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! i MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Scieace znd a B
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: ©. SUBJECT: ° Policy Regarding Assistance to Agencies or
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Cate © 1. Recent public concern over Agency affiliations ~- “iis |
| Cw with law enforcement activities has made me wary of offering i:
| Ea speech processing assistance to various other goverament Lege A
Poon ‘agencies, My concern here. is restricted to government -:.. i |
| RET © activities outside the intelligence community. ‘Because ng |
[ET cof a.scientific community awareness of the expertise of . Sel
! RR ... ~~ members of OEL in speech processing problems, we are often fa |
| RA : .asKed by individuals in government for help on various = .° SES
EE speech problems. The. requests are usually informal on a “hy
| Cn : person-to-person basis. .While most of these contacts oR
1 Swwe +. involve only an exchange. of unclassified information; : hos
CT several have involved. the: usé.of laboratory resources. . iy |
| ERSTE ° 2. Contacts have.come¢ from the FBI, Attorney LE
| HE - General's office, Bureau ‘of Narcotics -and Dangerous LEY
| See Drugs (BNDD), Post Office, ‘and the Treasury Department. Cen
| So . Of the above, assistance .to BNDD had been specifically = ~~"
Lo sanctioned by Mr. Helms. In one recent instance where a -.
R noisy tape was to be used.in a court case, care was taken: .
Co to. insure that ‘the processing of the tape was done: entirely. 2 .
’ . - by. a BNDD employee: even:though it was done in an Agency oi
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