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Memorandum from John R. Steelman to President Harry S. Truman
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Memorandum from John R. Steelman to President Harry S. Truman
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TRUMAN
e "NATIONAL RECORDS
ARCHIVES AND
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
April 24, 1948
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
The Congressional Record for April 21, Pages 4836-7 contains
a thirty minute speech by Congressman Devitt of Wisconsin on "We
must create a joint committee on intelligence."
Mr. Devitt is very critical of the Central Intelligence
Agency. He advocates a concurrent resolution proposing that
18 Members constitute a committee which would constantly study
and evaluate the operations of all Government intelligence
services.
At the close of the speech he stated as follows:
"I have spoken informally with Admiral Hillen-
koeter, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency,
of my intention to introduce this resolution today,
and he has expressed his approbation of it. He told
me that while he believes there is much merit to the
independent position of his agency in the field of
government, he feels somewhat at a loss for the lack
of some specific committee of the Congress to whom
he can turn for confidential guidance and counsel and
to whom he can resort for needed changes in the
legislative operations of his agency."
Perhaps someone should have a talk with Admiral Hillenkoeter
about this matter.
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