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On the recordMay 3, 1961
I am especially anxious to obtain the Board's views as to the over-all conduct and progress of the foreign intelligence effort as well as its advice as to any modifications therein which would enhance the acquisition of intelligence essential to the policy making branches of the Government in the areas of national security and foreign relations.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Letter to Members of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.

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