LETTER TO PAUL E. MENOHER, JR. FROM LARRY D. BUDGE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP93T00837R000400080001-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 9, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 10, 1988
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
National Intelligence Council
BG Paul E. Menoher, Jr., USA
Commanding General
US Army Intelligence Agency
Room 2E466, The Pentagon
Nashington, D.C. 20310-0001
Dear General Menoher:
NIC# 02843-88
10 August 1988
The purpose of this letter is to pass on to you my appreciation for the
outstanding performance of Major Harry Dine] la, of the US Army Intelligence
and Threat Analysis Center, who was detailed to this office as a drafter of
the recently published Interagency Intelligence Memorandum on the
Greco-Turkish balance in the Aegean.
It was just about a year ago that I went to ITAC in search of someone
qualified to draft this very difficult paper. Our original drafter, an Army
Colonel, unexpectedly retired, leaving us with a commitment to the Community
and no ability to satisfy it. Colonel O'Brien and Dr. Goldman's agreement to
provide Harry was a god send. Hhat we thought would be an effort of
relatively short duration, however, proved to oe extraordinarily difficult and
lasted some nine months. Nevertheless, ITAC never waivered in their support
of the project.
Major Dinella's ability, his persistence, and his attention to detail have
earned him the respect of nis peers throughout the Community. His superb
memorancum, which focused the Intelligence Community's attention on this
important and too often neglected question, will be an extremely valuable
resource for the policy community. Major Dinella is a great credit to the
Army and to the Army Intelligence Agency. I look forward to our continuing
associations with him and with the Army Intelligence Agency and IAC.
Sincerely,
ARRY D. BUDGE
Major General
National Intel ii ence Officer
General Purpose Forces
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