LETTER TO MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE J. KEEGAN, JR. FROM W. E. COLBY

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 16, 2006
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• Publication Date: December 27, 1974
• Content Type: LETTER

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THEICTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGE(F
2 7 DEC 1974
Major General George J. Keegan, Jr.
Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence
Department of the Air Force.
Headquarters United States Air Force
Washington, D.C.
Dear George:
I have your letter of 26 November 1974 on the matter of Contracting
for Intelligence Support. .
For some time I have been concerned about the whole matter of con-
tractor support, with special emphasis on expenditures and quality of
product.
Your suggestion of a master list or registry of external intelli-
gence contracts may well be the first step we should take. I am asking
Bill Hyland to look into the possibility of handling this task for the
Community. This seems a logical step since INR already has a mechanism
(the USC/FAR Consolidated Plan for Foreign Affairs Research) to track
unclassified external research.
Once I hear from Bill we can consider the matter further at USIB.
Sincerely,
S }rill
W. E. Colby
IC/P
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7 DEC 1974
Mr. William G. Hyland
Director of Intelligence and Research
Department of State
Washington, D.C.
I attach a copy of a letter of 26 November 1974 from George
Keegan on Contracting for Intelligence Support. I am responding to
him that I wish to elicit your views on the subject.
I share his concern about contractor support, especially with.
regard to the expenditures involved and the sometimes dubious qual-
ity of product achieved. I am attracted to his suggestion of a
master list or registry of external intelligence contracts. Perhaps
we should consider that as a first step.
I am aware that INR's USC/FAR Consolidated Plan for Foreign
Affairs Research already serves as a mechanism for tracking unclas-
sified external research. Is there a possibility this mechanism
could be expanded to cover the task for the Community? At a mini-
mum, it seems to me, any Community effort should be closely coordi-
nated with the INR Consolidated Plan.
Sincerely,
When I hear from you then I think we can consider the matter
further at USIB.
W. E. Colby
IC/PR
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