LETTER TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOSEPH F. CARROLL FROM RICHARD HELMS

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 8, 2002
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: July 15, 1965
• Content Type: LETTER

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Lieutenant General Joseph F.
Director
Defense intelligence Agency
Washington. D.C., 20301
Dear Joe:
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With reference to your letter of $ July 100b in which you
proposed a joint message reerding intelligence requirements
on the road watch teams in Laos, I agreed with your proposed
cable with two minor additions which ray staff coordinated with
of your staff on 7 July 1065. A copy of the final
meemage is attached hereto. It was sent 7 July 18135 to our
Stations in Vientiane,
If, as a result of your trip to Saigon' 'you have
any further thoughts OTi this matter, my staff is prepared to
discuss them with your representatives at any time.
Sincerely,
787 Ricliara Helm
Richard helms
Deputy Director
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TO: V1ki3ITIAN14, SAIG/ON?
CINCPAC, MACY, MACTHAI
FROM: WASHINGTON 25938, 7 JULY 1985
JOINT CIA/DIA MESSAGE
. CIA AND DIA HAVE REVIEWED THE CIA INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTION EFFORT IN LAOS DIRECTED TOWARD TRH INFILTRA-
TION OF PERSONNEL AND MATERLAL THROUGH LAOS INTO SOUTH
VIETNAM.
2. THIS BEM* TOOK COGNIZANCE OF THE FACT THAT WHILE
CIA HAS BEEN GIVEN OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDUCTING
ROAD WATCH OPERATIONS IN LAOS, THE EXECUTION OF SUCH
OPERATIONS IS SUBJECT TO PRESCRIBED POLICY AFFECTING THE
U.S. POSTURE IN LAOS. AS SUCH, THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
THROUGH AMBAS6ADOR SULLIVAN, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING
AND APPROVING CIA ACTIONS WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF ESTABLISHED
POLICY.
. DIA AND CIA AGREED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF
OBJECTIVES, THE ASSIGNMENT OF COLLECTION PRIORITIES, AND
THE BROAD SCALE PLANNING NECESSARY AND PRELIMINARY TO
THE ATTAINMENT OF SUCH OBJECTIVES, WOULD BE PURSUED
JOINTLY BY DIA AND CIA AT THE WASHINGTON LEVEL. IT WAS
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-R AGREED THAT OP RATIONAL RJUIREMENTS TO BE
LEVIED ON EXISTING SYSTEMS OR RESOURCES WOULD BE
DEVELOPED BY COMUSMACV IN CONJUNCTION WITH CAS,
WHO WOULD THEW PASS THESE REQWRIOASNTS TO CAS. V
FOR SATISFACTION.
4. IT WAS FURTHER AGREED THAT CERTAIN SELECT OFFICERS
IN SUBORDINATE FIELD COMMANDS SHOULD BE BRIEFED ON THE
CIA ROAD WATCH OPERATIONS IN LAOS. IN THIS CONNECTION.
OCCASIONAL VISITS
ARE CONSIDERED APPROPRIATE
TO INSURE THAT ANY KEQUI MENTS TO BE LEVIED UPON CIA
REFLECT AN ADEQUATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF THE
OPERATIONS. THEIR COMPLEXITIES AND THE pourrAL
CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED. IT IS CIA'S DESIRE THAT ANY VISITS
TO ITS
FACILITIES BY :SUBJECT TO CIA HEADQUARTERS
APPROVAL EACH INSTANCE.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Letter to Lt. Gen. Joseph F. Carroll
Re.gistry
1. The attached letter to Lt. Gen. Joseph F. Carroll, Director.
DIA, was prepared by the FE Division, for your signature, in reply
to General Carroll's letter of 3 July 1965. In that letter. General
Carroll proposed a Joint message to various field elements concerning
the Roadwatcher Program in Laos.
2. The proposed reply merely confirms the action taken:
agreement with General Carroll's draft with two minor additions
which were coordinated with the DLA, and transmittal of the joint
aloes*** on 7 July 1965.
3. The message in ituestion is an effort by the FE Division to
place on Headquarters, rather than on our field stations, the burden
of paper exercises with DIA regarding roadwatch intelligence priorities,
broad planning to fill in reporting gaps, and the like. Field require-
ments on existing assets will be levied by subordinate commands such
as CINCPAC and COMUSMACV. / 25X1
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Helms
The attached proposed letter to General
Carroll comments on the joint CIA-DIA
message regarding road watch teams in
Laos and attaches for his information a
copy of the message as it was actually
sent on 7 July.
Recommend signature.
L. K. White
14 JUL 1965
(DATE)
FORM NO.
101 REPLACES FORM 10-101
1 AUG 54 WHICH MAY BE USED.
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