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02 June 8, 1960, at t h e President's tilrcction, thr, vicws of t h e Director of Central Intelligence w r e rcql-iestsc! on t h e abcvc-quoted comnents concerning t h e oi-.pnization and mnnage- ment of C I A ' s Clandcstine Services. an J I I ~ ; ~ 22, 1960, t h e Cinector cf Ceitral Inte!lj::enre indicated t h a t : (a) he concurred i n the cornmen!;s of the Ecard; ( b ) h i s Deputy I?Irector/Pl ans is cnzaged i n sorC,1 nuing stu<!.es of thz organization , methods, and pi'ocedwes or' the Clandestins Services w i t h t h e principal objective of eliminatin unn,xsssar& duplication and achieving i n c r a s e d effectiveness; f c ) lie bell-eved progress was being made and that additional improvement would r e s u l t from studies tnen i n progress; and (a) !>e was malting e v w y e f f o r t t o reduce duplication i n t h e Clandestlnr- Services. On August 22, 1960, after notinE t h s CIA report, 1-eferred t o above , the President approved t h e Board I s recommendation c s l l i n g for improved organization and management of CIP.'s Clande.Ttine Ser- vices. A t t h a t time the President directed t h a t thz C I A submit a f u r t h e r report thereon t o him by Decsillher 1, 1760. On November 28, 1960, t h e Director of Central Intell?-cence reported t h a t progress has cotltinned i n eliminating unnecessary Clandestine Services; t h a t t h e Deputy Director/Plans balfevee the changes he has made i n t h e past two years have corrected deficiencies, and t h a t the s i t u a t i o n i s now satisfactory; t h a t he, the Director of Central Intelligence, concurs i n t h i s belief; and that :he Deputy Director/Plans would continue t o study organizrtion and mancgement problems of concern t o the Soard. Becauas th? November 28, 1960 responsz t o t h e Director of Central Intellieence was somewhat general i r nature, t h e P r c s l - d e n t ' s Special Assistant f o r Nztional Security Affairs requested t h a t , before he presented t h e C I A report to the P r e s i d m t , the Agency submit a supplemental report idcntifyinf i n d e t a i l tl-oae actions which t h e Agency had taken which were coneldared t o be d i r e c t l y responsive to the recornend?-tions of t h e President; 1s Forzlgn Intelligence Board. a more detal led report reflecting: c e r t a i n modifications which had been maae i n t h e organization of the Clandsstin? Szrvices, but these d i d not appear t o meet h l l y t h e s p i r i t r f tk:? proaosals made by t h i Board. t o above, Instructed t h a t t h e Director of Central Intelligence continue t o review sctlons being taken with respact t o t h e " duplication of effort and i n delimiting r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s i n t h e The Director of Central Intelligence thereafttr siibmitted The Przsident, after noting t!?e C I A submissions, rclferred