LETTER TO THE HONORABLE CYRUS R. VANCE FROM RICHARD HELMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R000400060019-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2003
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: June 10, 1966
• Content Type: LETTER

national security agencies whose rs reonents will be satisfied
10 JUN 1966
Execu'ive Registry
Dear Cy:
`hank you for your letter of 26 may, advising us twat
is included among those non-Department of l ease
ilocattton of DOD comtuunications facilities. Your
assurances received orally from the Director of
the l f`ense communications ASency.
%s/ Richard Helms
Richard Hein-,*
Deputy Director
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StBJECTS Dee f DoD Communtcati_ons Faci.Litles by Non-
I Department of Defense United States A encies
The Increasing number of requcs is for circuit allcseatic)ns
and service from the Defenrr o Communications Sys tern (DOS)
by non-Department of Defense (DoD) agencies makes it nec-oss.^ :' , `
oc-v to clari y the Do.v policy with respec ~ to such request s
" 1ng comporien o ' i 'r~~~ tonal 'Colnmun cat;i oils System (NCS),
to include the satisfaction of ctiitf
eran requremens o ci.v.t.1. aLrenc3.e; ct:Lrec ~~y coric~ rnec~vr t; -~na lc l security
ff1VS7C and other c1 v:il agencies with critical
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s3.bi.lity seta forth .n approved NCS, plans . Such co -
,ii.v,iaents o provide rserv Lce to these civil agencies are
?~"s'Y 9'i rl ~ M^n ?va r. v. the TI-n --A
approved priorities. To assure that commitments can be rnet;,l`
tilt bOS vr:13 be planned desiddid t
..,. ,nea.n szeo a.ccomrlmodate
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v,.,,vaa a vo kit v Vv L'e ut tiu ior S erv.,.ce rrom non- DoD) agencies
not di cussed above, the, follo.rrin policy V6
applies:
a , The use of DCA facilities by other than DoD and the
above-associated agencies will be limited to eases where
spare facilities or unused capacity is available and then
only on the basis of non-interference with priority traffic
and subject: to pre-emption or termination if traf fio loads
bo Increases 'in trffio loads occasioned by provision
of such service' cannot be cited an justification for pro` rar>%s
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