Dear Mr. Smith:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00972A000100510008-7
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 30, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 4, 1969
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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WASHINGTON, C.C. 20505
4 August 1969
The Honorable Gerard Smith
The Director, Arms Control
and Disarmament: Agency
Washington, D. C. 20451
At the 30 July meeting of the US SALT Delegation,
you handed Mr. Helms a copy of Senator Gore's letter
of 28 July requesting information on Soviet military
expenditures and asked our assistance in responding.
The attachment to this letter contains suggested
answers to the Senator's questions. These answers
are based upon the enclosed table which. summarizes
the available data pertinent to Senator Gore's
questions. This table is meant as background in-
formation for your staff only and should. not be
forwarded to Senator Gore.
If you have any questions on the material pro-
vided p lease call me on Code 143, Extension 7111
25X1A9a or on Code 143, Extension 6233.
We would appreciate the opportunity to review the
ACDA reply to Senator Gore in draft.
Sincerely,
Bruce C. Clarke, Jr.
Director
Strategic Research
Enclosure:
Comparisons of US &
Soviet Expenditures
for Selected I)efernse
Programs, TS 1.99034
TS 3-990"34,1
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