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MORI DocID: 1451843
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SUBJECT: Sensitive Activities Performed by the Office of
’ Logistics
. ‘the DD/O, we will not honor any requisition for surveil-
lance equipment unless it has been approved by the CI |
Staff of the DD/O.
4. Within the.area of contractual responsibilities, the
following items are pertinent: at
a. In February 1971, Colonel L. X. White, the then
Executive Director-Comptroller, called me to attend a
meeting in his office, also attended by Mr. William Colby. :
. Colonel White explained that the Technical Services
Division (TSD) had been requested to provide assistance
to the FBI for a sensitive project (opaEnated [Jour .
rently Reed epee Colonel White did is-
4 close the purpose © assistance being provided by -TSD
7 but did instruct me to assist TSD on purely contractual .
- matters. Since the Office of Logistics has no information
. concerning the mission or purpose of hie hoe sub-
stantive questions concerning the subject shé €
. addressed to TSD. Other Procurement actions accomplished
for the FBI are reported below. Specific mention. is made,
however, FS — of the dollar magnitude, ap-
proximately million, .and the complex technical equip-
ment that has been involved in the undertaking. -
b. The Procurement Division, OL, currently has two i
requisitions in hand from TSD which would involve reim-
bursable sales to the FBI. One such requisition in the :
-amount of $36,900 is for two Westinghouse television .
: cameras. The second requisition in the amount of $11,200. -
R is for two wide-angle surveillance probes manufactured by
Bausch and Lomb. No action is being taken on either of
these requirements pending further instructions which
- will be sought from the Deputy Director for Management N
and Services. . .
€. Over the years, this Agency has often supported
other Government agencies from a contractual or materiel
standpoint. Upon the submission of an officially approved
request, supported by a transfer of funds, the Agency
© would either enter into "accommodation procurements" for
the requesting agency or support the requesting agency by
- the issuance of materiel from stock. Such actions are
. legally accomplished under the Economy Act of 1925. This
| Act authorizes one agency to support the needs of, or pro-
! vide a service for, another Government agency when such .
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