First Meeting of the Psychological Operations Committee (POC)
by Rodney B. McDaniel, Executive Secretary, National Security Council
September 2, 1986
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SECRET
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20506
September 2, 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR NICHOLAS PLATT, Executive Secretary, Department of State
JAMES F. LEMON, Executive Secretary, Department of Defense
JOHN H. RIXSE, Executive Secretary, Central Intelligence Agency
JOHN BITOFF, Executive Assistant to the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
RICHARD MEYER, Executive Secretary, Agency for International Development
LARRY R. TAYLOR, Chief of the Executive Secretariat, U.S. Information Agency
BRUCE PORTER, Executive Director, Board for International Broadcasting
SUBJECT: First Meeting of the Psychological Operations Committee (POC)
The first meeting of the Psychological Operations Committee (POC) will be on September 10, 1986, at 2:00 p.m., in Room 208 of the Old Executive Office Building. As this will be an organizational meeting, we have allotted two hours for the session. Two representatives from each participating agency are invited to attend. Please give the office of Walter Raymond (395-6900) the names of those who will be attending from your agency no later than COB, Friday, September 5.
The following will be the meeting's agenda:
Central America
• DOD Presentation on Programs in Support of SOUTHCOM
• Discussion of the Above Presentation
o How can other POC agencies support and complement DOD programs in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Developing National PSYOPS Guidelines
• A briefing on DOD's response to NSDD 130
• Establishing a Subcommittee to prepare recommendations on:
o roles, missions, and relationship of agencies in formulating and implementing a national PSYOPS PROGRAM
o Organization of national PSYOPS ASSETS:
Bureaucratic structure for PSYOPS in crises and wars.
Inventory of personnel and technical assets.
Rodney B. McDaniel
Executive Secretary
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