LETTER TO PATRICK DEAN FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00765A000100020039-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 23, 2009
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: July 8, 1954
• Content Type: LETTER

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Patrick Dean, Esquire
Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee
Ministry of Defence
Whitehall, W.1
London, England
Dear Mr. Dean:
I have recently studied the Minutes of the Foreign Broadcast
Information Service -- BBC Monitoring Service Joint Coordinating Committee
Meeting held at Caversham Park on 4 June 1954. This letter is prompted
by a paragraph of the Minutes dealing with the BBC Stockholm Project for
monitoring broadcasts of the Baltic States and certain Soviet Regional
stations unmonitorable at other FBIS -- BBC, MS facilities. In essence,
the BBC states that for financial reasons it is likely that the Stockholm
Project will be abandoned or a reduction will be made in other radio
monitoring coverage. I fully realize the importance of financial considera-
tions, but the universal interest of intelligence organizations of the United
States Government in radio monitoring as a source of information compels
me to view with concern any proposed reduction in the scope of monitoring
by our two services.
I believe that monitoring must be maintained on a global basis,
although major attention may be directed toward critical areas. We all
recognize that the struggle in which we are engaged is world wide and
that trouble may break out suddenly in remote and previously quiet areas.
Further, the monitoring of radio broadcasts to or from presently non-
critical areas may provide us with indications in regard to intentions
and possible courses of action in critical areas. Therefore, since
monitoring cannot be reinstituted quickly once it has been cut off, I feel
that it would be unwise to eliminate or substantially curtail monitoring
of the less critical areas at this time.
The expression of intent on the part of the BBC Monitoring Service
to advise the FBIS of proposed adjustment in its monitoring commitments
before making any major change is greatly appreciated. I shall be
interested in the final outcome of your discussion.
Allen W. Dulles
c.c. Sir Ian Jacob Director
 Mr. J. T. Campbell, Read
BBC Monitoring Service
Caversham Park
TReadi.ng, Betts., England
Dear John,
I have just received a reply from the Chief of our Tokyo
Bureau, oonceminp Tokyo Bureau procedures in the use
of NHK p ton will recall that Kit Saltmarshe had some
reservations on using any of this material which had not been
verified by monitoring the actual broadcasts.
The procedure as described in the attached letter seen
somewhat better than no check at all, but it still may be less
thalladequate for your purposes. I will appreciate hearing
from you at your convenience on whether or not you will require
further verification that the Nilt scripts are identical to the
broadcasts to which they pertain.
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