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241. Memorandum From the Deputy Secretary of Defense (Packard)1

Washington, November 3, 1971.

MEMORANDUM FOR

  • Secretaries of the Military Departments
  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Director of Defense Research & Engineering
  • Assistant Secretaries of Defense
  • General Counsel
  • Assistants to the Secretary of Defense
  • Directors of the Defense Agencies

SUBJECT

  • Assistant Secretary of Defense (Intelligence)

Effective immediately the authorized position of Assistant Secretary of Defense, currently designated Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration), is hereby re-designated Assistant Secretary of Defense (Intelligence).2

The specific authorities, responsibilities and functions assigned to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Intelligence) will be promulgated subsequently by a DoD Directive.3

All functions and personnel currently assigned to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Intelligence) are transferred to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Intelligence).

All other functions and personnel currently assigned to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration) are transferred to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and placed under a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration) in that office.

All existing delegations of authority to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration) which do not apply to intelligence matters are re-delegated to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). Those delegations applying to intelligence matters are re-delegated to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Intelligence).

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Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) will initiate necessary personnel actions and directive changes to effect these realignments. He will also review those functions transferred to his office and recommend to me any further realignments that appear appropriate.

David Packard
  1. Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 330 76 197, 020 Intelligence 1971. No classification marking.↩
  2. Albert C. Hall served as Assistant Secretary of Defense (Intelligence) from November 9, 1971 to March 25, 1976.↩
  3. Document 262.↩