LETTER TO THE HONORABLE JAMES E. WEBB FROM H. HILLENKOETTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00499R000800120016-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2002
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: March 17, 1950
• Content Type: LETTER

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17 March 1950
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Jre.,.es Webb .
Under f,-;ecrotary of State
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For Sens tins past thi,e Agency has boon studying ito lonE-torri
cor,l,unications rcquIrenento with a viect toaard re-evaluatinz its needs
in to:ma; of probable future world comiltions. One of the major factors
caniod by this study is that the presently utilized ccsamunicatione
sista:4 e.ecends to a largo =tent tOen military and comnercial faci.lities,
zuc:-.. of ilLich wotad be unavailable to tido organization at the onset
of Lostilitlea. In order to remedy Vale situation and to insure an
-unir.terrupted flow of traffic during enoreency periods, comaunications
sort V.ich can function, Int.lependentlzt of military and ocarrercial
facilities is required.
? In all likelihood the Departnent? too, has found this situation
\to be a. reittirc factor in times of et.ocea riaen contatnication.o are
neat required. Comercial facilities in foreicn nations are
in rlen,;?- canes subject to gaverrnental control and in and event are
frequently unreliablo in times of etril disturbance. A aatisfactorj
solution to this probleti i present in those Department ,of rotate ,
inntallations in the Liddle East and Latin America Vlore this Agency
oxrates rhdio stations. ;kale the arena served are, in corvarison
to world-wide =quirt:manta, relatively sin1l, it, has been found
-,o?ible to Zmintain a ecntinu.ous flow of traffio under advoroa
circumstar.ece. I an convinced that the successful operation of these
eirculbs has validated the principle under which they were established
in conjunction with the Departnent. It Trou3-d soon then that an =ton-
:don of this principle to includo posts in areas of the =cad not ?
presently as:pared of adequate ar4 reliable radio facilities is Tiortbv
of the mot serious consideration. Based on the ecverionce gained
durin-,, the past &moral year"; in the !fiddle East and in Latin Anerica,
it would seem that the Department and this Agency would enjoy a mutual
benefit if such an extension were to be jointly aced upon.
il'hcft the necessity for additional cormunications channels is
roc:A.:I-sized by the Depart:tease representatives in at leant one area
? the v:orici is exemplified by lile. 60 of 2 Larch 19501,
althouzfa the additional facilities proposed in tha.t teleran would
? arently be utilized only in case of extreme emenenoy and prior
thereto would be maintained I I. It is believed
that the request for this typo of local arrane,ccent demonstrates the
coca for a coordinated world-leido system a radio oceinunicatime?
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The Installation of radio facilities in other parts of the world
would assure relithlo comunications wton the need is treatesto and
the arateoic value of such facilities zmild undeatedly be enhanced
by the economies that would result from n Tito:LI-vide network of thi0
nature.. In conjunction with this4 Ial sure you will area that in
a0dition to cooncrli? efficiency and security would alco'be coined.
In licht of present disturbed world conditions and considerine
the 142.1e neceosnry to create the facilities mentioned herein, 1 suaest
that discussions be undertaken at your earliost convenience wl.th
toward detormininc moons by'whichl ifeeilitics eanbs) -
auL.ponted. I will =lame an opportunity_ to diOettS8 this with you,
er at your request will male available umbers of me staff for
? sations with, your intorosted official&
cot DCI
Comma oard
BLC
Sincerely ymvs,
St MEW
'11.11.1131LFZIKOW2TElt
Rohr Admiral, UON
Director of Control
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