PLANNED REDUCTIONS IN MACDI AND THE PROBLEMS THEY GENERATE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000700100007-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2005
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 29, 1972
• Content Type: MF

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OFFICE OF THE D12ECTO,2
29 September 1972
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titEMORANDU1vi FOR The Hoy oct~ y ofI loin se Laird
fen
The S
CT Planned Reductions in MA CDI and the
SUBJECT E Problems They Generate
Attached hereto is the text of a 27 September cable from
Saigon reporting what he has been given to under-r e 'I 'le e Tsull net strength reductions planned for MACVT s
aill
this believes
s ire a I'
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irectoratc of Intelliger_ce and flagging the pob1W hine
effected
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be generated by reductions of this level
me frame. The specific matters raised this ca are illustrative 'Lv nainie
t7' more basic gen p
itit that Indochina
concrete component 01 a overall adverse impact on U. S. intelligence
of the progressive withdrawal of U. S. resources area.
would appreciate your thoughts and 1comments on hether
attached cable. First of all, of course, I vou
the nderstanding of the proposed ti', Duncleductioino
schedule is factually accurate, i. e. , is this also
you ome of what has been directed or authorized. with tr~edpslrti ulcer probams
views on how best we .might jointly cope
that will be generated by such a curtaslyour thou ;ht son how Crewe}can
hence capabilities. Please add to Ehi~ Y the fact that the
best cope with the more oEsooverall U.S. Y esourbces in the Indochina
progressive curtailment
area has not been and does not seem likely to be matched by any
correspo:ncling diminution in the depth, breadth and timeliness of
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S. irltelli`ence community
it t:e1.1i E;nce coverage on this area that the U.
cted to provide, i\/fr. George Garver ne
is c `p~
these matters with you in xnor~, detail at his
Tuesday, 3 October,
Because of his obvious and clorar_dum and its ~attachment
a copy of this memorandum
involved, I am sending
to the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency-
Richard Helms
Director
Attachment
cc: Admiral cle Poix IV /att
GAC Chrono
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