LETTER TO HONORABLE JOHN A. MCCONE FROM CY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000400040014-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: February 5, 1965
• Content Type: LETTER

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THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON
5 FEB 1965
Honorable John A. McCone
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Dear John:
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I also have been concerned about the quality of some past studies
relating to cost and resource impact of foreign military and space
programs; and, because of the increasing importance of these economic
studies, I agree that they should be more central
and evaluated. I wholeheartedly ~-'' directed, monitored,
______ .__concur that the Central __Intelligence
Agency should continue
and to have primar
s conse uent_ I support the expansion of the CentralIntelligence
Agency's_ capabilities in this areas As_ou expand this capabiliL we
should be able to phase-down our external contracts.
To assure greater control of this effort within the Department of
Defense, I have designated the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
to coordinate and integrate DoD requests for foreign cost and resource
analysis so that the capability of the Central Intelligence Agency can
be effectively utilized. These requests will be transmitted directly
to your staff. This is not intended to restrict the necessary cooper-
ation between the Central Intelligence Agency and the Defense Intelligence
Agency. As you may appreciate, General Carroll's capability in this
area might need some augmentation, not only to enhance cooperation with
the Central Intelligence Agency, but to assure responsiveness to future
requirements., including the undertaking of specialized comparative
costing problems. Furthermore, the Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller) will also inform yow staff of actions which might result
in external contracts in these fields.
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