DAVIS MONTHAN COLLOCATION STUDY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00326R000100050020-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 7, 2002
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: March 17, 1967
• Content Type: MFR

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17 March 1967
SUBJECT: Davis Monthan Collocation Study
1. Today I received a call fro to tell 25X1A
me that Dr. Flax had "kicked back" the study submitted by
I I and Mr. Parangosky. He
apparently attached a note which said that the study was
adequate in terms of reasons against a move, but that it
didn't list any arguments which would favor collocation.
He seems to feel that, if we are to be objective, we
should present both sides of the problem.
2. I explained tol that there were several 25X1A
major factors which were clearly e most important consider-
ations, and which would have made it impossible to move to
Davis Monthan regardless of the secondary advantages which
might have accrued. These were (a) the base doesn't have
the capacity to handle the activities which it already has,
(b) the Air Force is spending several million dollars to
provide for its own needs, (c) it would cost an additional
several million dollars to provide facilities there for the
IDEALIST detachment, (d) the operational limitations posed
by the inadequate facilities, such as the single runway,
would make it impossible to maintain an adequate training
program, and (e) the security problems associated with the
proximity to the overt operations and the city of Tucson
would be very difficult to overcome. He acknowledged that
this was the case but seemed to feel that we had to prepare
a supplement to the study to meet Dr. Flax's requirement for
"objectivity".
3, I lunderstands that, in submitting a
supplement snowing how we could effect savings in the event
of collocation, we must assume the expenditure of about
$5 million to put us in a posture to realize these savings.
I told him that we would review the situation and try to
prepare a paper to meet the new requirement.
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