FBIB COMMUNICATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03097A000200040223-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 223
• Publication Date: October 20, 1948
• Content Type: MEMO

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ONFIDENTIAL
Direotor or Central intelligence
Assistant Dirooter for Operations
FRIB Commeaieatiose
1. MS traffic originating in Wades and Cairo totals appreal.
sately 36,000 worts daily waieh is normally transmitted over Army
commenioatioas faeilities.
2. The F4I2?400 reeipreeal *greenest was entered late with the
understanding that irtri solid trossmit frau 'beshiagtos to Lmadea
appreximstaly 216000 words daily over Arey sommmaleatiems fasilitioe.
la aceordabee with this agreement, Pars is new trsoemittiag 6,000
words daily fVos basaingtee to Leaden over Army sommueleatiess
facilities.
2. inkriag Army eommmaieutiess outages, whisk mail reeestly
wore iafreqesat, the beaters (Woo eable servie? vas used ter Leeds.
to washisgten traffill. The seat of thia serriso for the fiscal year
1944 uus 94,106.20. oltio 'hat ass thought to be on adequate safety
sante, 260,000 was requested for the timbal year 1949 for this serviee.
*meetly, however, majer outages LI the Army seAmmaisatiess *intuits
have famed FBI& to utilise Mete= As. futilities to a mush greater
extent than could normally be expected* la Who interest of *sow
to. wordage *gabled from LeadeL has bees eousiderebly redueed. This,
together with the uneertalaty of aboeumioatioae, has **Kew-sly tster?
fervid Alth the effectiveness of tao F6V1 operation mud has resulted in
tho expenditure of approximately 220,000 during this fiscal year.
4. jisoussioas with authorities in the Army oemmuoioatioas
service isdiosts that ao lemediate relief tree the promst situation
eau be expeeted. lased upee the omit to date of testers Mims sable
sorties it will be necessary for the alleeaticm for this purpose to be
inereased to approximately $76,000 for the flaeal year 1249, excluding
Aasaingtoo to Leaden traffic filed to aceerdsmes with the 1,216.42C
reeipreeal arvaugemeat.
b. If th4 present dixric4ttoa in filing traffie from Bashingtos
to Louden mostiass, it is probable that the 33C will not be satisfied
to receive our file via Army comemaleations shassols, in ehieh ease it
will be heoessary to find alternate mesas of transmitting tail file in
order for nus to fulfill its part of this agreement.
6. It is reeommeaded that the preseat alleoaties of #40,000 In
the FilIB budget be isereased to 276,000 for oemmereial coemmsioatims
raAilities between oesaisgten sad Landau.
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