‘Council Tentative Agorda
e ebruary
19]9
Resoonsibiiity for pceacctime planning for the wartime conduct of
overt osychologicel warfare.
Py memorandum dnted 1 Februsry 1949, the Exccutive Secretary of
thu wationnl Security Council submitted to the membcrs or the Notional
Sceurity Council a statement entiticd "Responsibility for Peacctime
Plennin, for the .artime Conduct of Ovurt Psyvchclovical Tierferc ,
accompaniod by three annexes.
In this statument the Netionsct
Sccurity Ccuncil staff pointsd out tac desirability fur the National
Sccurity Council to make cerly oud cefinitive vrovision for an orgenization to plan in peacctim for the waortim. conduct of overt psycholugical warfare activities {including eny wartime demestic information
program)
and tc ccordinst<c such planning with that for wartime covert
activities.
However, beccuse of the diffcrenees wiicn nad arisen in the
National Sucurity; Council staff during consideration of this probiom,
the staif wisned to receive the euidance of the Rationcel Sccurity
Council as to wnethner such an organization, in which 211 aovroprinte
departiacnts and avjencies weuld peorticipat., shoulg_be estrblished:
“aN
(a)
within the Duncertment of State, or
(b)
directly rusponsible to the Neaticnal
(c)
within an olrucdy established a cncy of the Naticnsl Security
Council (notably the Office of Pulicy Cucrdination cf the
.
Central intellivones Asuney. )
the three annexes to the momorandum of 1 February comorise
explanniions and briefs of arguments for these three alternatives.
action Required
Because of the many months wiich have passed since tac National
Security Council begen cunsideration of this problem and the diver,ent
views held at the steff and censultant level by the various member
departments, it seems desirable that the [ilitcry Establishment members
of the Netional Security Council should, in War Council, agree upon
a uniform position to be taken in this matter before it is considered
in full National Security Gcuncil ineeting.
Air Academy
The proposed terms of reference for the "Service academy Board"
will be considered by the War Council in tne event that informal
cercement as to their scope has nut been reached among the Departments
prior to the meeting.