LETTER TO THE HONORABLE KERMIT GORDON FROM MARSHALL S. CARVER

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86M00612R000100020037-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 12, 2012
• Sequence Number: 37
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
OFFICE OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
The Honorable Kermit Coo?doa
Director
Bureau of the Budget
Z5, D. C.
De~_ Mr. Gordon:
This letter is in rcp'_y to VOL r lc~ter to Mr. ~,-fcCone da-, d
14, 1964, in which you requested su mission of the ann.i.a t:' ri i~
a
_;w c, this Agency's pto ;rain. Sor c three months ago, p3::i'- is i
a..._cipa oz of your request but r_~ore pa_ticularly to furni:;h t a v.1.. A
_-'--Inning informal ion, the haads cf the various compo e:- -,s
tli- were directedi to ta.:c a hart nragmatic loo:: i--to
y e of i'ieir operations and to attempt to visualize this Ag .7: ' t
over the remainder of the i~'60'9. -tea develt ing these n;-
rn officers were urged toy 3ive Tdue wei ; it co Presidential dir,.,---
relating to economy in governrn.:..t and to realize that strong :-
u
tion would be necessary for any r,.arked increase. On the other
funds for long-delayed moeerni:=at oa of equipment and for clearly
:~:. ssa,y or highly desira'3c were to be included. Er.'r
w a, to be given to the su' s`?ncc of the b..isines s, with only sect. ~ s r
attention to financial detail. The resulting plans vrere rewar=di.:-l
conservative when translated into terms of resource requirerr:c.==::ts..i
I believe chat this exe cise constitutes fell compliance with your re rlu
for "a fresh evaluation of program goals and objectives. "
in preparing, this Agency's respo.:se to your governme~=it-wi4e
call for a spring preview, i have taken my sermon from what ,I bali vc--
are two :articularly salie : 7assa es in your letter of April 14. -a,
first is your assumption that international tensions and our interns -,
objectives will not change Substantially over this oncoming period. TQ
second is the admonition to the c,f_ect writ.; in reducing or eliminatiar,
activities we should not i:aelude any sevices which are clearly essd ~tia'
to the rational security and the well being of the Nation. Both of these
guidelines, which I presume were directed to all the departments af'i
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ovc t:: vc-year r~e~ i ~c ,:_:3 will be AC sub;ect of a separ~t l 4e -
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L- the light of L11 f>3 a ,C)1i1 I ai-a wholly unable to IC? i'.::~ :
you requested, some fifty` ciillioa dDllars' worth of activity ir. _ Y 1,),)b
which I could relegate to ~. lower priority. The dollar levels
are rniairz.al in nature. t14-.; 4stirnat-es are realistically cirawri, _e:z.i -...~r-
have been substantial a: jua.rnc ...ts i-Ii the alloc.tio:-I of resource. t _r:e
several program activitieis ovei the five:-year projection.
with regard to costs o -",7;opose..: legislation, apart: iron-. tiro;
peisciin ; :ay bill--which f i. ~tder~ a i1 t.._ 3ureau will make.'
me_ is 1O --1ve anticipat'3 +",ly t`i :y rho ie it increases to C.)VQ
to our 3 irernent bill. C i3r such as minor
a:r42 zc: -ients and proposed action pe- ...:ring to protection of i :tc .: . z= :. ?
sources, will not affect our estimates.
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The .~~), ld-~ de ir:te'r-sty (;this Ali,ency a,-id the ir)tric-rci( oZ our 01)eraLio:ls `,u1: e a ii )--t t .t:al ?nvesLment in the a cti ity
laLelled "Program idactivity :ch encompasses sor -e -
what more than :L(.rn:n-straticn", or "overh ad
Security, for e_ a z ple, a support function, but it is also in
rt.e its heavily oo .1ra -oi'-:n nature. 'I raining also has tnz_; d'i :
characterization. Comm_z cations are Lhe nerve fibers through'
which the whole or ani. _:tio is manipelated. Our projections,
accordingly, do for_.-Casa ,tny :narrowing of these essential se,-
vices which provide the urld- :-pinn.ings for this Agency's opera is -s.
Cornmencinc eariy -r) .iY :965 .hi Junior Officer Traii_:ec.
program will be e;: d :d, v' 4.1 further :nc_reases carrying ov, 'r i
FY 1966 and onward-.
mat ion be great_y it;- -e... , ve fares ,c no anpreciable savings ii
manpower.
The Agency,s .rule ?(') re s5 sterns will continue to incornor; tc
developments in -t_to-nazic d._'... processing into their operatio::s
an orderly manner, and g oti oroJress has already been achieved in
this direction. While sore.-ice will improve, and the quality c infk
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