LETTER TO HONORABLE WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM WILLIAM FRENCH SMITH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R001900170025-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 21, 2007
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: February 11, 1982
• Content Type: LETTER

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February 11, 1982
Honorable William J. Casey
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Thank you for your letter regarding the procedures
governing the reporting and use of information concerning
federal crimes. I have reviewed the draft of the procedures
that accompanied your letter and, in particular, the minor
changes made in the draft that I had previously sent to you.
These proposed changes are acceptable and, therefore, I
have signed the procedures.
I have been advised that a question arose regarding the
need to add narcotics violations to the list of reportable
non-employee crimes (Section IV). 21 U.S.C. ?874(h) provides
that "[w]hen requested by the Attorney General, it shall be
the duty of any agency or instrumentality of the Federal
Government to furnish assistance to him for carrying out his
functions under [the Controlled Substances Act] . . ."
Section 1.8(b) of Executive Order 12333 tasks the Central
Intelligence Agency to "collect, produce and disseminate
intelligence on foreign aspects of narcotics production and
trafficking." Moreover, authorization for the dissemination
of information concerning narcotics violatons to law enforce-
ment agencies, including the Department of Justice, is provided
by sections 2.3(c) and (i) and 2.6(b) of the Order. In light
of these provisions, and in view of the fine cooperation the
Drug Enforcement Administration has received from CIA, no
formal requirement regarding the reporting of narcotics
violations has been included in these procedures. We look
forward to the CIA's continuing cooperation with the Department
of Justice in this area.
In view of our agreement regarding the procedures, I have
instructed my Counsel for Intelligence Policy to circulate a
copy which I have executed to each of the other agencies covered
by the procedures in order that they may be signed by the head
of each such agency.
Willia3n French Smit
Attorney General