(Sanitized), DIO FOR LATIN AMERICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91M00696R000600100011-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2004
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: June 11, 1976
• Content Type: MF

MEMORANDUM FOR: D/DCI/NI
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DIO for Latin America
1. I first met the Defense Intelligence
Officer (DIO) for Latin merica, shortly after I was assigned to this
office as Assistant National Intelligence Officer for Latin America.
On my initiative, I set up a meeting with him to discuss mutual con-
cerns,and to meet Pentagon officials interested in Latin American
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his role as supporting the Joint Chiefs of Staff and International
Security Affairs (ISA) by being their contact with those elements
of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) responsible for intelligence
collection and production on Latin America.
a.~ Support the DIOs provide to NIOs. Although
has always been invited to meetings of the NIO-
sponsored "Latinos", composed of substantive experts in
the Intelligence Community on Latin America, he has never
attended any of them. I have attempted to keep him ap-
prised of significant developments in periodic calls over
the secure telephone, but it is apparent that he sees him-
self as a catalyst and a manager rather than a substantive
expert. Recently I called on him to obtain his assistance
in devising a method to seek the comments of the Defense
Attache Office in the country. concerned before third country
intelligence is disseminated by DIA to the Community. He
took the matter up promptly with General Sam Wilson and
General Crittenberger. I am optimistic that a solution to
the problem will be worked out shortly.
b. Support the DIOs provide the Director, DIA. I cannot
judge this from my perspective.
c. Ability of the DIO to "insure effective and coordinated
Defense inputs to national intelligence". This office sends
all national intelligence drafts to or coordina-
tion, but we have never received comment from him on these
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papers. He delegates coordination to DIA/Estimates, which
always responds promptly, frequently with useful contribu-
tions.
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d. De ree to which the DIOs have assisted the D/DIA
and NIOs in "identifying and_evaluating the needs of intelli-
ence users for Defense intelli ence roducts". I am not in
a position to judge the degree to which assists
the D/DIA in this respect. He has never a ressed himself
to me to identify and evaluate the needs of intelligence
users for DIA products.
2. r4y relations with are cordial, but not close.
Any contact is usually as a resu t o my initiative, not his. This
does not imply that DIA's relationship with us is distant. Our
"Latinos" meetings are always attended by from 2 to 4 representa-
tives of DIA, and DIA makes useful contributions to national intelli-
gence papers. Earlier this year, was absent from.Washing-
ton for an extended period. I was a le ny DIA assistance
I needed through the office of of DIA Estimates.
c ing ationa Intelligence Officer
for Latin America
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