LETTER TO JOHN R. BARTELS, JR. FROM W. E. COLBY RE AT THE REQUEST OF JOHN E. INGERSOLL, THEN DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS, THIS AGENCY HAS IN THE PAST YEAR RENDERED ASSISTANCE <SANITIZED>

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01482384
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2017
• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: July 19, 1973

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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
OGC 73-1334
.1 9 JUL 1973
Mr. John R. Bartels, Jr.
Acting Administrator
Drug Enforcement Administration
Department of Justice
Washington, D. C. 20530
Dear Mr. Bartels:
At the request of Mr. John E. Ingersoll, then Director of
the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, this Agency has in
the past year rendered assistance
The basic purpose of the assistance
rendered by the Agency was to assist the Bureau of Narcotics and
Dangerous Drugs in the maintenance of security in connection with
activities directed against international drug traffic.
Concurrently With the establishment of the new Drug Enforce-
ment Administration, the Agency has been asked by members of your
staff to consider continuation of the assistance previously rendered
the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. I have carefully -
reviewed this request in light of the prohibition in the National Security
Act of 1947, as amended, "That the Agency shall have no police,
subpoena, law-enforcement powers, or internal-security functions."
In order to avoid any possible misinterpretation, I have determined
that the Agency should discontinue this assistance and it is requested
that appropriate arrangements be made to terminate the ongoing
administrative support.
Please be assured that I intend that the Agency shall continue
to cooperate fully with the Drug Enforcement Administration in other
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respects as we have done in the past with the Bureau of Narcotics
and Dangerous Drugs under the auspices of the Cabinet Committee
on International Narcotics Control.
Sincerely,
1st \A`. E. Colby
W. E. Colby
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