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I i - 19 - "\ie continue t o f ~ e l t h a t tkc 5412 rjocuilent which govern6 such operatiom is a prett;j. ;cod one mc! adequate f o r its present purposes, Hotcever, even without the changes i n I t which we are about t o Eropose, it I s our opinion t h a t close adher3ncc t o I t s lrovisions 5.n bctb th? planning and condtlct of C l a i i d c s t j fie Ccld >jar Opera- t i o n s is Imperative i f the very formidable resouraces of the government which arr3 being cons-mcd l r ? these opera- t i o n s are t o be invested In t h e be92 Interests of our N a t I ona3 Se c u r i t y . "AS ';ou Icnow, there are no present; provisions frJr any regular external review of Clandestine Cold Xar programs and no formal accounting of the:n. To provide f o r a detached, objective look a t Chcse prozrams and to assist the DCI i n the formulation of h i s plans as w e l l as I n the discharge of h i s operational resDonsibiljties relevant thereto, we would propose spnclfically- tL,at - d u t i e s of the 5412 Special Group of 1JPder Secretaries be expanded t o charge the group w i t h tl IC r e s p o n s i b i l i t y fer making formal, perloaic, over-all reviews of our Clandes- t i n e Cold War programs. t h e