MR. DULLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04718A000900230060-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2002
• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: November 4, 1953
• Content Type: MF

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17 September 1953
The Honorable Joseph M. Dodge
The Director
Bureau of the Budget
Washington 25.. D. C.
Dear Mr. Dodge,
As a result of the severe curtailment in its resources, the Department
of State has felt itself obliged to reorganize its Foreign Service Operations
in such a way as to eliminate the following postat
Publication Procurement Officer ................,*.. Rome
Publication Procurement Officer and
Geographic Attache (one individual) ............ London
Geographic Attache for Middle East and
South Asia ...........................,...... New Delhi
Geographic Attache for Latin America .......... * , Caracas
The intelligence agencies are the primary customers of the service ran-,
dared by these officers who procure essential publications, documents, maps,,
and other geophysical data essential to our world-wide intelligence program.
At the meeting this week of the IAC, representing all the intelligence agen-
cies, concern was expressed at the damage that might be suffered if these
activities were terminated, and the sense of the meeting was that 1, as Di-
rector of Central Intelligence, should do what I could to support continua-
tion of ahem.
This Agency has long supported intelligence activities of the Department
of State such as producing National Intelligence Surveys or extra travel re-
quired by its collection offices. Though the Department of State should nor-
mally be expected to budget for overt collection posts, the circumstances
this year present an unusual problem. I believe that the situation above out-
lined constitutes a special instance in which it is my responsibility as Di-
rector of Central Intelligence to take remedial action by supplying the ne-.
pessary funds so that these essential collection activities may continue. The
amount involved is approximately $6O,OO0 on an annual basis and this amount
is covered by our congressional appropriation though it may well have to be
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taken from activities which we regard as important though not as important as
this basic collection one.
I request your approval, in principle, of the above action. A detailed
proposal will be submitted by administrative officers of this Agency and the
Department of State as soon as they can be drafted.
Sincerely,
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Allen W. Dulles
Director
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