LETTER TO LT. GENERAL WALTER B. SMITH FROM OMAR N. BRADLEY

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• Publication Date: March 9, 1951
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Dear General Smith:
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
9 March 1951
I have read your letter I ) of 2 March 1951 with
interest, and note that you are preparing a statement for submittal to
the Joint Chiefs of Staff giving your estimate of the support required
from the Department of Defense in order to meet your responsibilities
in the field of operations.
The assets which may be generated by requirements for opera-
tions In the cold war can be expected to be of proportionate value in case
overt global war should intervene, and for some time all of us have been
acquiring a considerable body of experience in learning the mechanics of
dealing with the complex elements that are involved.
It seems to me that much of the support which is visualized in
the enclosures to your letter can be provided by arrangements which
have already been set in motion and are well advanced. This leads me
to hope that we will not have too much difficulty in handling the situation
within the current framework, but it is, of course, a proper subject for
further exploration and discussion with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Financing appears to be a matter between you and the Congress,
but you may be assured that I shall support your efforts to obtain funds
for any conception of your plans and operations which has been accepted
by Defense.
Lt. General Walter B. Smith
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D. C.
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Sincerely.
(SO) Omar N. Bradley
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Dear Oeneral Bradley
Herewith as discussed during our con.tCrnce
(see Annex 1) are estimates of the support which
be needed V, CIA from the Department of Beaus* in order
out projects which have already been approved or which it is
peseible may be Approved within the neer future in accordance
with our estimate of present trends of policy. jur estimated
requirements are listed under three categories AL DAUM those
already requested under approved projeets; those re0.red for
the sepport of Approved projects, requests for laden will be
made within the next thirty dem those requirsd for the support
of projests woich are still tentative or which aro still in the
discussion stage.
These latter are largely vesseore but tAs usserk
is ed ted to the extent tnat it is based on past
on our estimate of fUture possibilities.
For cross reference, in Annex 2, we have indicated the
irements for covert operations by project, listink; twee
which fill within the above three categories.
Al I mentioned during !ftndey's conference, the re-
sponsibilities which are being placed upon us under our Cuarter
mod under NSC directives, particularly in the field of planning
and execution of guerrilla warfare activities, go ba3fond our
current capabilities end indeed embrace operations of such
magnitude that they threaten to absorb the resources of this
Agency to a point which might be detrimental to its other
responsibilities.
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