LETTER TO HARRY FITZWATER (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85B01152R001001310003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 11, 1983
• Content Type: LETTER

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October 11, 1983
Mr. Harry Fitzwater
Deputy Director/Administration
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
Dear Harry
I appreciated your invitation to attend the recent PDR of the SAFE
Delivery-2. It was my first opportunity to hear such an extensive
portrayal of all that is involved in this project and I suspect the
same was true for man other players in the room. I was especially
glad to meet and so far as I could tell, my acceptance by
him and my relationship with him is quite in order. He did ask whether
I would be interested in attending future CDRs and PDRs; I answered yes
and he was agreeable to that.
There were a number of technical things that caught my ear as the
meeting progressed; I shall write these down shortly and forward them
directly to CSPO for consideration. I did tell Bob that when I wrote
on substantive matters to you, ar or to CSPO, I
would copy the other two in order t at everyone woo. know what I am
saying. For the moment the only comment I would offer you is something
that you very likely already know -- the schedule is murderously diffi-
cult. Since the PDR was evidently the first opportunity for all parti-
cipants in Project SAFE to get an overview of status, I would not be
surprised to find that reconsideration of the schedule might surface.
If it does, the event probably will have to be taken in stride simply
because the initial schedule was set at a time when the full magnitude
of what had to be done was not apparent. From the discussion at the
PDR, it seems that a fair number of details remain yet to be resolved.
As the project advances toward CDR, the number of such details for
resolution is likely to escalate significantly. I can't offer you much
wisdom on how to be the senior oversight manager of a big effort like
this one, except to say: Bore in there, ask questions, and keep right
on asking them if the answers do not satisfy you. CSPO will expect you
to do that because it is your role on this substantial undertaking.
Thank you again for arranging for my participation in the PDR. If there
are things that I could help you with directly, please feel free to ask
and I will be by to talk with you.
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