VCI PAPER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R001100050005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2004
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 8, 1971
• Content Type: MF

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8 June 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: VCI Paper
ILLEGIB
1. Attached is some material of whose existence you should
be aware. The basic memo on the VCI was prepared largely by OCI and
coordinated with and by all the brethren. I sent it to Whitehouse (acting
for Sullivan) on 4 June with the attached transmittal note. I have also
sent copies of our draft to Wayne Smith and to Tom Latimer.
2. The audience reaction has been uniformly favorable, which
is not surprising since the memo is indeed a first class piece of work.
Charlie Whitehouse sent me the appended note. The JCS reps on the
Sullivan Committee told me today (8 June) that they thought it a splendid paper
and Sullivan :said it was the best thing on the VCI he had ever read. Wayne
Smith also told meafter the 7 June SRG that he had found it extremely
well done and very useful..
3. The plan Is that Sullivan will forward it to Kissinger as the
Ad Hoc Committee's submission with the notation that the paper was
essentially prepared by the Agency. We are now working on the companion
piece which will outline what ought to be done in the police and security
field to cope with the continuing and serious problems that this paper
describes.
Geo ge Carver, Jr.
Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs
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June 5, 1971
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. CARVER
George:
Your assessment of the VC Infrastructure was a
splendid piece of work -- and well worth waiting for!
As you may imagine, I read the portion on MR-3 with
keen interest and was delighted (and surprised) to
see what a good job your boys had done. I also thought
that the first part of the paper was thoughtful and
well-presented. Not many bouquets are handed out by
the Ad Hoc Committee, but you all deserve one for this
paper.
EA:CSWhitehouse:ms
6/5/71
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Charles S. Whitehouse
Acting Chairman
NSC Ad Hoc Committee on Vietnam
SUBJECT : VC Infrastructure Assessment
1. Attached for your consideration is a draft paper entitled
"The Viet Cong Infrastructure: Its Status and Effectiveness, "
prepared by the Agency at Mr. Sullivan's request to serve as a
basis for the infrastructure analysis with which the ad hoc committee
was tasked in Dr. Kissinger's memorandum of 18 April. This
submission, in effect, outlines the problem and present prospects
We are preparing a separate paper which will address the issue of
allied counter-VCI programs and offer suggestions for program
modifications.
2, I am also sending copies of this draft to our colleagues o.,
the committee as noted 'below.
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George A. Carver, Jr.
Special Assistant for Vie
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