LETTER TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL WALTER B. SMITH FROM W. PARK ARMSTRONG, JR.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00499R000800120029-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 7, 2002
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: May 28, 1951
• Content Type: LETTER

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SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE .
Washington
28 May 1951
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Dear General Smith:
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personnel, to the Forei Service
arrangements for the establishment oftcommunications facilities for. use
in connection with evacuation of the Northern and Western European area
at the time of a possible emergency. Requests from the field indicate I
that early consideration must be given to the question of furnishing
radio transmitting and receiving equipment, together with operating
The D-partment of State believe6 that it is desirable to make certain
will be necessary for stations at these posts
to have s a plans for communication with a base station convenient to
th and it a*rnears that all such facilities will have to
be op-rated transmissions being limited, except in
prepared to participate further in a. program of this kind.
assurance of reliability when required.
As you know, the Communications Division of the Department has been
pirticipating with communications officials of your "Agency in a joint
study of possible consolidation of emergency communications programs. I
understand that informal agreement has been reached on the desirability
of cooperation in a European emergency communications system of the kind
contempl.bted, and it is understood that some facilities have already been
nude avail?.ble by your Agency at a few of the locations mentioned above.
These- facilities are only available on an informal basis'. however, and
without the full knowledge of the scope and potentialities of the network
on the part of the missions and the liaison group which are actively
concerned with evacuation plans. I would appreciate an expression of
your view as to the extent to which the Central Intelligence Agency is -
situations of actuA emergency, to the absolute minimum necessary to the
/s/ W. Park Armstrong, Jr.
Lieutenant General Walter B. Smith,
Director of Central Intelligence,
Washington, D.C.
State Dept. review completed
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W. Park Armstrong, Jr.
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