COMMERCE/CIA BRIEFINGS FOR BUSINESSMAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01554R003300210010-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2004
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: October 23, 1979
• Content Type: MF

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23 October 1979
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for National Foreign Assessment
FROM: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Commerce/CIA Briefings for Businessmen
1. I made a commitment. on 22 October to the Secretary of Commerce
that we would be prepared to give an unclassified briefing/discussion
on Iran to a group of businessmen possibly as early as the 2nd of Novembe-r_
This would be the first in a new program of Commerce/Agency briefings
for businessmen who have interests in particular areas of the world.
Secretary Kreps and I believe it is quite appropriate at this time to
share our views on where Iran,is and where it is going since businesses
are perhaps on the verge of deciding whether and how deeply to get
reinvolved in Iran.
2. I would participate personally. I would like to have two or
three other people go along to cover the economic and political aspects
of the situation. The idea would be not to tell them what is going to
happen in Iran, but to give them a feeling for the alternative directions
things may be going and what we see the temperature being on the Bazargan
side of the house, the Khomeini side of the house, the opposition side
of the house, etc.
STAIVSFIE D TURNER
cc: SA/DCI
SA/DCI
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