INTERDICTION PROGRAM ANALYSIS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000700090024-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2004
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: August 22, 1972
• Content Type: MF

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.G. 20505
22 August 1972
MEMORANDUM FOR: Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
SUBJECT : Interdiction Program Analysis
1. In response to your request made during our 9 August
conversation, my associates have taken a quiet, comprehensive look
at the current U. S. interdiction effort. Our findings and conclusions
are set forth in the attached memorandum, written and intended for
your eyes only.
2. Also attached, again per your request, is a second
memorandum, summarizing our thoughts on possible modifications
in the interdiction program that might enhance its overall impact.
We caution, however, that even if the program's impact is appreciably
improved, there are clear limitations on what even an optimum
interdiction program can realistically be expected to achieve. The
record of World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam since 1965
strongly suggests that bombing alone is unlikely to transcend the
realm of severe harassment and achieve true interdiction in the sense
of stopping the movement of supplies a determined, resourceful
enemy deems essential and is willing to pay almost any price to move.
This second memorandum suggesting possible improvements in the
interdiction effort was prepared exclusively for you and yours is the
only copy outside of my office.
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