INTERAGENCY MEMORANDUM ON EUROPEAN COMMUNIST PARTIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00603A002600020007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2004
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: June 2, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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National Intelligence Officer for Western Europe
SUBJECT Interagency Memorandum on European Communist
Parties
1. Action Requested: That you approve this memorandum and send
it to the President and other selected recipients with the attached
memo of transmittal.
2. Background: This interagency assessment was initiated by the
NIO office as an independent intelligence input to policy deliberations
on the European Communist problem, which are being conducted as a
follow-on to PRM 9. At the PRC meeting on PRM 9 you suggested the
desirability of more specific analysis on this problem.
3. Substance: The assessment focuses mainly on the Italian and
French situations, which are the heart of the problem, though very dis-
similar themselves. The memorandum is agreed intelligence in most
respects, though it defines differences of view between DIA and the
rest of the agencies on PCI attitudes toward NATO and on how the Soviets
view the problem. These are noted in the Overview as well as the body
of the text.
4. Your particular attention is called to the Overview and Prin-
cipal Judgments section, which contains the main message.
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