LETTER TO GENERAL WALTER B. SMITH FROM W. PARK ARMSTRONG, JR.

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 29, 1951
• Content Type: LETTER

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Dear QUeral
between the $rta~t or tssave
a3eaurity of dt
s ust al. e;retions in Forei 00 ria t 404 to
.~ g" a~~raal Patrols= Fr+aiw?
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of Def*114
cna rsctor ad a
0, NSC-97 dire*tsd the
' a national pstWole S~rag
a. a ons om lCt spp s si Allied rv,r !"nts for potrc -uI*
to a resulting PAD dated 1951,# *World-wide
Tbo r ort
Seor W OX
Did and Supply of patrololm *A krout :e . a , or
1959.3.957"0 Was discussed at a meeting .or .the
Roe datl4 of the PAD report
staff on At't 16.
requests that the State asnt Mind '! CIA Study and
report an "ures that be taken counter sabotage
of oil installations abra d.
Iti feeling of the Depart t that this action
in cormoot ticn with, foreign oil faoiliti'a falls logically
tazten'l
the earns category with action for whic the the- arrtment
is responsible in oonnsstia t Frith " ' 9, Mechanism
moist propo"s use the a ciy etxia t
for carrying out its furor mop ii .ll.ttt on Foreign , the S ial Cter& s re i
Gcurcasa at ~r3tiaa W otatp ~~ nl~~eti
report*. a Ps-troleti : cosilataabete.
identity of facilitieel which may. require
action. the so faeiliti .were th.A,*d0pt ' get8 by
the rapeoial lnteragenay oxmtittSO. the target*
attaveibs-.
been add?d to the. C-29 list whtO h is reoei*ints
n oral ter B. _ m .
Dir+ ctOr at Qpaatr
State Dept. review completed
NSC review(s) completed.
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follows:
In Oa cut its program, the Depart eut Intends
to request, as provided for in fiSC-2B, assistance f.
CIA in the conduct of physical security surveys, and In
the ?develop n,nt of plans for the istprov t of scour ty.
In additic f it may be appropriate in ae oases to. Ze
quest the initiation of intelligence aUrv.t2.1 a, ad*
the Institution of covert counterrsaboto4o measures ape-
cifically in relation to the expanded W49 program.
The Department recogaisewp, or course, that action in
response to such requests will fulfil, oaf & ,part of
CIA's ovver responsibility in this fl4dw
The Department has not yet reached the point with
respect to any of the targets in the ,29 program where
it is considered deeirabb to request fl4m. CIA *zat+ tancs
in the form ? f covert intelligence surv iilanae or counter-
sabotage measures; when it appears that this kind of
assistance
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ass istanee is Asa and a
these tar ts ~ PP~prf,attel- in ce~sre~'tion with
Beak s I jlc requests will msde,. I reaaIizo
that it in iracpesrtt f'er plann: and weary purposes
for your Agency to bays as much advance notice as is pos-
sible of the Depar "t t s requirements under NsC-W9 for
Operations of this kind, as well as for t eid security
surveys,. A"ordir4lys, an satiate of the Depart i.nt's
Probable roq remsnts for assistance on the matter of
field security surveys* and on Intellige s surveillanoo
will be prepared and transzc4?t to you.
I understand that Mr. Robert J0706 of the Pelf
Planning Staff of the ~:~part n' wibe in toad with
appropriate officers of your Agency on the Depar mt'a
plans for a**i* ca to be requested in the form, of
covert coup -aeebotaaag. measures.
Sincerely yours,
(sgd) W. PARK ARMSTRONG, JR.
W. Park Armstrong, Jr.
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6. U. S. Governmental activities to promote industrial security
in foreign countries of enterprises of strategic importance to the United
States should be coordinated by the Secretary of State who should avail
himself of the assistance of other interested agencies and should keep
such agencies fully informed.
7. The Central Intelligence Agency should be directed to undertake,
upon request of the Secretary of State, the responsibility (1) to make
surveys of the security of specific industrial operations in foreign
countries which are producing materials of strategic importance to the
United States, (2) to devise plans for the protection of such operations,
and (3) to conduct continuous intelligence surveillance of industrial
operations of vital importance and under special threat.
8. The Secretary of State should be empowered, either on his own
initiative or upon the request of the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman
of the National Security Resources Board or the heads of other interested
Government agencies, to call upon the Central Intelligence Agency to undertake
specific projects of the type mentioned in the foregoing paragraph.
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SOURCE: Arrstron , Jr - State 1)ept.
CIA CONTROL NUMBER: 62792
DATE OF DOCUMENT: 2~" a.o~? 51
DATE DOCUMENT RECEIVED: 30 Nov 51
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