/specialCollection/cgi/1945/Letter_from_Secretary_of_Navy_to_Secretary_of_War_13_Oct_1945.pdf

APPROVED NI RELEASE RY THE CENTRAL INTEWIENCE MOOT EXCERPT OF LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF TEE. NAVY TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR. • This letter shows that the JCS proposal for a national intelligence organization had found a ready response in Secretary Forrestal, who was anxious to "push it vigorously." Secretary Patterson at once asked the chiefs of the various War Department intelligence branches to give him their views on the subject...