Air force Proposal for Tasking EIC Subcommittee with Monitoring the Uses of Economic Intelligence in Military Planning

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00283R000200210057-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 28, 1998
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: June 9, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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USIB Ad Hoc Working Group
on Soviet Military Expenditures
9 June 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, Economic Intelligence Committee
SUBJECT : Air Force Proposal for Tasking EIC Subcom-
mittee with Monitoring the Uses of Economic
Intelligence in Military Planning
REFERENCES : 1. Letter from Major General Jack E. Thomas,
USAF, Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelli-
gence, to Chairman, EIC, dated 10
January 1966
2. Letter from Chairman, Economic Intelli-
gence Committee, to Chairman USIB Ad Hoc
Working Group on Soviet Military Expendi-
tures, dated 29 February 1966
1. Following the receipt of your letter (reference 2) the
ad hoc committee discussed General Thomas' proposal (reference 1)
in general terms. As the result of this discussion the Air Force
member was asked to apprise the ad hoc committee of the sorts of
problems that the General had in mind that led to his proposal.
In effect, at least some members of the committee were not clear
as to the specific difficulties and could not proceed profitably
in the absence of such information.
2. The Air Force member agreed to brief the ad hoc commit-
tee on this matter at its next meeting. Unfortunately, however,
by reason of my sojourn in the hospital and recuperation there-
after and by reason of the almost continuous absence of the Air
Force member on TDY in California a useful meeting of the ad hoc
committee simply could not be held. At the same time of course,
the individual members and their organizations have been alert
to the various questions raised by General Thomas so that progress
in that sense has been possible.
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3. It is my present understanding that the Air Force member
will be in Washington next week -- I am uncertain whether this
signals the end of his TDY tour. It is my intention to have a
meeting, to get on with the deliberation and to produce a report
at the earliest possible date. Meanwhile I shall ask the Air
Force member informally to be sure that General Thomas is
aware of the status of his request.
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