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Baruch, and was told by Secretary Marshall that he was in favor of
the trip. Mr. Baruch was going to Europe in any event in the summer
of 1948. He went to Europe, Mr. Gromyko tellin g him that the visas
would be provided-by the Russian Embassy in London or in Paris. In
London he discussed with Ambassador Douglas 7 the advisability of
going both to Russia and to Berlin and, according to Mr.. Baruch,
Ambassador Douglas dissuaded him from both efforts. He therefore
returned to the United States, informing Mr. Gromyko that unfor-
tunately for reasons of health he was not able to continue his trip,
Gromyko assured him that he could have the visa at any time.
  Mr. Baruch said that he had thought of going in 1949, but had
decided against it and, of course, the question arose as to whether he
should go in 1950. He said that he was inclined tobelieve that the
situation had considerably changed, but that there was little likelihood
of any benefit resulting from the trip. He said he thoroughly agreed
with various statements of mine which he had seen in the press regard-
ing our relationships with Russia and was, therefore, inclined not to
go. I said that it seemed to me that his conclusion was a sound one.
Intelligence Evaluation:
   Mr. Baruch said that in his judgment the great lack at the present
time was a sound system for intelligence evaluation. He discussed this
matter as though the CIA did not exist and said that at the present
time we had separate services, Treasury, State and Defense, for the
evaluation of separate intelligence. This matter should be corrected.
His idea of correcting it was to add to the National SecurityCouncil
some persons in private life who could spend full time on evaluating
information and advising and helping members of the Council reach
sound conclusions. 'Such men should not include persons like General
Eisenhower,8 who has presidential ambitions. General Marshall would
be an ideal member; Mr. Charles Wilson9 would be another. These
men would not only be invaluable in preparing complete evaluation
of information; they would add the great prestige of their advice and
Conclusions of the Council reached with their advice would be quite
irresistible so far as the Congress was concerned.
The Cold War:
   In Mr. Baruch's opinion, we are losing the cold war. This requires
 a complete review of our entire situation vis-a-vis the Russians. One
 ýof the purposes of coming to see me was to urge that such a complete
 - Lewis W. Douglas, Ambassador in the United Kingdom since 1947.
   8General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, Presidentt of Columbia
 University.
   ' Reference'is presumably to either Charles Edward Wilson, president of
the
 General Electric Company, or Charles Erwin Wilson, Presidenft of General
Motors
 Co0rporation.


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