AMBASSADOR WHITEHOUSE CONCERNS ON THAILAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01133A000600110017-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 13, 2004
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: April 11, 1975
• Content Type: MF

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CONFIDENTIAL
DCI/IC 75-1746
11 April 1975
DUM FOR: D/DCI/IC
SUBJECT:
Ambassador Whitehouse Concerns on Thailandt
1. The State Thai desk and also the Laos/Cambodia-
desk have informally reflected what they feel will be
Whitehouse's primary concerns vis-a-vis intelligence and
the FOCUS Assessment. In short, he will be most interested
in knowing what, if anything, can be done to achieve tote
objective of withdrawing the two military intelligence units,
the 7602d and the 500th. He is already on record as a dvocs' -
ing their withdrawal, and is inclined to have interest in
the FOCUS process primarily to the extent that it leads to
achievement of this purpose.
2, Ambassador Whitehouse will be in Washington tuitil
confirmed by the Senate, which hopefully will be done
expeditiously. Tentatively the desk is scheduling appoint-
ments through a two-week period, April 14 through 25,
3. The Cambodia/Laos desk officer, Mr. Henderson,
was quite emphatic in saying that he felt the Ambassador
would have little interest in merely reviewing the Assess-
ment itself. This leads me to believe that some caution
may be advisable in considering inviting him to join in
the kind of review of the report that is most likely to
take place in the DISC atmosphere.
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