INTENSIFIED INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION IN LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R001300120008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 4, 2004
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 19, 1970
• Content Type: MF

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TOP SECRET)
January 19, 1970
MEMORANDUM FOR
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
SUBJECT: Intensified Intelligence Collection in Laos
You called my attention on October 30 to the study prepared last
July on "Intensified Collection Against Logistic Networks Supporting
Communist Activity in South Vietnam. 11 You noted that further
steps to intensify intelligence collection cannot be taken without
policy guidance.
I think that specific recommendations are needed for the President's
consideration. These recommendations should be drawn up by the
Central Intelligence Agency in cooperation with the Departments of
State and Defense. They should take into account the importance of
the intelligence gain to be anticipated from specific increments in
our collection activity, the political and military implications of the
proposed actions, and the desirability of diverting limited intelligence
collection resources to the proposed programs. I would appreciate
receiving these recommendations by January 27, 1970.
Henry A. Kissinger
TOP SECRET/
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