CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE CONCERNING IAP-64

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2005
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 24, 1964
• Content Type: MF

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24 November 1964
UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE BOAR D
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MEMORANDUM FOR USIB PRINCIPALS
SUBJECT Correspondence Between the Secretary of Defense
and the Director of Central Intelligence Concerning
IAP-64
REFERENCES . a. IAP-64, "Intelligence Assumptions for Planning-
Soviet Military Forces Through Mid-197,0"
b. USIB-M-336, item 5, 15 July 1964
Mr. McCone has requested that the attached exchange of letters
concerning IAP-64 (reference a. ) be forwarded to the USIB principals
for their Information.
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The Honorable Robert S. McNamara
Secretary of Defense
Washington 25, D. C.
Thank you for your letter of 24 October concerning LAP-64:
Intelligence Assumptions for Planning - Soviet Military Forces
Through Mid-1970. I am glad to know that you found this document
useful, and will with pleasure pass on your remarks to the members
of the United States Intelligence Board.
We too have been thinking about ways in which this document might
be improved in the future. With respect to the particular suggestions
contained in your letter, we have already devised a procedure for up-
dating the IAP. We plan to revise the first three sections immediately
after the appearance of the pertinent NIEh;Section I, on Strategic Attack
Forces, is currently being done. The remainder of the paper will be
updated immediately after the publication of the NIEs on Soviet Military
Policy and Soviet Foreign Policy, or for the present cycle, in the spring
of 1965. We are also mindful of the need to correlate economic and order
of battle information, and we plan to take advantage of your offer to make
available data on the costs of US weapons systems to assist us. Finally,
it is our objective over the longer term to make the document as
comprehensive as possible.
I will look forward to receiving your more detailed comments and
suggestions on the IAP,
Sincerely,
(Signed)
John A. McCone
Director
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