(Classified)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01143A000300210013-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 1998
• Sequence Number: 13
• Content Type: LETTER

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Approved For Re~ease 999/09/08 :CIA-RD
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'~hax3k gcn to ~ kind l+ettsr ct 7 1t~~r11 1~.~ #nd g?~'
expre~reicsn~ of admiration for the 328 Fro~ram. 'fie g ~e~.i find it
neces~' to ~c~d3tp cur pragram 3n t'~e limit of experi#nce ~~ gan
have a~.~'eadg tad eith regard. to yours. For the prs~~t, hoa~ever,
it apa~'s to represent a~ satistectorg ~ resoluticatt ~P the ~~ri?~us
reruires`ents cat ~ inte2lig~ce agencies affi can be expected.
Ia anseer tv gc~uar several que~eticns, it ghauid be made clear
that the ~~~ Prit~i"f.tg Lift is only the initial steps in de~te~.oping
the g~~ Preduction ~chettul.e. 'l7aie Priaritg ~,ist r~,.~~-rep a~e~sd-
me#at and revisiaa~ xhich Ril]. inaludee restetemeat at arms ip ter~as
at gIg 1~reas. ~'inral].~'# ~ tentative prr~3uct3~ra schedule, Frith dead-~
3.ines, will be dettsrmined. ~hi3,e this will be t~tescl can the JCS
Pri~ri.tg List, . it trill alao take rota account they pradueti~rn t~utpa-
hilit~.es at our inte311gencs agencies., ~a are respansibl.eThese
graducing mast cat the tiniahed intel3igence tar the gIB.
ag,a~d.e~ are preeent2~ eangaged is c3eterminittS their current cape-
'bilities far t3,ia ~-ork. ~inoe our inte3.3.ig+snce agencea ars ors-
ga~is~ along regional i3nes, they tr31I be ats3~.e to proceed sisct~.-
tane~sg.~` in; the preparaticaa vt 418 can a number Qt areas t-ithaut
lessening the ss~phasis being gives tc hi~i priazity erase. ~'hns,
the asatua3. ~-rsler cat presdticti+an at the gI~ ~:;~ trequentl~r' e'arl' tram
the ardez ct the JGS priorities seat c~1y as to areas but as to
+afiiapters 'ei.thin areas as tre5~3..
~, sp~reciate gQ~ur desire to mb?tain es pre3.~.mi~ry estimate cat
cur ad+oad-line dates" pending. th.e co~ap2~+ti