SYMINGTON SUBCOMMITTEE ON U.S. SECURITY COMMITMENTS ABROAD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00337R000200010008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 18, 1969
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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AS ADVISED IN REFTEL, MESSRS. PINCUS AND PAUL, STAFF MEMBERS
OF THE ABOVE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SFRC, WILL BE VISITING YOUR
POST AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN YOUR COUNTRY ON A FIVE-
WEEK TRIP BEGINNING JUNE 25. THIS SUBCOMMITTEE HAS PROJECTED
AN IN-DEPTH TWO- YEAR STUDY ON OUR MILITARY COMMITMENTS AND
BASES ABROAD AND THEIR EFFECTS ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY.
STAFF DEL HAS ALREADY MADE A SIMILAR TRIP TO THE MEDITERRANEAN
AREA AND HEARINGS HAVE BEEN HELD IN WASHINGTON ON CURRENT
SPANISH AND TURKISH BASE NEGOTIATIONS, IN WHICH COMMITTEE AND
STAFF SOUGHT TO PROBE IN GREAT DETAIL THE NATURE OF THE
NEGOTIATIONS, INCLUDING SUBSIDIARY MILITARY TALKS, THE INSTRUCTIONS
WHICH WERE .ISSUED, AND ANY SPECIFIC OR IMPLIED COMMITMENTS MADE
.TO HOST COUNTRY I N CONNECTION WITH THE BASES. THEY HAVE EXAMINED
SCENARIOS OF ANY JOINT MANEUVERS FOR IMPLICATIONS OF COMMITMENT
TO DEFEND INCUMBENT GOVERNMENTS PARTICULARLY AGAINST INTERNAL
THREATS. THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN ACCESS TO A GREAT DEAL OF HIGHLY
SENSITIVE INFO, INCLUDING INTERNAL INSTRUCTIONS AND RESULTING
INTERGOVERNMENTAL DOCUMENTS ON BASE AGREEMENTS WORLD-WIDE.
A MAJOR THRUST OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE HAS BEEN TO ESTABLISH WHETHER
OR NOT FULL STATE DEPT POLICY CONTROL AND CIVILIAN CONTROL
WITHIN DOD HAVE BEEN EXERCISED AT ALL STAGES. THE TENOR OF THE
SUBCOMMITTEE APPEARS TO BE IN FAVOR OF A CONTRACTION OF OUR
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT OVERSEAS, AND PARTICULARLY OF OUR
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS OUTLAY, AS WELL AS AN AVOIDANCE OF ANY REAL
OR IMPLIED SECURITY OR OTHER QUID-PRO-QUO (E.G. MAP) COMMITMENTS
NOT COVERED BY A SPECIFIC TREATY.
PINCUS IS AN EXPERIENCED NEWSPAPER MAN, FORMERLY WITH THE WASHINGTON
POST, AND PAUL, AN ATTORNEY WITH DOD EXPERIENCE, SO THAT BOTH
ARE HIGHLY KNOWLEDGABLE AND WELL PREPARED. THEY SHOULD BE GIVEN
A FULL AND FRANK EXPOSITION OF THE SITUATION AND PROBLEMS
IN YOUR COUNTRY, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO MILITARY-TO-
MILITARY AND MILITARY-CIVILIAN RELATIONS.
THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SEE ANY DOCUMENT UP TO AND INCLUDING
TOP SECRET WHICH THEY MAY SPECIFICALLY REQUEST PROVIDING,
IN YOUR JUDGMENT, THE DOCUMENT IS NOT OF SUCH DELICACY AS TO
MAKE THIS STRONGLY INADVISABLE. EXAMPLES OF LATTER CATEGORY .
WOULD, IN GENERAL, BE DOCUMENTS THAT DEAL WITH NEGOTIATIONS
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CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS OR CONTAIN INTERNAL USG POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
OR ADVICE, OR REPORT HIGHLY SENSITIVE EXCHANGES WITH POLITICAL
FIGURES OF HOST COUNTRIES.
EVERY ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE TO AVOID CONFRONTATION OVER
DENIAL OF ACCESS TO SUCH MATERIAL BUT, IF NECESSARY, YOU MAY
ADVISE THEM THAT YOU ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO FURNISH DOCUMENTS
OF THAT SENSITIVITY AT THE POST, BUT WILL REFER THEIR REQUEST
TO WASHINGTON FOR THEM TO RAISE HERE WHEN THEY RETURN.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT PINCUS AND PAUL HAVE REQUESTED A GREAT
MANY DOCUMENTS TO WHICH SPECIFIC REFERENCE WAS MADE IN TESTIMONY
OR IN OTHER DOCUMENTS ALREADY IN THEIR POSSESSION AND HAVE
BEEN GRANTED ACCESS TO MOST OF THEM, SO THEY WILL BE KNOWLEDGABLE
IN PURSUIT OF FURTHER LEADS.
DESIRE TO REITERATE THAT IT IS THE POLICY OF BOTH STATE AND
DEFENSE TO COOPERATE TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE EXTENT IN ASSISTING
THIS SUBCOMMITTEE TO PURSUE ITS INVESTIGATION WHICH IS WELL
WITHIN THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONGRESS. IN CARRYING OUT
ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS YOU SHOULD EXERCISE EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE THEIR
INVESTIGATION PRODUCTIVE, GIVEN FULL ACCESS TO FACTUAL INFO
AND NOT FUZZ OVER PROBLEMS. WE HAVE ADVISED THEM OF THE BROAD
SENSE OF THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS.
COMPLEXITY OF THIS INVESTIGATION MAKES IT DESIRABLE THAT THE
STATE AND DEFENSE DEPTS BE ADVISED IN DETAIL AS TO THE
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STAFF, THE INVESTIGATIONS CONDUCTED,
THE DOCUMENTS TO WHICH THEY HAD ACCESS AND THOSE WHICH THEY
HAD REQUESTED BUT NOT SEEN.
THEY HAVE NOT REQUESTED CONTACTS WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS AND DO
NOT WISH TO ADVERTISE THE VISIT.
ADDRESSEES ADVISE SUBORDINATE POSTS AND COMMANDS TO BE VISITED
AS APPROPRIATE. ROGERS
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