REPORT OF AD HOC INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE OF COMMUNIST USE OF CAMBODIA, ITEM 3 ON THE USIB AGENDA FOR THURSDAY, 31 AUGUST

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Publication Date: August 30, 1967
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SPG Memo No. 1329
30 August 1967
MEtAORANDUM FOR: CIA Member of USIB
SUBJECT Report of Ad Hoc Interagency Committee
of Communist Use of Cambodia. Item 3
on the USIB Agenda for Thursday.
31 August
1. USIH -D -24.7/ 5 of 17 August 1967, which is the report of the
Ad Hoc Interagency Committee to prepare documentation f Co_-mnunis
Use of Cambodia in Support of the War In South Vietnam, makes no
reference to the CIA Clandestine Services reporting on this subject.
This omission, together with several specific references to clandestine
reporting such as that contained in paragraph 3 of Mrs. Colbeert's
covering memorandum, lead the reader of these USIB documents to
the conclusion that there is no CIA clandestine coverage of the
Cambodian target. As you are well aware, the Clandestine Se-,Vices
in making an increasingly substantial effort to cover the VG/NVA use
of Cambodian territory in support of military operations in
South Vietnam, and the CCPC has made three studies on this subject,
with all of which you are familiar. It is my understanding, ho~ ever,
that the Ad Hoc Interagency Committee has concentrated on a narrow
phase of VC activity, namely, the use of the northeastern portion of
Cambodia for bass areas and for infiltration, and that intelligence-
wise this area is covered by the military. The Clandestine Services
is not, therefore, being either overlooked or omitted due to paucity
of reporting.
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2. On the other hand, it would appear to me that just tit the interest
of keeping the record clear, if for no other reason, some mention might
be made of this fact. I should suggest that you might make sorr.e state-
ment during the course of the USIB discussion of this report and request
that such statement be made a part of the USIB approval of the report.
Your statement might be along the following lines.
It should be noted that CIA Clandestine Services reportin
was not included in the report of the Ad Hoc Interagency
Committee due either to the sensitivity of its sources or to the
fact that the military services conduct intelligence collection
operations against the specific phases of this target which are
addressed by the Interagency Committee report. As Aar bean
noted in CCPC reports submitted to the USIB,(USIB -D -64. 06/30.
23 February 1966, USIB -D -64.6 / 36, 11 August 1966), the
Clandestine Services of CIA is making an extensive effort
to cover various aspects of the VC/NVA use of Cambodian
territory in support of Communist operations in South Vietnam,
and has provided a quantity of valuable reporting on this subject.
ELOISE R. PAGE
CIA Member
Critical Collection Problems Committee
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TRANSMITTAL SLIP
DATE
Aug 67
TO:
Exec. Secy. , USIB
ROOM NO.
BUILDING
II
REMARKS:
FROM :
CIA Member,
CCPC
ROOM NO.
BUILDING
EXTENSION
FORM
FEB 55 241
REPLACES FORM 36-8
WHICH MAY BE USED.
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