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

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2006
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: March 9, 1951
• Content Type: LETTER

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9 March 1951
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Dear General Smiths
read your letter (TS 04369O) of 2 March 1951 with
and note that you are preparing a statement for submittal to
Chiefs of Staff giving your estimate of the support required
apartment of Defense in order to meet your re= ponsibilities
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 41 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 a. id tie 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.
Sincerely.,
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Lt. General Walter B. Smith
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D. C.
. Bradley
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