LETTER TO JOHN F. BOOKOUT FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R002700040014-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: November 5, 1982
• Content Type: LETTER

Approved For Release 2007/01/24: CIA-RDP83M00914R002700040014-8
The Director of Central Intelligence
1Nashington. D. C 20505
DCI/ICS 82-4263/10
0 5 NOV 1982
Mr. John F. Bookout, President
Shell Oil Company
One Shell Plaza
Houston, TX 77001
Dear Mr. Bookout:
I am writing to ask for your assistance in a matter that is of great
concern to me as Director of Central Intelligence--the need for long-term,
strategic planning. To date, our strategic planning efforts have been
internal ones, but I believe that we are at a point where we would benefit
greatly from an external perspective.
Your firm is a leader in its field to a great extent because you have
elected to anticipate the future rather than respond to it. We hope to
compare the future challenges and responses that we have identified with those
same planning elements generated within your firm. The comparison will permit
us to validate our own efforts with respect to scope and imagination.
If you can help us in any way, I would appreciate your having the
appropriate official contact my project officer, 25X1
He is prepared to describe this project in greater detail
and 25X1
,
arrange a meeting with your staff either in Washington or at your offices.
Sincerely,
William J. Casey