Narcotics research, rehabilitation, and treatment. Hearings, Ninety ...

379Mr. Ingersoll. I am not at all sure that I understand your question,Mr. Rangel.Mr. Rangel. I will rephrase it.Mr. Ingersoll. All right.Mr. Rangel. I am concerned that when the President of the UnitedStates says there is going to be a national effort to stop the inflow ofdrugs into the United States and then they go further and give thisresponsibility to your agency as to whether or not they have also givenyou the power to do anything about the international trafficking ofdrugs, and I see nothing in the law which empowers you to enter intoany type of treaties or to apply any economic sanctions with the headsof any State.Mr. Ingersoll. "When I am dealing with officials of foreign governments,I am acting as a representative of the President of the UnitedStates.Mr. Rangel. Now, as it relates to the Department of Defense, in inquiriesthat were made of you, you are unfamiliar even with the drugaddiction problem as it exists within the military and this properlyfalls wdthin the Department of Defense ; is that correct ?Mr. Ingersoll. Iam not personally intimately acquainted but Thave people on my staff who are well acquainted with the problem inthe military.Mr. Rangel. But in connection with your primary responsibility ofthe internal flow of narcotic drugs, this responsibility is somewhatsliared by the Department of Defense as relates to the military ?Mr. Ingersoll. Yes. I would say that the control of drugs is sharedin more w^ays than just that in the United States.Mr. Rangel. And as it relates to the CIA, they, too, have a responsi-ibility to investigate the international flow of drugs ; don't they ?Mr. Ingersoll. They have no statutory responsibility that I amaware of. However, they do cooperate with us and provide a great dealof information about international traffic to us.Mr. Rangel. Now, how can you generalize the impact of the CIAinformation w^hen Ramparts magazine. Congressmen Murphy andSteele, and your personal trip over there were really the source or thereasons why there has been some movement by the South Vietnamese '?Mr. Ingersoll. I don't know that. I am not that familiar with CIAoperations, and I just couldn't answer that question.Mr. Rangel. Well, I have a letter from the CIA which indicates thatthey have a very close—actually CIA has for some time been this Bureau'sstrongest partner in identifying foreign sources and routes ofillegal trade and traffic—in other words, it seems to be from youragency as well as the CIA that there is a very close relationship "^thatexists, as it relates to the international trafficking of drugs.Mr. Ingersoll. There is a close relationship in terms of sharing informationand moving information back and forth, but I am* notfamiliar with either the authority or the policy or the practices of CIAm terms of influencing other goverimaents. But as far as operational informationis concerned, the letter is precisely accurate.Mr. Rangel. Yet you believe, as you testified, that CongressmenJMurphy and Steele's visits, coupled with your visit, was probably themotivating factor of having any reaction to the drug traffic as it relatesto South V letnam ?