LETTER TO MAJ GEN. EDGAR C. DOLEMAN FROM LYMAN B. KIRKPATRICK

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: April 6, 1964
• Content Type: LETTER

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MN. Gen. Edgar C. Dolora*
Aviiistant Chief of Staff
5for Intelligence
Department of the Army
Washington, D. C. 20310
Dear General Doleman:
pill 1964
This is in response to your letter to General
Carter of 30 March concerning the U.S. Defector
Program. I believe that most of the matters referred
to in your letter hare been affected by the action of the
USIB on 2 April, which, I believe, is in the direction
in which you are anxious for matters to proceed.
We will COIdiXtUll to follow this matter closely
and I wtli be in touch with you.
LBK:drm
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Sincorely yours.
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(signed) Lyman B. Kirkpatrick
Lyman B. Kirkpatrick
Executive Director
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Central Intelligence agency
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Attentioas, Deputy Director
Deer general Carters
should like to call to your attention the confusion within the
U. S. Defector Program which / believe has been generated its a result
of the 1 August 1962 ruling of the United States Inteliteencs Saud,
that "in the futore the Jangling of defectors from an opposition
foreign intelligence service should be discussed in en exeeutive
session of the USD."
I did not, of course, participate in the August 1962 discussions;
however, ? review of the cases since then has convinced as that insuf-
ficient guidance was provided those who, must become involved in the
handling. exploitative', and resettlement of intentness defectors.
More important, the action takes in 1962 by-passed an already existing
and working mechanism. the Int:regency Defector Committee.
At the 14 lebruery 1964 meeting of the IDC my representative
offered a set of procedures for the handling of intenigence defectots
for the discussion of the Committee. I feel that sush action clearly
falls within the functions of the IDC established in paragraph 2 of
During the recent 23 March 1964 IDC meeting the various
25X1 members agreed that precedures were required, but, emeept for Army
and DIA, felt that MIS had preempted the IDC'e responsibility in
such cases. The DIA member abotained from voting.
The current case of the Polish code clerk defector from the
United Notions was also broached by the Amy member during the 23 March
1.964 meeting. Previous to the meeting the PSI member bed stated that
the PSI would be ready to turn this source over to the *teeter
Committee in about two weeks for exploitation on behalf of the
community.
I was quite surprised to learn that during the above mooting, the
Chairman of the IDC took the position that since WIN bed not indicated
how this case was to be handled, be, the Chairmen, sould not than accept
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this case. The Army member concurred in the FBI position that there
was no reason why the case eould not be accepted by the Committee.
The other members (DIA abstained from voting) agreed that the Chair-
man should seek a position from USIS.
in the meantime, based on the FBI report concerning the Polish 0S
*ode clerk, both the Army Seturity Agency and the Army coanteriatelligsece
production section hove indicated extreme interest La debriefing this
source. Undoubtedly other Defense requirements will be generated as
more information becomes aveiLable concerning this source's knowledgeability. The DIA member of the IDC has indicated his intention to
recommend that Army undertake the debriefing of this source and, if
requested to do so, my office will accept this responsibility. This
action must now be held is abeyant* pending a USIA 'alias.
I feel that the above 'mansion is a natural result of our failure
to use the IBC for the purpose for which it was OSSOlilhed. I recommend
that the 1 August 1962 ruling be abrogated. The IOC is en extension
of 0/11 and if any member feels that that. are insufficient safeguards
within the printout defector directives to deal with the special aspects
of intelligence defectors / believe he should use his membership or
entree to the IDC to introduce within that Committee whet he feels to
be the required changes.
/ also recommend that the Polish soda clerk be referred to the 1DC
for esploitation on behalf of the intelligence community as soon as the
FBI makes him available.
The above actions vial use the 19C to perform the functions assigned
to it suoll remove the necessity for the USIS membership to concern itself
with operational details and reports resorting every case of defection
from hostile intelligemee. They will also be in has with Mr. hConies
letter of 28 January 1964 which, in response to State's request for a
review of defector handling procedures within the United States,
indicated that State's reeommendatiens would be referred to the Inter..
agency Defector Committee. I believe that* continuing application of
this principle will work to everyone's benefit. I am eitudiug a copy of
this letter to the interested members of the community.
Sincerely,
mu C. DOLMAN
,IMAjor General, GS
? ;.CofS for Intelligence
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