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the Project could possibly play a greater and more independent
role. However, the way in which the Project would fit generally
into the President's overall program and, specifically, how it
will work with the LECC's should be carefully spelled out ahead
of time.
IV.
Interagency Coordinating. Committee
Mechanically, the easiest structure to establish is the
interagency coordinating committee. We could expand the existing
CCLP working group on Drug Supply Reduction. I would prefer
establishing a separate group which would also be chaired by you.
The two primary tasks of such a group would be to solicit the
input of the agencies involved in the fight against organized
crime and, to ensure their total cooperation in implementing the
program. It should include, at a minimum, the administrator of
DEA, one or two assistant directors of the FBI with strong
institutional roots in that organization, the chief of the IRS
Criminal Division, the Assistant Attorney General for the
Criminal Division, the chief of the strike force program, and the
chief of the Office of Policy and Management Analysis. The
primarily DOJ make-up of such a sub-Cabinet organization is
entirely appropriate in this situation, since the only aspect of
organized crime against which significant non-DOJ resources are
regularly marshalled is the importation of illegal drugs.
Obviously, the Drug Supply Reduction Working Group and the
Organized Crime Working Group should coordinate closely on
matters of common concern. Coordination of the two groups when
needed should be easy since you would chair both. However,
establishing two groups would allow you greater flexibility to
involve the other agencies in the organized crime group on an as
needed rather than continuing basis.
cc:
U%en Starr
Tex Lezar
John Roberts
Stan Morris
Jeff Harris
Fred Friedman
Bob Bucknam
Folder: Organized Crime
Series: Correspondence Files of Ken
Starr, 1981-83
Acc. #60-88-0498 Box 5
RG 60 Department of Justice