PROCEDURAL CABLE (W/ATTACHMENT)

Created: 5/3/1954

OCR scan of the original document, errors are possible

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HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM RELEASEAS SANITIZED

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FOR: Kr. Egterline

Cable

In anto clarify policy and precedence relations between headquarters andrafted the attached cable which Col. King proposed to DD/P. The latter for reasons not known to rae did not feel the cable necessary and took no action on it.

Tou should file this appropriately.

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BY LINC WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVALa

S. HEADQUARTERS DOES NOT CONCUR YOUR DBTRUCTIOSS^TO FIELD LLMZTTNQ

MESSAGES FOR HEADQUARTERS TO SUBJ1CTS OUTSIDE PBSUCCESS. POLICY HATTERS AND SUBJECTS KELATUt} TO ODACID REQUIRE

3. CABLES FROM FIELD STATIONS COBCERNIK POLICY HATTERS UCLUDIW

OPERATIONAL MESSAGES WHICH AFFECT RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES WILL BE SENT

LINC INFO DIR AT EQUAL PRECEDENCE. HEADQUARTERS WILL DECIDE WHETHER CABLE IS

ONE TN WHICH HEADQUARTERS DESIRES PARTICIPAES AND IF SO WILL ADVISE LINC BY TELEPHONE.

MESSAGES WHICH LOCAL AMBASSADORS DIRECT PERSONALLY TO DIRECTOR

OR HIS PERSONAL STAFF WILL BE BENT DIR INTO LUC AT EQUAL PRECEDENCE WHETHER

CONTENTS OPERATIONAL OR NOT. STATION TO DISCOURAGE SUCH PERSONAL MESSAGES

EXCEPT WHERE CLEARLY APPROPRIATE SUCH A3 HATERS AFFECTING OaSm^^POLICY

OR MATTERS WHICH AMBASSADORS STRONGLY DESIRE HEADQUARTERS POLICY VIEW.

5- ADVISE^ HANGED INSTRUCTIONS

6. DURBAR WILL UNDERSTAND FROM (BARNES) REPORT HE HOLLAND BRIEFING

UNQUESTIONABLE NECESSITY APPROPRIATE COORDINATION POLICY MATTERS HEADQUARTERS

COMING WEEKS.

Original document.

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