REVIEW OF AIR SUPPORT BY THE FINANCIAL POLICY AND BUDGET COMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R003100190028-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 28, 2003
• Sequence Number: 28
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: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Review of Air Support by the pinancial Policy and
B u d g e t Q ttee
sensitive activities which are now, I believe, consolidated under the
Jurisdiction of the Ii8/R, the . qy has a rather iderable investment
1. This me,rendum contains a res ndaticnn submitted fox, your
approval. Such rear, endation is contained in mph 4.
2. Amongst the activities scheduled for review by the Financial
Policy and Budget Gi ittee is the vbole question of air support of one
mind or another involving Agency resources. Apart from particularly
in aircraft and air activity generally. These include activities for
3. it sews to me that all of these activities should be looked at
together to be sure that the Agency eo*nitmenta represented thereby are
reasonable a represent priority regcireseenta. Other-dse, it (Was not
seem tome that we can give the DOI assurance that we have careful y
zed all activities which conceivably present potentialities for
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e chief difficulty in a survey for this purpose is in finding
d. Larry Houston believe that I of the General Counsel STAT
the individual or Individuals qualified to eaeeeible and present the relevant
facts. In this particular instance, it seems to me vise to intrust this
responsibility to some individual familiar with the programs but not
i ueadiattee3q and persona ly associated faith any of then. Both ?racy Barnes
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esently serving on the Staff of lg1, is an appropriately
vidual to undertake this responsibility. Acearding3r,
ve tantativeiy arranged, subject to your a 7roval, that
this review working, for this purpose, under harry
stetted, in the first instance at least, to the 3'inanclal Policy and
Budget Cco>aal.ttee t.hrou,gh the funeral Counsel.
5. The report would include an his of each individual air
project undertaken by the Agency with an ade to states t or summary
of the following.
ston's imediate guidance and supervision. His report will be
a. The purpose of the project and the originator
or originators of the re%dratent.
b. Sme indication, to the extent possible, of the
relationship which the project beers, if axW, to the
potentialities and objectives of program conducted by
other Goverment Agencies.
a, The total coat of the project, direct and indirect,
in terms of money and person n el.
d. The type and nature of the esipment used and its
suitability for the specific or general purposes of the
project or the Agency at large.
-T01N N. BROSS
c troller
ILLEGIB
general Counsel
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The recmanendation in paragreeph 4. is approved.
,, gned)
} - Comptroller
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