LETTER TO THE HONORABLE CHRISTIAN A. HERTER FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000900070001-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 28, 1960
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Bees orabla Christian Herter
Secretary of P'tato
hi toa.
Dear Chris:
have given very careful study to Fred Eaton's 3ugsR-too-i
i osrnaI basis, tortalla roombers ad u%o
on an
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Sovii.t Disarmtamaft Delegation that we knew nore about thoi
mailitary hievea eats than they realise.
O bat a sine are not in favor of
ow reason -
I. We b*iie that it would be de o ra ble for Vow
U. 70. at the Samrait or eL.ewbsca, to xaeake a sa- `
drive aaftaiaast the w be So" t poIIAZY of ?Jectecy a.
a litary preparatie . The countries of the Free W
are epoa aM above board aboot their vaititasy pree rat
How* we caawt be aec*.ed of azmd*g in secret or
proparing for surprise attack a ad the like. The Swries
caw be caged with 4,, a in see 40'vt at
tragic now of uncertainty to the whole
situation. I baiie"ns the co dd be daveleped as a x
theme & Ad ="* apatite aadrerstaadable. ---V course the Iov'es
could retort that we and t other fro* natis+ees c: et- t $
this. . why ska"14 they give Up a valsaable aasoet. 1
may be a practical a wtr but at toast it w u-ld put t
on the defensive **d their aaesaer Mist net be perwvsriv.,
tit world opines. F e csww* well follow the absvo ce
4W 'WF. "WNW 41PMWO W. TS 7172,310
their ndUtary posrare.
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g. U we aurrt to cama s the imptessioat that %vt
w a great deal snore that we praises a1 x their
y preparation* they can retort .- as
with the detection of suctsar
a -- that we do not new the as ra of
coe zal that we are 4eeh1ng as we have the knows edgy
DTs
3. Any disclosures which west beyond surf
our kswtedgs with respect to long range missile fl ,
hear explast a. etc.. -- and here they already knt>
cagaebilities quits well -- would risk alerting the
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4. throe the coming weds we wilt vitally seed
to carry an a Program in the -4PM t field direr fed in
panic r against our highest priority target; ==sty
SVWWt ter s a In the dept symeot and the satabldis r eat
of bases at their ICBMs. We certainly do not wish to
them to any information obtained by : uate a mcs..i
ST40S $hsl"h we try to disguise such iafermation as ham
besa abtabted by orgy methods of iatettigeaco.
disguis. would pl y sot be very persuasive to theme==
and would toad to put them on their guard.
5. Cdowm the soviet nzontauty, 1 feet t
about the extent of oar ittttti a s,
far from persuading them to giw up their security
would tend to zaske the= do everything possible to tt
them. The only way to bring them to any change in the a
field is to make Lt clear that it is the coyly way they nail
expect to get say progress In the field of arraau*e*t
limitations to which they **en, to be giving high prior
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U, s matter 04 h4h may,
feel that it is ss"at to pxo xs" At
JIM** of i Otfl #' eft shawl" our a
it I"k of tame sec rity. we
However, was trust that cmis
ch w. csa.r to
cl that we SbWOA ma - stmt
daagss path.
AWD:mfb 28Mar60
Distribution:
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Saithi.y T*w*
SIGNED
Allan W. miss
Dlreeter
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