Memorandum from Walter Bedell Smith to President Harry S. Truman

ER 2-7097 Securliy Information F CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON 25, D.C. . 8 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF 21 March 1952 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: Draft Of Presidential Message To Congress On Special Programs Of Immigration And Aid To Refugees From Communism The only direct effect of the special immigration proposals, as far as this Agency is concerned, will be the requirement to conduct name checks and other investigations. This work was carried out in the case of the Displaced Persons Act of 1948 as amended, and the Internal Security Act of 1950, and the machinery is established to carry out these responsibilities under the proposed legislatione Indirectly this Agency is interested in proposals which contain appropriate security safeguards and which lend substance to the impression among potential defectors from the Soviet orbit that if they flee from tyranny they will have a reasonable chance for a new life in a new world. As between the original suggestion of 300,000 additional immigrants over three years, and the State Department proposal for the use annually of roughly 60,000 unused quota numbers each year for five years, the choice might best be DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 ase Directive 5100.30, June 1y 1979 By NLT-HC NARS, Date 11-25-10