ACTION PLAN HANDLING OF COVERT ACTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01133A000100090001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 28, 2005
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 8, 1975
• Content Type: MF

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8 October 1975
25X1 AIE 10izrkNDU'M FOR:
SUBJECT Action Plan Handling of Covert Action
1. All of the objectives and assessment papers that
I have reviewed to date, in one way or another, appear to
argue for or make assumptions regarding the continued
existence of covert action.
2. It appears to me that such an approach and in an action
plan or any other papers from the professional community is
a loser in today's environment. Whatever we might believe, as
professionals, with respect to the future needs of the USG
in the covert action area, our primary approach and argument
should be that the Executive and Congress will reach some
agreement with respect to the existence of, the basis for,
and the control of covert actions conducted by the USG.
Beyond that, our position, I suggest, should be the preser-
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vation and. nature of the clandestine collection function, and
the foreign counterintelligence function can and will provide
the potential capability for the USG to undertake covert
action when approved by appropriate authorities.
25X1
Special Assistant for Planning
PD/Plans/ICS
25X1 PD/Plans/ICS:
Distribution:
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I - IC Reg
1 - WES
2 - PD/Plans
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