BLUE RIBBON DEFENSE PANEL REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00269R001000030006-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 12, 2002
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 10, 1970
• Content Type: MF

Approved For
lease 2002/11/20 CIA-RDP86B0026 01000030006-1
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Blue Ribbon Defense Panel Report
3. As you are aware, the President's Blue Ribbon Defea+,e
Panel (chaired by Gilbert W. Tttzhugh, Chairman of Board,
1-letropolitan Life Insurance i ompaany) ha-i recently completed a
year's st-Ay of the operations and organization of the Department
of Defense. Their report, copies of which are attached, ha.4 received
considerable attention in the pres-i.
Z. Some of the recommendations are sl_tite contriver*iel, and
thi time it is not clear what the outcome will be with regard to actaal
implementation. Nevertheless, :wince some of the changes proposed by
the Panel could impact on the way the Agency does its b=tsines4, JLt
veers prudent to do some homework with the report as it now sts.
3. The Plans Directorate, of co=urse, has multiple points of,inter-
face with the Pentagon and thins Chapter I, which proposed major
reorganizationaal steps, will be of interest. The analysis and co,i lasiona
with reruect to Defense &D problems in Chapter II will also boerti.nent.
I an sending you three copies of the report with the thought thaat_snd
TSD will want to look closely at the foregoing sections, with firi tber
distribution at your discretion.
,4. You will note that on page ix is a list Of some 14 appendices
wtzicb are to be published separately. I presume that in due co r-4e
these too will be made available to us.
5. ;A.t some occasion in the near fut::ire (e.g. , a Deputies Me.atin
it may be appropriate to riser ble our thoughts collectively and assess
what these proposed changes a?rmay portend for ti.1 4/Defenses relationships.
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