RESPONSE TO LETTER FROM CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, DATED 25 OCTOBER 1965

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1 6 NOV 196.
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SUBJECT: Response to Letter from Chairman,, Joint
Chiefs of Staff, dated 25 October 1965
1. A communication has been recejve? from the Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff (copy attached) posing a series of
questions on certain intelligence aspects of comprehensive
and threshold test ban treaties. These questions are so
important to the future conduct of intelligence that I
believe a coordinated community response is called for.
2. 1 therefore request the Joint Atomic Energy Intel-
ligence Committee to submit to by 24 November a coordinated
response which I, in my capacity as Director of Central
Intelligence, may use as a basis for my reply to the Chairman,
JCS.
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TWA JOINT CHIEFS Or STAFF
WASH NGTON, D.C. 20301
Dear Admiral Raborn:
At the recent session of the Eighteen Nation Dis-
armament Conference, much of the discussion centered on
comprehensive and threshold test bans. This discussion
is currently continuing at the United Nations General
Assembly. Recognizing the importance of nonmilitary
factors in determining the merits of a test ban, the
Joint Chiefs of Staff would greatly appreciate your
views on certain aspects of comprehensive and threshold
test bans. Enclosed find a list of questions which you
may use as a guide in developing your views. We would
appreciate your comments in writing so we may study them
in detail, after which we may wish to request an oppor-
tunity to confer with you on specific points.
We would appreciate your response by 1 December
1965 in order that we may reach a final position prior
to the reconvening of the Eighteen Nation Disarmament
Conference, probably in January.
Sincerely,
EARLE G. WHEELER
Chairman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Enclosure
List of Questions
Vice Admiral W. F. Raborn, USN(Ret)
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
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