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MORI DocID: 1451843
- ’ 8 May 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD . | :
SUBJECT: Summary, Special Programs Division (SPD),  -
Office of Communications, Operational
a. . B Contacts with Other U.S. Government Agencies
1. Prior to 1969 the OC COMINT intercept unit, °
: which was then in Miami, had relatively frequent contact
with the Miami bureaus of the FBI and FCC, Miami Police
and the Miami Beach Police. The staff provided support .
to these activities in monitoring, identification and . !
DF of specific illegal agent transmissions conducted by ;
: foreign nationals and American citizens -in the greater: :
Miami area. Arrangements for this support were made
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2. In late September 1972, NSA, through Division D/
DDO, requested that the Special Programs Division initiate
a hearability survey of certain HF long-distance commercial
. telephone circuits between the U.S. and South America.
The circuits carried-drug related long-distance calls of
: interest to the BNDD and other U.S. agencies. Because of
the availability of personnel and technical ca abilities
; where the circuits cou © satisfactorily inters
| cepted.” Un 15 January 1973, formal NSA tasking of the
! intercept was instituted. On 30 January 1973, all coverage
: - was terminated by Division D because of possible legal
i . complications. “ i
3. The Chief and Deputy Chief, SPD and $PD/special
Blectronic Operations Branch have been engaged in informal
. technical liaison with operating components of the FBI
Lo © for a.number of years. Initial contacts and arrangements
. for support of specific activities have been made by the
Division D/DDO. Support has been provided in the form of
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