LETTER TO MR. JOHN A. MCCONE FROM E. H. KNOCHE

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• Publication Date: June 18, 1976
• Content Type: LETTER

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Mr. John A. McCone
1 100 Oak Grove Avenue
San Marino, California
Dear Mr. McCone:
It was good to see you recently and to hear firsthand
your views and suggestions as to how to move into the future.
As I told you, I do think that the new arrangements flowing
from the Executive Order and from the new and more sup-
portive sentiments that exist on the Hill provide us with a
fresh opportunity to resolve some long-standing problems
in the intelligence profession.
I have looked
into this and found that this man is indeed an extremely
well qualified expert on Soviet and American defense policy.
The current intention is that he will join us as an
intelligence analyst to be assigned to one of the DDI's new
and experimental components, one known as the Strategic
Evaluation Center.
This center is a very small unit composed of the best
brain power we can assemble to help us make net assess-
ments, that is, evaluating the comparative strengths and
weaknesses of the military forces of the East and West.
Involved in this very important work is the difficult area
of trying to determine what Soviet and Chinese perceptions
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are concerning American military forces. These
perceptions can be very important in making judgments
about the nature of our forces. For example, if the
army is very proud of its tanks and we have evidence
the Soviets regard them as inferior, that can have an
impact on the decisions we make about possible improve-
ments in our tank forces.
As you know, our own stringent clearance proce-
dures, including the polygraph, medical examinations
and all the rest, could stand in the way of this man's
ultimate arrival in our midst. But, at this writing, the
situation looks good and if and when he joins us, he will
Le employed in one of the most interesting and challenging
components we have.
All good wishes to you and Mrs. McCone. We
look forward to seeing you again.
Faithfully yours,
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So far, all is going well; but I don't need to tell you
that there is a certain awmt of breakage in the polygraph/security
investigation field as well as fraan the medical exnation.
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Fred:
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John McCone visited us today had some very good things
to say about a young man named who is the son of TATINTL
friend of McCone's. The son
He is now awaiting clearance.
I would like to write McCone about this. What kind of guy do
we think we have here? Where will he be assigned? At what grade?
And,. what is the prognosis for his EOD?
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Jennifer:
Please see s note to me
(attached) concerning the application of Dr.
he Director might be
interested in knowing this prior to his meeting
next week with Mr. McCone.
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FYI,Bob Kennedy ca we are
indeed considering for
a position with the Agency, and it looks
pretty favorable for They
are considering him for a GS-11 slot with
OSR--subject, of course, to necessary
medical and security clearances..
Patty
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