National Security Council Directive 4-A operation

“The following day, President Truman signed National Security Council Directive 4-A, approving a secret propaganda program and assigning responsibility to the CIA. A week later, the CIA formed a special procedures group within the Office of …”

“The Joint Chiefs of Staff also wanted basically a special operations caveat. In June 1948, President Truman resolved this matter by expanding the function not only of the CIA, but of the state and defense departments with the National Secur…”

“The following day, President Truman signed National Security Council Directive 4-A, approving a secret propaganda program and assigning responsibility to the CIA. A week later, the CIA formed a special procedures group within the Office of …”

“For the first time, there appeared to be a comprehensive definition of what a covert operation was. And lastly, the CIA was again given primary responsibility for the covert mission area. Confirming the arrangement began in another memo. Th…”

“So there was no predication from the Russians in order to do any of this. George Kennan's proposed the formation of a special studies group under the State Department's control to serve as an elite force in addition to the covert operations…”

“Not that they actually had to be a communist, they just had to be designated as one. Virtually the only intelligence area left out of this definition was espionage. As far as warfare is concerned, the scale ranged up a level just short of a…”

“and paramilitary programs, which that was the first time any president had approved any governmental entity doing any paramilitary at all. And that was Truman people. Both kinds of missions would be carried out by the new organization that …”

“crazy to me that they do the same thing over and over and over again. Well, I was actually shocked to find out that Clark Clifford drafted the National Security Act. That did shock me. Knowing what his ultimate role over the years were in O…”

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