LETTER TO ADMIRAL FORREST SHERMAN FROM WALTER B. SMITH

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2003
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: February 15, 1951
• Content Type: LETTER

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 Admiral Forrest s n
Chief of.Navcal, Operational
Department of the Navy
11ashin, ton 25, .. . C.
Dear Admiral Sherman:
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acknowledge your letter of 8 February
containing a list of: requirements in which the Navy has
an especially pressing
;se appreciate receiving
these requirements, although they. are still of a very
broad nature. Consequently,. wo will talk with Admiral Johnson
on specific targets within these broad categories against
which clandestine Intelligence operations should be directed..
nk you for your.intereet and cooperation:
>inceroly yours?
o/DCi
LBK:mlk -14 Feb.51
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