MEETING WITH MS. TUCHMAN AND MR. KIMMITT ON INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS FIELD

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• Document Release Date: September 22, 2006
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• Publication Date: March 28, 1977
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SUBJECT: Meeting with Ms. Tuchman and Mr. Kimmitt on
Intelligence Support in the Human Rights Field
As requested, I delivered to Tuchman and Kimmitt O.RPA's
proposed schedule of analytical studies in the human rights
field and examples of reporting and analyses that the Agency
published in the last month. We then covered the following
subjects:
1. As regards to ORPA's proposed schedule on human
rights-related work in progress, Tuchman stated that she
hoped that two studies could be speeded up. Specifically,
she asked that the study entitled Soviet Perceptions of
Dissidence and the Helsinki Accord be available by-t-fi-eend
o April and similarly that t e study entitled Soviet Policy
and Tactics for Belgrade also be available by the end o April.
She explaine t at these issues would come up at the NATO
Summit in early May and that it would be very important to
have in hand these two studies in order to prepare for the
discussion of the human rights issue at the NATO Summit. She
also asked that the study entitled Impact of the U.S. Stand
on Human Rights be made available as soon as possible. In
discussing this proposed schedule, Tuchman also asked that
I provide her with the names. of the action officers on each
study, which I agreed to do.
2. Status of PRM on Human Rights - Tuchman reported that
after muc iscussion Brzezinski' ias--ecided that what was
needed in the first instance was a joint State/CIA report
updating and describing the human rights situation in each
country where there is evidence of major violations. She said
she hoped to get out a notification on the need for this study
within the week and there would probably be a two-week deadline
for completion. On the basis of the response to this require-
ment the NSC Staff will then draft a PRM calling for a longer
range study of the policy implications and options.
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3. The Effect of Congressional Legislation Requiring
Public Reports from t e State Department on t e Status of
Human Rights in Countries Receiving Military Assistance -
Ms. Tuc an commenter that-this legislation passe in 1976
had been ill-conceived and was causing more problems than
it solved. She expressed the hope. that on the basis of the
Administration's performance in this field that Congress
could be persuaded next year to remove this requirement.
4. In the course of the discussion it became apparent
that Tuchman and Kimmitt are closely following DDO reporting
on reactions to the President's human rights policy. Tuchman
specifically noted that the reporting on Eastern European
reactions have been good, but that she was puzzled by the
lack of reporting from Soviet sources of reactions within
the Soviet Union. She asked me to look into this problem
and to let her know whether sufficiently high priority was
being assigned or whether there was some other explanation
for the lack of such reporting. I said I would do so.
Cord Meyer),
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