FY 1983 ENHANCEMENTS FOR THE FBI/FCI PROGRAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 7, 2007
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: March 13, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D. C 20505
13 March 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: The Honorable William P. Clark
Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs
SUBJECT: FY 1983 Enhancements for the FBI/FCI Program
Because of the growing and specific threat to the nation from
technology theft, which has and can continue to cost billions of dollars
to counter, Judce Webster requested and I agreed to an additional
,positions and ~~ for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the
FY 1983 budget submission. Some of the positions requested were to
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backfill foreign counterintelligence resources which had been internally
diverted by the FBI to counter international terrorism.
Because of the need to control domestic spending, the Office of
Management and Budget ruled that any such increase to the Bureau's foreign
.counterintelligence effort could come only as a result of decreases else-
where in Justice. Such a tradeoff was unacceptable to the Justice Department,
and the request was deleted from the budget sent to Congress.
I believe that this leaves us with inadequate means to combat an
immediate threat and that this conviction calls for putting before the
President or the National Security Council the issue of whether this
situation requires a budget amendment.
I have enclosed a draft letter to .the authorizing and appropriations
committees of the Congress who consider intelligence resources. I would be
pleased to sign such a letter with the endorsement of the P~ational Security
Council. To avoid legislative pitfalls, any such letter should be sent ~:.
before the authorization process is complet
Enclosure:
Proposed Draft Letter
to Committee Chairman
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