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SUBJECT:
CENTER LANE
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EXCLUSIVE FOR
Major General Albert
N.
Stubblebine
III
Commander
US Army Intelligence and Security Command
Arlington Hall
Station
Arlington,
VA
22212
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Several recent events have
potential
for considerable
impact
on
CENTER
LANE
and
I desire
to bring
them
to your attention.
In addition,
I
would
like
to comment
on what we
need
to accomplish
in
the near
future’ to
insure
that
we are adequately prepared
to deal with
the opportunities which
have been presented
to
us.
2.
(S/N0F0RN)
Probably
the most
important
event:
since your new initiative
began was
the memorandum
from
the Under Secretary of Defense,
Research and
Engineering,
authorizing use of Program
6 resources
to maintain
current Army
INSCOM capability and
supplement
as necessary
the
FY
83 DIA evaluation effort.
Your Project Manager’s excellent
briefing
of
the Assistant
Secretary
of
the
Army (Research,
Development
& Acquisition)
showed
how you intend
to bring
the
project
back
to
full
and effective
strength using Program
funds and obtained
tils approval
for
the
concept,,
We
now need
to
finalize
the
proposals and
sub-
mit
them,
as you can accept
funding,
for approval.
3.
( S/N0F0RN)
.
I
find very gratifying
some
of
the
comments made
by
the
Director,
DIA in
forwarding
the USDRE memorandum and
I quote
him
for
your
benefit:
Mindful
of
the
past
investments
in
time and manpower and
the need
to pre
serve
the
fragile,
painstakingly constructed experience
factor,
I am particu-
larly gratified
to
see
the Army able
to continue
its work.
I also hope
that
this new opportunity will
yield
some hard
positive conclusions
that will
form
the
basis
for
a
stronger and more
sustained effort
in
this area
of
Inquiry
throughout
the near
term."
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4.
(C)
More
recently,
the Under
S<
desire
that
the. Army participate
in
CENTER LANE
to
the extent necessary
and
that we
try
for
two contractors,
to
the ASA(RDA)
during his briefing
for you which would
require
thought
5.
(U)
Discussions with DIA indie
called upon
to participate
in brief
ect
personnel assist
in
this
import
we must
insure
that our bouse
is
in
which must
be accomplished.
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icretary of
the
Army expressed
to me
a
activities
of
the
nature addressed by
to
stay abreast
of
the state-of-the-art
These desires were
surfaced by my staff
as
being
a new and
somewhat different
task,
and additional
funding,
and
he
concurred.
ate
that
in
the near
future Army will
be
ings
for Congress and
1 ask
that
your proj-
ant
endeavor.
Prior
to any
such briefings
order and
I offer
the
following as points
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3he
prograin must
be
tightened
up and legitimized through a clear
audit
trail
of activities.
Your
staff
has made great
strides
in this area
and
we need
to
finalise
the
project
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OPSEC
should again
he
of great
concern and
I applaud your
efforts
to establish
a Special Access
Program.
Some
linkage
to your
former
similar program will
be
Inevitable,
but must
be minimized.
I
suggest
that
’
instead
of
being
part
of
a
joint
POD program 1NSC0M
is
now engaged
in
a
simi-
lar,
cooperative
effort
of
its
own
initiative.
Tn keeping with
this
theme
I
.lave withdrawn
from
two committees and ask
that
you complete any actions
still
outstanding
from your effort which
closed
10 September
1982.
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An extremely close Interface must
be maintained
between
your
proi
ect, my
staff and
DIA.
We
face what promises
to
be
renewed
interest
in
the
project
by Congress and
senior government officials over
the next
few months
and must
insure
that our activities are
well
integrated.
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(U)
I
look
forward
to
the events
of
the
next
tat ion
that
CENIER
LANE will receive
recognition
a
worthy of endorsement.
few months with
the expec-
s
an intelligence
activity
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