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11. Agents on Special Operations
There may be times when HC governments show passivity or indecision in face of Communist or Communist-inspired subversion, and react with inadequate vigor to intelligence estimates transmitted by U.S. agencies. Such situations are particularly likely to arise when the insurgency seeks to achieve tactical advantage by temporarily refraining from violence, thus lulling HC authorities into a state of false security. In such cases, U.S. Army intelligence must have the means of launching special operations which will convince HC governments and public opinion of the reality of the insurgent danger and of the necessity of counteraction.
To this end, U.S. Army intelligence should seek to penetrate the insurgency by means of agents on special assignment, with the task of forming special action groups among the more radical elements of the insurgency. When the kind of situation envisaged above arises, these groups, acting under U.S. Army intelligence control, should be used to launch violent or non-violent actions according to the nature of the case. Such actions could include those described in FM 30-31 as characterizing Phases II and III of insurgency.
In cases where the infiltration of such agents into insurgent leadership has not been effectively implemented, it may help towards the achievement of the above ends to utilize ultra-leftist organizations.
12. U.S. Army Intelligence Advantages
In the field of Human Intelligence (HUMINT) U.S. Army personnel enjoy the advantage of working closely at many levels with their opposite numbers in the national intelligence structure of the host country. By virtue of their generally superior training, expertise and experience, they are well qualified to get the better of any exchange arising from such cooperation, even in dealing with HC personnel who outrank them. This close cooperation enables U.S. Army intelligence to build up a comprehensive and detailed picture of the national intelligence structure.
Mention has been made in FM 30-31 of the desirability of establishing National Internal Defense Coordination Centers (NIDCC) and Area Coordinations Centers (ACC) to integrate intelligence operations, administration and logistics into a single approach to the problem of insurgency.
This recommendation was designed to improve the effectiveness of the HC counterinsurgency effort. But it may also be used to facilitate U.S. Army intelligence penetration of the HC army as a whole. U.S. personnel attached to the NIDCC and ACC are well placed to spread their attention over the whole range of HC army organization, to embrace operations, administration and logistics as well as intelligence.
The establishment of joint central archives at the NIDCC should be used to assist the procurement of intelligence about the personnel of HC agencies, and the more selective archives kept at ACC level should serve the same purpose. Where the existence of separate HC archives are not officially accessible to U.S. personnel is known or suspected, careful consideration should be given to the possibility of operations designed to gain the desired assets.
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
W.C. WESTMORELAND
General, United States Army
Chief of Staff
KENNETH G. WICKHAM,
Major General, United States Army,
The Adjutant General.
Distribution: See page 13. [Not provided]
Transcription and HTML by Cryptome.
28 May 2001
Source: Letters from US Army INSCOM, received May 25, 2001.
See related FOIA request: http://cryptome.org/inscom-foia.htm
Two requested dossiers have been received by Cryptome:
Hungary Operational Activities, ZF010103W -- From the early 1960s which provides reports of travellers and agents on conditions in Hungary. (Received May 12, 2001.)
Disinformation Directed Against U.S., ZF010868 -- From 1976 on an allegedly forged Top Secret US military manual, "FM30-31b, Stability Operations, Intelligence - Special Fields." This was dropped at the Philippine Embassy in Thailand and addressed to the President of the Philippines. (Received May 25, 2001.)
Another party has provided Crptome with a dossier received by another FOIA request:
Arms Cache in Grenada, West Indies, ZF011647W -- From 1984 an investigation of a false report of military weapons stored in Grenada. (Received May 5, 2001)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
UNITED STATES ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY OFFICE
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-5995
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF:
May 17, 2001
Freedom of Information/
Privacy Office
Mr. John Young
CRYPTOME
251 West 89th Street Suite 6E
New York, New York 10024
Dear Mr. Young:
References:
a. Your Freedom of Information Act request of March 29, 2001, for various dossiers.
b. Our letter of April 20, 2001, advising you that we were unable to comply with the 20-day statutory time limit in processing your request.
The following records were forwarded to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA):
Case# Title
665F-01 Defection of Army Personnel, ZF000003W
737F-01 Algeria Intelligence Services, ZF400002W
757F-01 Chinese (Espionage) Activities in Italy, ZF010049W
767F-01 Cuba Intelligence Services, ZF400026W
771F-01 Cuba Intelligence Services, ZF400248W
772F-01 Cuban Intelligence Services ZF400246W
774F-01 Czechoslovakia Activities in Austria, ZF010464
780F-01 Czechoslovakia Intelligence Services, Methods, ZF400202W
781F-01 Czechoslovakia Intelligence Services, Methods, ZF400203W
786F-01 Czechoslovakia Intelligence Services Facilities, ZF400201W
790F-01 Czechoslovakia Orchestra FRG, ZF010486
794F-01 Detention of American Personnel by a Foreign Agency, ZF000004W
801F-01 East Germany Intelligence Services Organization, ZF400209
803F-01 East Germany Intelligence Recruitment by Mail, ZF010749W
814F-01 Hungary Intelligence Services Tradescraft, ZF400217W
816F-01 Hungary Intelligence Services Facilities, ZF400213W\
825F-01 Italian Chinese Friendship Association, ZF010037
827F-01 Japan Intelligence Services, ZF40058
832F-01 North Korea Activities in Japan, ZF010165W
835F-01 North Vietnam Intelligence Services, ZF400083W
837F-01 Panama Intelligence Services, ZF400087W
840F-01 Poland Intelligence Services, ZF400093W
841F-01 Poland Intelligence Services Facilities, ZF400225W
843F-01 Poland Intelligence Services Organization, ZF400227W
850F-01 Soviet Activities in Cuba, ZF010131W
861F-01 Soviet Prisons, ZF010122WJ
864F-01 Soviet Repatriation Mission, ZF010111
870F-01 Yugoslav Intelligence Services, ZF010815W
Should you wish to contact them the address is:
Mr. Herbert Rawlings-Milton
Access and FOIA Staff (NWDDA)
Declassification and Initial
Processing Division, Room 6350
The National Archives at College Park
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, Maryland 20740-6001
We will continue to process any additional requests you may have submitted and will respond by separate correspondence.
If you have any questions concerning this action, please feel free to contact Mrs. Benear at (301) 677-3942. Please refer to the appropriate case number.
Sincerely,
for Gregory A. Eggleston
Russell A. Nichols
Chief, Freedom of Information/ Privacy Office
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
UNITED STATES ARMY INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY COMMAND
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY OFFICE
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND 20755-5995
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF:
May 17, 2001
Freedom of Information/
Privacy Office
Mr. John Young
CRYPTOME
251 West 89th Street Suite 6E
New York, New York 10024
Dear Mr. Young:
References:
a. Your Freedom of Information Act request of March 29, 2001, for various dossiers.
b. Our letter of April 20, 2001, advising you that we were unable to comply with the 20-day statutory time limit in processing your request.
Utilizing the information you provided in your request, checks were conducted of the Defense Clearance and Investigation Index to determine the existence of Army intelligence records responsive to your request. No records responsive to the titles listed below:
Case# Title
755F-01 Chen Chinese Communist Espionage Ring, ZF010044
761F-01 Communist Party Austria Paramilitary Organization, ZF010499
765F-01 Counterintelligence Operations Austria, ZFO 11776
768F-01 Cuba Intelligence Services, EEI Targets, ZF400244W
815F-01 Hungary Intelligence Services, EEI Targets, ZF400212W
848F-01 Russian Intelligence Organization, ZF010645WJ
856F-01 Soviet Intelligence Services Facilities, ZF400231W
859F-01 Soviet Intelligence Services Training Course, ZF010329
860F-01 Soviet News Bureau West Germany, ZF010433
865F-01 Special Means IMP, ZF000160
This no record response is made on behalf of Brigadier General Keith B. Alexander, the Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, who is the Initial Denial Authority for Army intelligence investigative and security records under the FOIA. You have the right to appeal this determination to the Secretary of the Army. If you wish to file an appeal, you should forward it to this office. Your appeal must be postmarked no later than 60 calendar days from the date of this letter. After the 60-day period, the case may be considered closed; however, such closure does not preclude you from filing litigation in the courts.
We will continue to process any additional requests you may have submitted and will respond by separate correspondence.
If you have any questions concerning this action, please feel free to contact Mrs. Benear at (301) 677-3942. Please refer to the appropriate case number.
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for Gregory A. Eggleston
Russell A. Nichols
Chief, Freedom of Information/ Privacy Office
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29 March 2001. Thanks to Anonymous.
US Army Intelligence & Security Command Archives Available
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To get any of these, simply send a letter, mentioning the Freedom of Information Act, to:
Mr. Russell A. Nichols
Chief, Freedom of Information Act Office
United States Army Intelligence & Security Command
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Algeria Intelligence Services, ZF400002W
Algerian Nationalist Movement, ZF010314W
Alumni Association of the Amer Inst of Foreign Trade, ZF010830W
Amberg Federal Republic of Germany SAEDA, ZF010581W
ΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑAmerican Embassy Moscow USSR, ZF010164W
Amman Jordan Espionage, ZF003045W
Argentina Intelligence Services, ZF40004W
ASBW USAI Semi Annual Conference, ZF011884
ASBW-Semi Annual Conference, ZF011884W
Australia Intelligence Services, ZF40005W
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Balboa Panama SAEDA, ZF012338W
Belgium Intelligence Services, ZF400010W
British Intelligence Services, ZF400014W
Bulgaria Intelligence Services, ZF400015W
Burma Intelligence Services, ZF400016W
Cambodia US Forces, ZF004000
Caribbean Admission Center, ZG001052W
Czechoslovakia State Travel Office, ZF010254W
Charles University, ZF015617W
Chen Chinese Communist Espionage Ring, ZF010044
China Intelligence Services, ZF40090W
Chinese (Espionage) Activities in Italy, ZF010049W
Chinese (Espionage) Activities in Panama, ZF010028W
Chinese Communist Activities in Japan, ZF010028
Chinese Communist Activities in Japan, ZF010028W
Columbia Intelligence Services, ZF400024W
Communist Party Austria Paramilitary Organization, ZF010499
Communist Party FRG Actions Against, ZF010242WJ
Communist Party Yugoslavia, ZF010485W
Corps Communication Center, ZG000495W
Counterintelligence Operations Austria, ZF011776
Crete, ZF011035W
Cuba Intelligence Services, ZF400026W
Cuba Intelligence Services, EEI Targets, ZF400244W
Cuba Intelligence Services Facilities, ZF400245W
Cuba Intelligence Services Organization, ZF400247
Cuba Intelligence Services Personalities, ZF400248
Cuban Intelligence Services MO, ZF400246W
Cuban Mission to the United Nations, ZF011825 [sic]
Cuban Mission to the United Nations, ZF0011825W
Czechoslovakia Activities in Austria, ZF010464
Czechoslovakia Border Guard, ZF010206W
Czechoslovakia Consulate, Salzburg, Austria, ZF010160WJ
Czechoslovakia Embassy, Wash DC, ZF010716W
Czechoslovakia Emigre Activities, ZF010120
Czechoslovakia Foreign Trade Office, Frankfurt, ZF010003
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Services, Methods, ZF400200
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Services, Methods, ZF400202
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Services, Methods, ZF400202W
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Services, Sources, ZF400204W
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Services, Methods, ZF400203W
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Net, ZF010442
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Salzburg Net, ZF010715W
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Services, ZF400028WJ
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Services EEI Targets, ZF400200W
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Services Facilities, ZF400201W
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Services Files, ZF010511WJ
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Services MO, ZF400202
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Services Organization, ZF400203
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Services Tradescraft, ZF400205W
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Willi Berger Net, ZF010448W
Czechoslovakia Intelligence Willi Berger Net, ZF010448
Czechoslovakia Orchestra FRG, ZF010486
Czechoslovakian Intelligence Services, ZF010809W
Defection of Army Personnel, ZF000003W
Denmark Intelligence Services, ZF40030W
Denmark Terrorism, ZF400963W
Detention of American Personnel by Foreign Agencies, ZF000004
Detention of American Personnel by Foreign Agencies, ZF0000049
Detention of American Personnel by a Foreign Agency, ZF000004W
Disinformation Directed Against US, ZF010868W
Dominican Republic Intelligence Services, ZF400031W
East German Topographic Maps, ZF010829W
East Germany Intelligence Recruitment by Mail, ZF010749
East Germany Intelligence Services, ZF40032
East Germany Intelligence Services, EEI-Targets, ZF400206W
East Germany Intelligence Services Facilities, ZF400207W
East Germany Intelligence Services MO, ZF400208
East Germany Intelligence Services Organization, ZF400209
East Germany Intelligence Services Personalities, ZF400210
East Germany Intelligence Services Tradescraft, ZF400211W
East Germany Intelligence Recruitment by Mail, ZF010749W
Egypt Intelligence Services, ZF40034W
Ethiopia US Forces Espionage, ZF003041
Ethiopian Peoples Movement, ZF010754W
Federal Intelligence Services, ZF010117W
French Intelligence Service, ZE000214W and/or ZF000214W
General Federation Koreans Residing Japan, ZF010018W
German American Friendship Organization, ZF010309
German Radio, ZF010179W
Honduras Intelligence Services, ZF400047W
Hungarian Freedom Fighters Association, ZF010456W
Hungarian Revolt 1956, ZF010081W
Hungary Intelligence Services Tradescraft, ZF400217W
Hungary Intelligence services EEI Targets, ZF400212W
Hungary Intelligence Services Facilities, ZF400213W
Hungary Intelligence Services MO, ZF400214W
Hungary Intelligence Services Personalities, ZF400215WJ
Hungary Intelligence Services Personalities, ZF400215
Hungary Operational Activities, ZF010103W
Hungary Operational Information, ZF010103
Institute for Shipping Research Bremen, ZF010837W
Intelligence Net East Germany Poland CSR, ZF010869WJ
Intelligence Swindlers, ZF000008W
Internal Counterintelligence Program ICIP, ZF011914W
Iran US Forces Sabotage, ZF003030
Israel Intelligence Services, ZF40054W
Italian Chinese Friendship Association, ZF010037