LETTER TO THE HONORABLE ROBERT CUTLER FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

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CIA-RDP80R01731R000900100008-8
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December 20, 2016
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July 13, 2007
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8
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April 11, 1953
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LETTER
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Approved For Release 2007/07/13: CIA-RDP80RO1731 R000900100008-8 atufft i 25X1 The Honorable Robert Cutler/ Special Assistant to th s s Ldeat The White House Washington, D. C. APP 11 1955 ER-3-8870/k reference ie ?fie to jour if)4airy of 2i ~ arch 1) , the attached copy of the reprint an ".0ro je3ot :irrus. Cam". his en inter- ested in weather f1Ldificatton developponts since August. 1 5J, and it is agreed that artificial rain-taking might well has re Etrat gie uses. At the present take the oiu.lk of the c erx - nt-sponec - -i r nee cha is aord.tored by the Depart aerit of Defense w?r the idasiee of Admiral Calvin i. bolster, Chief of the uffi.ee of ia=' l e ar -~, Department of the lavy. Since ~,d-iral. Bolster- sls : a of the CIk Research Boards he is ?, -;ell acquainted with o )r t i :-.r ants, a.1 the program as developed by his co:;t;ittee ixcl.es projects repo wive to our needs. Although it is true that rata-ii:aicir on a. large scale is now an a e fished fact, many as7ects of the knowlec ~ e of v*xe cause and effect involved and the ability to make ?iuanti.tati.vt h.?eca-3L of the results of such operations have ,-4-t reached a point vY::s.ere th-e-je operations could be undertaken on a strategic scale. .}n the of er ha d, I an informed that the present research progra a is x sceed -Ag si isi