W / Dulles, John Foster / Eisenhower, Dwight D / Electronic equipment / Electronic intelligence / Evidence / Fairbank, John K / Flemming, Arthur S / Foreign intelligence / Freehling, Robert J / Funding / Germany (Federal Republic) / Gleason, S. Everett / Godel, W.H / Goodpaster, Andrew J / Government agencies / Government officials / Governmental investigations / Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts) / Hencke, Paul / Hollister, John B / Hoover Commission Task Force on Intelligence Activities / Hoover, Herbert C / Hoover, Herbert, Jr / Hoover, J. Edgar / Howe, Fisher / Hughes, Rowland R / Infiltration / Information security / Inkeles, Alex / Intelligence analysis / Intelligence collection / Intelligence community / Intelligence exchanges / Intelligence facilities / Intelligence officers / Intelligence operations / Intelligence oversight / Intelligence sources / Jamison, Howard Louis / Kellog, Edmund H / Khrushchev, Nikita S / Kluckholn, Clyde / Language training / Languages / Lay, James S., Jr / Libraries / Malenkov, Georgii M / Management policy / McCarthy, Joseph / McClellan, John L / Military facilities / Military officers / Military personnel / Military policy / National Security Council Directive 5412/1 of 12 March 1955 / National Security Council Intelligence Directive / National Security Council Intelligence Directive 10 of 18 January 1949 / Organization and functions / Organizational structures / Parsons [Gen.] / Personnel benefits / Peterson, Val / Prorzheimer, Walter / Pusey, Nathan / Reid, Ralph / Sander, Herman J / Scientific and technical intelligence / Security / Security systems / Sources and methods / Soviet Bloc / Soviet citizens / Soviet Union policy / State of emergency / Strauss, Lewis L / Technical personnel / Technological development / Technology / Training / United States. Air Force Security Service / United States. Air Force. Air University / United States. Army / United States. Army Security Agency / United States. Army. Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence / United States. Atomic Energy Commission / United States. Central Intelligence Agency / United States. Communications Intelligence Board / United States. Congress / United States. Congress members / United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations / United States. Department of Defense / United States. Director of Central Intelligence / United States. Director of Central Intelligence. Intelligence Advisory Committee / United States. Director of Central Intelligence. Intelligence Advisory Committee. Committee on Scientific Intelligence / United States. General Accounting Office / United States. Government Printing Office / United States. Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee / United States. Library of Congress / United States. National Security Agency / United States. National Security Agency. Central Security Service. Naval Security Group / United States. National Security Council / United States. Navy / Wages / Warfare / Wilson, Charles E / Wright, Loyd