DEAR GENERAL VANDENBERG:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82S00527R000100110007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: February 14, 1946
• Content Type: LETTER

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LETTER OF lL FEBRUARY 1946 FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE FEDERAL DUREiiU
OF INVESTIGATION TO ASS' T. CHIEF OF ;STAFF', G-2, U. 3. ARMY
John Edgar Hoover
Director
FEDERi'1IJ HURF LU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED ST.T1^'S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
'v ASHIINIGTON, D. C.
February l) , 1946
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
BY SPECIAL MESSENGER
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Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Assistant Chief of .Staff, G-2
"Jar Department,
Washington, D. C.
Dear General Vandenberg:
I am returning herewith the documents which you left with iile
on Tuesday afternoon.
I have carefully reviewed the same, and while it is noted that
the agreement bears no date, it is obviously designed as a wartime
agreement, and I assume will need to be extended if it is to operate
in peacetime. Its extension will no doubt include certain modifications
and revisions in order to apply to peacetime operations.
This Bureau does have an intense interest in "Communication
Intelligence" in connection with the. discharge of its responsibilities
in intelligence matters, both domestic and foreign, in the Western
Hemisphere. It has been demonstrated that the intelligence obtained
vitally affect our responsibilities in internal security fields and in
our foreign intelligence operations. As I outlined to you in our oral
discussion, there have been quite a few instances in which this Bureau
has been materially handicapped by reason of not having been supplied
with i.nformativa that has been in the possession of the armed services.
This Bureau has not to date been on the distribution list of the "ultra"
secret traffic, and has consequently not had the benefit of the in-
formation obtained. Such information would have been of, inestimable
value to the proper functionin-; of this Bureau.
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If the.agreement set forth in the document which you left with
me-is continued, it does seem most desirable that the Federal Bureau
of Investigation should be represented on the United States Board in
view of our vital interests in the traffic with which it deals. The
mere placing of the Bureau on the distribution list at this time would
not adequately solve the problem. I consequently very strongly urge
that a representative of this Bureau be named as a member of the United
.States Communication Intelligence Board.
It would seem, therefore, that any a ;reeraent which might be
contemplated should certainly include on 3TANCIB, the United States
Comxeinication Intelligence Board, representatives of the Central In-
telligence Group; Mate, -J'iar, and Navy Departments, and the FBI.. I
believe that only by this Bureau being a member of the Board can we
insure that information of value and importance to the Bureau's res-
ponsibilities in internal security and in the icstcrn iemisphere in-
telligence will be furnished to the Bureau from the results of the
decoding of messages and other sources. There are so many ramifica-
tions involved, both domestic and foreign, that I think such an arrange-
ment as I have sug;ested would insure against any so-called "blind spot"
developing. T can only assure you that. any participation as I have
suggested'. by this bureau in the project proposed would be safeguarded
with all necessary measures to insure the desirable security that mast
attach to such participation.
I do want to thank you so much for your understanding
interest in the problem.
Witt, ex 3ressions of my very best regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
J. EDGAR HOOVER
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