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•4- APPROVED FOR RELEASE BY THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCEAGENCY THE WHITE }MUSE DATE: 2801 WASHINGTON January 22, 1946 To The Secretary of State, The Secretary of War, and The Secretary of the Navy. 1. It is my desire, and I hereby direct, that all Federal foreign intelligence activities be planned, developed and coordinated so as to assure the most effective accomplishment of the intelligence mission related to the national security...