CUSTOMS SERVICE REQUEST FOR INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01082A000700180006-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 30, 2004
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 1, 1974
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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INTEWGENCE COMMUNITY STAFF SUMMARY
INTERNAL COORDINATION
Action Officer: Title and Signature
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Subject: Customs Service
Request for Intelligence
Support
Summary
Purpose: To Respond to letter from Commissioner of Customs requesting.
intelligence' support for Caribbean interdiction effort.
Background: Pursuant to the discussion at the morning meeting, 6 November,
of how to respond to the Customs Service request dated 27 September, we.
have taken the following actions:
a. Alerted Mr. Hyland at State INR, furnishing a copy of Mr. Acree's
letter. His staff aide suggested we go directly to the Latin American
Bureau (ARA) to speed development of a communication to missions in the
area.
b.1 :1 discussed the matter with ARA Deputy Assistant
Secretary Bowdler 7 November. BowdlerIs staff will take the lead in
checking with Customs once more to develop specific instructions to posts.
Because of the sweeping nature of the request and the time element, he con-
curred that a generalized request to the missions to be as helpful as local
resources may permit would be the most practical response. He asked that
Station Chiefs be alerted through our channels to support the missions
wherever conditions permit (recognizing the obvious limitations inherent in
the situation).
c. ~.lso discussed this with the State Narcotics Coordination
Staff (S/NM), who noted that Customs had requested a meeting with them
and Latin American desks late in September to discuss an interdiction
effort, but that the meeting had subsequently been cancelled and not
rescheduled. S/NM had no further information.
d. has alerted the attache system, which will send
through their channels a message supporting the State cable as soon as
sent.
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e. as similarly discussed this with DDO's Latin
American division who will coordinate with State-ARA and alert stations.
Recommendation: DCI sign letter (opposite).
Acting Deputy to the DCI for the
Intelligence Community
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