LETTER TO THE HONORABLE KERMIT GORDON FROM JOHN A. MCCONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000700090029-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: December 13, 1963
• Content Type: LETTER

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e i ;s ora ie *,ers it Cars n
as of the budget
reviewed the bureaus tentative s .ov&=ea for 'Y Ilk
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ser redttctions from the Central Intelligence
s ate. I herewith propose several &djtuUrtent*
ntstive ail xnce to provide sswe increase In those
ai aarAs proposed for re ulsr operations. Lo essence, our now
n underta ag in the Coordination and prodtleti*U
e foreign missile and space analysis field, sand
(3) for jXe#ded covert cs ,leectiou programs. This is pa lly offset
y a redaction .i the bureau's recam r-e ed figure for restoration
the ks rve for s ingenciei. I pose to take steps in the
rossi Is er of F`Y 1964 which sbo dd result in savings that can used
to compensate for this re tction in the Reservs re ration.
acc arodated these changes within the psre-o el
figures proposed in your tentative allowance.
that you can give the i.gavey proposal your SU,
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rt in reccmexg It to the President.
She initial preiiinary estimates for FY 1965 tolled
I reduced these in our land-Mange: projection of last if riu
Ito aar-d then again to our present 4u et request of
I he &d4utional reestcti.t n proposed now will
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ire>e provide lover the bureau's proposed allowance
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require a serious asseasss ent and involve cecasidarabtee reeprogra t-
th a Agency. To this end I have iuestituted additional
nage :xeent actions within the Agency which I a confident will
result in further savings AS A abaaarptionr s Eiiciant to acccacr_xraodaete
the target objective amd yet continue that flezibtlity so essential to
he CIA s t*sits. Axeonq these are:
-- . fr *&* on the entrance an duty of additional per
-- a re- a ination of all personnel ceilings;
e .eras =ination of all, overseas activities
oar intensive re-assessment of den ands placed an service
and support elements (e. X.. cable traffic, security checks.
-- a vtrt eal stse -down in plans to expand certain aspects of
the A ency'a programs in com n unicattons, photo interpree-
tatiou, research and development. par* iiitary operations
and. air support; and
In ac dition, I am conducting a specific series of inves gatione
geu eent practices. and f have strengthened the rnschani
of over the allocation of Agency resources, both money azd
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tacbeed is a revised schedule for FT 1965 which reflects the
3ureau's tentative allowance for this Agency, my proposal for adjust-
thereto resp+ sse to year memorandum of U December.
h as we jai only a very short time to study the Bureau's
10 before subxr fitting this schedule, you will appreciate the
need for further coordination and discussion among appropriate officers
of our respective staffs as to the specific reductions.
cerely,
j~:.ha A. cCome
?Arector
Original & 1 - Addressee w/att (ha.n'dcarried evening of 12/13)
1- DCI w/att 1 ~/DDCI w/att 1-;- D/BPAM w/att
1 - ER w/att ~ Executive Director-Comptroller w/att
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