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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00326R000100100008-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 2002
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 2, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. 1.1 NDERSTAND DISPLFASUR>; HAS ??EE~f VOICED OVER MY
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INFO' IiV~: OF OEL ON T}{E MESSAGE EXCHANGF_. CONCERNING ONE OF ~!~ ~.,,.~ ~j t
OUR GS- 1 1 OEL CAREERISTS. I 1-IAVE A FEW COMMENTS ON THIS
SUBJECT WHICH I'D LIf(E TO SHARE WITH YOU AND THE D/SA
AS APPROPRIATF_..
I GUESS I'VE; BEEN AN S>'F.Ft TOO LONG , ?ilT I JUST
CAN'T ENVISAGE OEL IN TFIE ROLE OF "THEN ENEMY" Ok "GUF
COf~PETITORS" TiU `THIS INSTANCE. AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, I
?~IAS A MEMSER OF THAT OFFICE FOR OVER THREE YEARS AND I'M
QUITE CLOSE PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY TO A GOOD MANY
OF THE SENIOR TROOPS IN THAT SHOP. I AM OBVIOUSLY I~IELL
AhJARE THAT EACH OFFICE DOES HAVE ITS PF.ROCNIAL AREAS--USUALLY
OPERATIONAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL IN NATURE-WHERE AN OFFICE
MUST CET ITS DUCKS IN LINE E?EFORE SURFACING SITUATIO!VS
25X1ATO THEI I~lORLD, f3 UT ON A PERSONNEL MATTER, INVOLVING
A RELATIVELY JUNIOR. ELECTRONIC TECH? AND THE THRUST OF THE
~'iESSAGE BEING WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS TECH AFTER LEAVING
THIS PROJECT? AND ~aJITH THE MESSAGE IN THE EYES ONY RYBAT
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3. I CAN'T HELP BUT PELIEVE THAT THE OLD PARAPHRASED
ADAGE ?'Ga'HAT THEY DON'T KNOW DOESN'T HURT US" IS 4?EING USED
TO GOOD ADVANTAGE IN KEEPING THr ELINT PROFESSIONALS FROM
HAVING A HAND IN CAREER ORIENTED DECISIONS REGARDING THEIR
TROGPS ON LOAN TO US. I ~IELL RECALL SOME CF THE INFLGHTING
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BEFORE WE WENT OPERATIONAL
WHERE OSP HAD THE DEVELOPMENTAL CHAIR AND OEL A SUPPORT ROLE...
OEL WAS NONETHELESS KEPT FULLY IN THE PICT1iRE, PARTICULARLY
WHERE THEIR PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED.
~~. I DOfJ'T 4JANT TO MAKE A BIG DEAL OUT OF THIS, AND IF
MY ACTIONS ARE CONSIDERED, OUT OF LINE BY THE D/SA, ~fJILL BE
T!-IF. FIRST TO SAY "YES SIR", PUT ON MY TIE, AND GET UIITH THE
PROGRAM, IF THAT HAPPENS, HOWEVER, I ~dILL NONETHELESS RF PUZZLED.
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