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1. On 'Wednesday; 9 Febr\ia17 1949, the~ Vi8B presented in the .Poat 

'!'heater, Arlington Hall Station, Ar:J,ingtou, Virginia, a eeriea ot talks 

'b1 •jor Geneml Stafford Lero7 lrwift.9 Director of In~elllgence, United 

States A1'1111; Colonel Carter w. Clarke, Chief, Ariq Securit7 Agency; and 

Colonel Harold G. Heyea, .. outgo1ns Chief, A:rnw Seourit7 Agenq •. . . .. ~··-

2. The purpose of these :talks l\18& to introduce Major General Irwin, 

the new DireotQ:r ot · 1atelligence, GSUSA, and Colonel Clarke, the new Chief', 

Ar111 Securi t1 Agenc:r. · 

3. Attached as lnclosure l are the ·text& of the speeches £or 7our 

iriformation and cliasemination to 'he cl"1J)tographioell7 cleared personnel 

01' your command. Subject matter ma7 be retained for your files. 

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MaJ. Oen.. IJ;"Win, Col. 

Clarke, &: Col. Hqes 

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Colonel Clarke, Colonel fiayes, laclies aria. jientler:~en. lt is indeed a 

pleasure to have an opportunity this afternoon to visit Arli~gtcn Hell. anti 

to say a few words to you. 1 welcome this opportunity to LT.press upon you 

the fact that we, in the Pentagon~ are vitally intereuted in your activities. 

I sincerely regret that we cannot visit with ycu more often, but the truth 

is, they keep us very busy over there and the complexity of your operation 

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is such that laymen like my~elf can learn very little unles·s we take up 

your. time asiting _for detailed explanations. I om well aware that the senior 

memlers· of the J:;ilitarjr Establishment l have brought ove1• here for a visit 

ere comple·tely overcOP:e by what they see, but l serlously aoubt if they 

un'erstanci very much of it •. However, ·1 am happy to have them overcome, be= 

cauoe we· are looking_ forwarci to obtair1ing their support for yOkr activity in 

the .f'uture. 

We sincerely believe that your operation is probably one of, if not 

the r.ioat i::portant sources of intelligence we have. This operation is 

unusual, l would say, in that it is actually r.1ore import.ant in peace tir~;e 

than in time of war, for it .i.s you to whom we look for acvance· \>arning of 

trouble,· should. it ccm.e. For that reason it is important that y~u stay in 

' full time operation. To do this means the maintenance or a tremendously 

expensive operation. Every time I ace the co~t of this activity, I am e 

little terrified·. But it ~s justified, l know, enc probably the importance 

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of this work warrants even greater e~penditure than is being mede. Since 

I am ultirrately responsible for this, l want to i:ie sure we get our money-•s 

worth out· of the operation. lt is difficult to reduce all of this to a 

profit basis I know, but as long as I feel sure and can truthfully say I am 

assured» that eveeyone here is putting forth his best effort, and still more, 

using his own racultie~ to the best advantage to aid in the big in.t.elligence 

picture, then l s91 the cost truly is justified. 

To illustrete_more clearly just how we in the Intelligence Division feel 

a bout all of this, I would like to point out that we have JU;:it cornpletel.7 I 

reorgan~zed the Intelligence Group, largely to enable us to make better·use 

of the rraterial with which you furnish us. That 11as quite a drastic nove, 

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predicated almost entirely on the operation here. It is my sincere hope 

' that with this reorganlZ&tion anc \with more intensive exploitation or the 

info:rma~ion you contribute, we will obtain better intelligence, more up to 

date intelligence, and will supplement our other sources to grea_ter aovantage. 

I think that everyone in the In~lligence Division is in accord ~ith the 

principles of this reorganization; in tact, it was fought out in a lon~ 

series of conferences, and I think represents· the beat jucigement 01' the e:x=. 

perienced officers in the Divisio...,. l tell ycu this simply to demonstrate 

how highly we regard the end procucts of the Army Security Agency •. 

I would like to have nore people from the Intelligence rivision come 

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over here to see the fine work that is being done, for, as Colonel Clarke 

pointed out, we regard all of ;you as.intelligence operators; tbat really 

is your job. Whatever your ind$.v1cual operetion may be, it is an integral 

part of the big intelligence pictUI·e and we ~allt you to ·think and feel es 

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would like our people to see what 7ou ar_e doing, not only to g~in a full 

appreciation of the compiexity and dif'f'iculty of the job, but to see just 

what a splendid source·ot material this is. With such an understancing, 1 

am sure they would take more interebt and develop.more confidence in the 

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end proouct, and ·1 think this is extremely important. 1 have already 

expioessed to you whet I think of it, and proof' of JU.at how I feel lies in 

tbe feet that 1 wa~ largely instrumental in h8ving'the Intelligence Group 

reorfanized. l would like you to feel t~t. l em a part of th.i.s job, too, 

and"' if et -~ time ci'IJ,ring ~ne of my visits, any of you have aey problem1;1 in . . 

which I can be of help -- a remote possibility for·1 th~nk that Colonel Clarke 

ano Colonel liayes could pro.bably oo more, but I like to think that 1 could 

co someihing =-I wish you woul6 speak· to rne about it. I take a tremencous 

interest in this entire activity and am enxious- that it not only be success~ 

ful, but operated by a happ7 gl'oup .... that it be a happ7 shop, as we say. 

Before closing, ,I want to take this opportunity to pay a tritiute to 

Colonel Baye~, the outgoing Commander. ·He has done a most notewol'thy job. 

He hes actually been CC?mpelled, I woulc _say,. to wear about six hats and 

double in brass on so many committees encl-so JlSny operations that frankly, 

1 dcli 1 t see how he did it. In spite of all that, end with th.S t1·emenc5ous ' . 

number ·of repoi·ts end papers he bes had to prepare as well, he hes done a 

remarkably fine Job 1n ·br.inging this organization up to a hif:her standard 

or.operation and efficiency. l Will ~incerely rEgret his departure and l 

am very happ7 to have known hi.In. l consici.er his perf orrr:ance of duty has 

def.i.nitely been_ outatariding. Thank yau v~rt. mucll. 

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Colonel Clar~e 's Speech 

G~neral Irwin, Colonel Hayes, ladies and gentlemen:. lt is needless 

tor me to tey to tell you how much 1 appreciate the honor that is bestowed 

uppn me in being assi.-:ned to this very important command of the Army Se• 

curity Agency. 'lhe olci timers here who kn~ me an~ who have worked with 

me through the years knou full well the great, deep snci abiding interest 

that.I have always bad in this organization anci its welfare. The;y also 

know the battles that I have fought and tried to fight for you in the days 

gone ~ anc they also kna.rr how many or them I have lost. It has· always 

been Jll1 opinion, and it's my opinion today, that the Army Security Agency 

is probably th& ~o~t important single agency in the entire United States 

Government. If the true story of this past war could ever be written, if 

security would permit the pu~ic to know the tacts and to knc..-w the truth,-

I am oonfiaent that the highe~t credit would go to the people of this 

institution whose contribution to the wer ei'fort aided so much in the 

auccesstul prosecutlon and conclusion of the111r, and I am also confident 

that without that effort and contribution on your part the end result might 

have been quite ciit'.ferent. It is lilY sincere hope that each of you of the 

organization in this audience today, or.d youx· suborcir:.ates who ere not he1·e, 

will consicer yourselves intelligence per.:;onnel. You are memot::1·s of the 

Intelligence team Just es much as the memiJE:rs of the l.:ilite.ry Attache System 

or any otl;ter section in-the Office of the Lirector of' Intelligence, and 

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I also want to ask that each of you consicer yourselves leaders in your 

own field and in your own sphere of activity end conduct your~elves ac~ 

cordingly. Coming new on this job, I am intere~tec primarily, initially 

et least, in two main factors; firct in trying to help you improve morale 

where it is needed, ano second is to waintain ano try· to improve the high 

technical standards which th.i.~ institution has achieved in the past. With 

your help and your cooperation 1 hope to make some small contribution to 

that enc. Now on tbis subject of mprale, morale is la;rgely, in my opinion, 

a quedticn of leadership, and again 1 want to urge you to remew.ber and to 

bear in mind always that you are leaders. You _and 1 can preach leadershlp, 

we can talk it to ourselves, to our subOrdinates and even to our super.ior~, 

but unless we make our personalities felt on our suboniinates, and exert 

the leadership.on them that they have the right to expect of us, enc that . . 

our superiors have the .. right to demand, we arc; not going to gain anything 

at all in the end." I want to e:xpress "If.:Y appreciation enc sati.:;faction with 

the work that has. been dor.1e in ell. lev;ets so £er, in tidying up the place. 

A great deal has been accomplished, and there is a great dee1 more, of 

course, that•a got to be cone. When we achieve the goal that we have set 

for ourselves, I feel sure that we will have no difficulty in maintaining 

those ~tandards. Those outsiders who inspect us enc who visit us from time 

to time and who do not know· too much about the interior operatlono of this 

institution, judge us largely by our outwarQ appearances. They juoge us by 

our looks, by our police, our cleanliness, good orcier and general working 

concii tions. If these are satiafacto~J from their point of view, not 

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·- necessarily fl'om ours, out from their po.i..nt of yiew, we are alr.:o~t certain 

;to rnerit their approval and.. also we are going to make a great step fo1-waro 

towards irnp~oving our own physical and technical efficiency. It is al~ost 

axiomatic anc a general rule that 1.:>Joppy appea·rance and slcppy thinking 

go hand in hsnc. I ·,vould like to urge that all perwonnel here on all 

levels anci all echt:lons in the organization, anC: th.is a~lplies particularly 

to those civilians here who exercise enc exert such an important role in 

the operation and f·unction1ng of. this Agency, that each oi' ycu, your;:;elves I 

personally and your suborcina~ei:i, e:xer.t ycurselve.::. to try to think up new 

l . ideas, new ways to doing thints anci ;:eneretc new ioeas. I am inter1:.:.ely 

interested in thio Suggestion.Aware Program. As a matter of fact, in moat 

cases the Governnient usually <ierives a great deal oore bf.nefit r'rom ideas, 

that are brought up by the civilians than the civilian coes himself from 

the sr.:all remuneration which he may get. We may have economies forced 

upon us in the d_ays to come but thi~ is one field in which I hope to 

see large sums of· money spent. In this connection, 1 ·woulo like to read 

to you en exc6rpt from a staterr:ent ri~oe ·on this ~ubject by Gene~l Bradley, 

and I quote. 11Good ideas mu.::.t· net be kept aecret, let's share them •. 

Putting our icieas to(7.ethe.r through the L1;-partn;E-r.t of the Army Juef:e.;1 Lion 

Program will be a striall effort that can bring great results .n 'Ihat is 

the end of General Bradley's quotat.i..on. Now on another :rnoject, I suppose it is like, to use a trite expression, carrying coah to z:c~castle, 

to brlng up the ::;ubj ect of security in en A,::;enc~; and ·ino:iti tution of this 

kirlc, ... ut 1 feel that 1 would ·oe rcrr:iss in n:y O.uty to r.iysell', to you and 

to our superiors, if I ·failed to mention·~ecurity in th~s talk. You all know 

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Just as wt:ll as I co thnt without security we have nothing, and without 

security we probably, as an in~titutian, and possibly as a nation, may 

cease to exist. Next week has ueen proclaimeo Kstional Security Week.for 

the cotmtry anc I hope here that' each of us will make a special effort 

to tighten up, where it needs be, any loose eno::» in secu1·ity, anri that 

we re~olve to make thla place a paragon of security anc.i alo'c to make: it 

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penetration proof. ?~ow in closing, I would like ol'ice r.io.r-e to voice rr.y 

pleasure at being assiEned here arid being \li th you ana I hope that yuu 

11111 give me the sa1ne cooperation anc support wholeheartecily that you 

have my prede~easors in the past •. Non we are VEry fortunate today in 

having with us the Director of Intelligence, General Staff, United States 

Army. He is a aold1er· v'Jith a long er.a cii;:;.tingu1shed career .i,n the Army. 

Re was a Divicion and Corps CClllllllander in Europe in the lest war, and 

before coming to the Intelligence Division, he was in commanc of the 

. Task Force at Fort Bragg. In the past General Irwin has always been on 

the receiving e11d cf Intelligence; now he ls on· the procucing enc. He 

has a deep appreciation of our proble~~ here ena realiz&a as I mentioned 

a moment ago that each of ·u~ in· our mm sphere are Intelligence officers 

anci members of the Intelligence 'IeeL~. It is a very real plea~ure for 

me to pre~ent to you Jiiajor GE.neral Stafford Ler.01 Irwin, Lirector ct In ... 

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P:rincipleei of -good manageJlle11t require th9t the bosti should know 

the people that are working for hi.Ir. ar.c the people should li.ke\"dse know 

the boss. Now knowing doesnq t :r.ean si..'l:ply by nal!e ano l.ly sight" it 

means rather, on the part of the boss or the supervis1,,;r, tbat he have a 

m,ental picture of the people whc are working fo1· him. He shl.ulo knew 

thtir strong point& anc their vesk_ oneli, their technical capacilitic-s, 

' their administrative or executive capa ui.litics in that field, ant have 

8 fairly good illlpression anci picture ci' their pers~nelity. Likewlse, on 

the part of !!iembers 9f an organization:; the) should have a pretty eoc.'<i 

idea of the bossis personality, ought to lμiow fox· what policies he stancs, 

how he likes to see a joli done, etc. llow in an organization of' our size 

it i;iii sor.ietimeQ rether difficult.. 1 hope., and 1 believe I ::;hculd say I 

am confiderit, that, at least in the operating_ tmits that conditlon ·is true, 

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but as we tskc large·r segments of t.he ol'ganization, or the organization 

as a whole, it is less apt to be true. That is cue, cf course, mainly 

to it~ size ena also cue to the fact that many of us are callee on for weny 

outsice co11tact.s which require tir.ie which we would otherwise pre.fer to 

spena here with yw. Anci so the purpose of our gathcrinf{ here .this afte:r=-

n~on is to give ycu an opportunlty to rneet the Director ~r lnteliir.ence~ 

Ge: eral l_!'Win, anci your new Chief, whom yc-u all know, Colonel ClaI·k.e. 

But before we proceec to that part of it, I am f:i.•in·g to ate.al ju.i;;t a 

minute ot· the obow for the purpo::.e cf telling ycu hew t_:rottful 1 aL'I that 

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I have had the privilege of serving so long with thio orgenlzstion and 

I have had the honer to oomn:anci it fo1· almost three years • I am not 

gc·ing to say gcodtye because I expect to be around for a fe\l more weeks. 

But I would like to say thanks; thanks for 0.oing such a fine job. I 

certainly appreciete your very loyal cooperation, the way you have done 

your job, the individual accomplishu.ents, ana at.iove all the fine spirit 

that you have ohown. . I know that this a·ama fine spirit will continue 

under Colonel C.lsrke, ana so without any further edo I am .going to ask 

Colonel Clarke to ~peak for himself'. Thank you. 

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