MEETING WITH DR. BRZEZINSKI, AMBASSADOR NEWSON, MR. RESOR AND MR. AARON, 31 AUGUST 1978, RE CIA'S(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01554R003200220020-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 24, 2005
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: September 1, 1978
• Content Type: MFR

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1 S E P 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Meeting with Dr. Brzezinski, Ambassador Newsom, Mr. Resor
and Mr. Aaron, 31 August 1978, re CIA's Polish Paper
1. I met on 31 August with Dr. Brzezinski, Ambassador David
Newsom, Mr. Stanley Resor and David Aaron ed the unfortunate
timing of the release of our study on the with the
delicate negotiations that are going on wi e Everyone in
the room agreed that there could not be any censorship of intelligence
production by policy-makers. At the same time, we recognized that the
timing of the release of unclassified publications by the Agency can
have considerable policy impact. The very decision whether and when
to publish is bound to have policy overtones.
2. I pointed out that we publish a great many unclassified pieces.
At the same time, most of them are factual rather than analytic. I
agreed that hereafter in advance of actual release of an unclassified
analytic publication we would provide a copy to Sam Hoskinson of the
NSC Staff and to the intelligence liaison office in State. From our
point of view, it would be preferable to do this as early in the process
of declassification as possible. This will ensure that while providing
Hoskinson and State liaison adequate time to look at the proposed
publication there is no, or minimal, delay in our publication process..
3. It should be clear that we are not obliged either to make
changes in our product or to decline to publish it because we have
given these materials in advance to the NSC and State. If there are
objections to content or publication from either of these organization
(or DoD, if it should be a military issue), attempts should be made to
resolve them at successively higher levels of management. In no case
should a decision be made to change substantive content or not to
publish without my concurrence.
STANSFIELD TURNER
cc: Deputy Director for National Foreign Assessment
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