SRS AND STATE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00985R000100160008-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 2, 1973
• Content Type: NOTES

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2 April 1973
1. We have fairly active contact with
State. All of it is close and cooperative. No
significant problems. at all. With one exception,
these relationships are informal.
2. The forma]. relationship is the ?3SC/r1>. ?
(undersecretary's Sub-Committee on Foreign.. .rea
Research This is
a. the.. interagency committee on
external research; Ray Cline is the chairman, I
am the CIA representative. In addition to the
plenary, there are functional and geographic sua-
groups; various individuals in ONE, OCI, and OE'',
sit in these and report informally to me. 1",1e
total load. of FAR on CIA and SRS is not great.
FAR is a fairly ponderous mechanism, but flay Cline
has been able to improve upon this, and to gain
added authority from Kissinger to dicipline this
external research business. The FAR is cerform-
ing a good service. in examining more carefully
now external research may be able to contri'.bute,
both through existing and new research met; dolo-
gi rs . The Agency is not a "r. ember, " on I y an
"OJserver. --lis in effect gives me thtey option
of ceciding how fully CI ; wishes to be committed
on any particular point; Ray Cline and his external
research p aoplc recognize t1h1_'s and have been fully
cooperative.
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3. I_:iiR. Virtually all of SIIS's officers
Slav: had long friendly contact vitn I? over the
ars, as do I with l Ray Cline. ConLact Lakes a
of iturriher of ioriils. Visits, lunches, se'.Uinars
evening smokers, and the like. Ile gee p in touch
not only on matter.-, of substance, JUL aon ~no's
doing s hat. ,k .recent such gathering ,das two
weeks ago, when INiZ had on the
.roc ram (t i only CI .A officer) for a large i1SC_,-
academic seance on the future of Chine ,e politics.
4. Other State Offices. I have been in
touch on a regular basis with Deputy Assistant
Secretary : rthur Hummel, Al Jenkins, and other
China officers. These contacts give m e an oppor-
tunity to learn hat kinds of SRS studios knight be
most relevant to senior State operating offices.
Chief, DDI/Special 'esearch Staff
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