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General Taylor indicated that the Joint Intelligence referred to by the Joint Chiefs of Staff involved that intelligence
which was used as a basis for military planning. The President
esked for particular examples of such intelligence, and General
Collins (representing the Director of the Joint Staff, JCS, on
the IAC) stated that the Joint Intelligence referred to involved
intelligence in support of JCS plans and programs. After hearing
General Collins' comments, the President said he was still confused
as to just what the Joint Chiefs of Staff were getting at.
Secretary Quarles stated that national intelligence derived from military and other kinds of intelligence, but that the
point being made by the Joint Chiefs of Staff involved the fact
that each military commander had his own intelligence section
which prepared intelligence reports needed by his command, and it
was the Defense view that the preparation of such intelligence
should continue to be considered as a military function. At the
same time, however, such joint intelligence should be consistent
with other national intelligence. The real point being made by
the Joint Chiefs, Secretary Quarles said, was that there should
be recognition of the need for preserving this as a military
function.
Mr. Dulles said he did not want to interfere in any wey
with the functions of the Joint Chiefs of Staff or with their preparation of intelligence estimates for their own militery use. When
such estimates got into the national intelligence area, however,
the Director of Central Intelligence was necessarily involved because of his assigned responsibility. Mr. Dulles said that although
the situation under discussion had not always been satisfactory, he
believed that CIA and the military services would be able to work
it out.
The President felt that some very fine distinctions were
being made as to joint intelligence and national intelligence. He
agreed that a military commander had the right to his own intelligence
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The President inguired as to the kind of intelligence the
Joint Chiefs referred to, and General Cutler defined Joint Intelligence as well es national and departmental intelligence. General
Cutler then called on Mr. Allen Dulles for comment, and he elaborated briefly on the definition of national and departmental intelligence. Mr. Dulles then indicated that h&/would prefer that the
Depertment of Defense define Joint Intelligence, because it wasn't
clear to him just what Defense would include under that heading.
At this point, General Cutler read the definition of Joint Intelligence as set forth in draft NSCID No. 3, and then read the gist of
the JCS comments thereon. The President observed that the JCS comments impressed him as picking nits with boxing gloves. He then
observed that Joint Intelligence could not fail to affectthe whole
field of national intelligence.