(SANITIZED) RECOMMENDATION TO ESTABLISH A BRANCH OFFICE FOR FBIB TO AFFORD BETTER INTERCEPTION OF LATIN AMERICAN BROADCASTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03097A000200050241-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2008
• Sequence Number: 241
• Publication Date: January 11, 1949
• Content Type: MEMO

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~E~JI~i~U:II FOR R2~CORD
3,JH.Tr~CTi Beoommendatiaa to Establish s Hranoh Offies for
na 6o~srioaa
f L
a
ord Netter ~#,e~ption o
Broadvasts
1. t7n 10 January 194p I disoussed the attaohed paJ?ars oonoerniaa
Coa-
subssot reoo~sndation at oonside ble le the t-~
oluding the oonf~rsaoe I advis
a. chile it is recognised that present i,ntsraeptioa of
Latin emerioa,with certain e~toeptione, is not entirely satis?
factory, it 1s expected ~ at ~syimp ~ed teoh~op instalioa
at Hsdgenso~r will oorres ondin 1 i~
i:ast Coest~
b. The expense inherent in aatablirhing ? breach otfioe
suoh as that rsoo~-ad+d would be oonsiderabl~.
p? The relativ! ~,mpor'bauoe of Latin Asnerioa is t~
national ir~telligenae picture together with the fact that
the I1~ agencies are not as dependent oa FSm for Latin ~erioan
oaverage as they era la aertaiu other more critical arses o! ~e
world make the expenditure of additiorul 1'uflds for Latin amerioea
coverage unwarranteda
d. if funds in excess of our gressnt budget are to be
requested, Y would prefer to mend suoh funds in improving
FBIS coverage in ar~-s oonaeraing which L1C agenoisa rely
more heavily on F'SIH for inforertion.
e. I~hile I had no ob,~ection to subs-ittiog his
reocmrnendations tc the ~ianag~Nutt 8rt:noh, and encouraged him
to do so if he Pelt atrongly a~ctxt it? I rrould oppose hie
reoommondation bef'ors the ooml~tittee which deoidea on suoh
matters.
t. I was concerned primarily with the feat that he had
brought to my attention that approxi:as-tely three monitors in
the ~wst E3awst ~ursau are being ineff'ioisatly used and that
_ e oo _ d Find wayt~ without delay to use their ssr+rioas
~~ ___ar~'i'loisnt~y I~wduld transfer thes- to other positions in FBIB.
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?. Under the oirocueetanws hs did not ahooee to
submit his recommendation !.o Waa+-gea~at Hraooh.
b. die thought it would be a mistake to trans!'sr
monitors from tape i~etet i~oaat Bureau and that he would
attempt ime~edi~-tely to work cut a more ett'ioiont ,aotinod
oP utilising thsir serr-ia~s.
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